List of town tramway systems in Brazil

This is a list of town tramway systems in Brazil by Estado. It includes all tram systems, past and present.

Alagoas

Location Article Gauge
(mm)
Traction
Type
Date (from)
(year-month-day)
Date (to)
(year-month-day)
Notes
Maceió   Steam 1868-03-23 ?
Horse 1871-12-25 ?
electric 1914-June-12 1956 ca.
Penedo   Horse 1909-01-01 1936-12-31

Amazonas

Location Article Gauge
(mm)
Traction
Type
Date (from)
(year-month-day)
Date (to)
(year-month-day)
Notes
Manaus   Steam 1895 ca. 1898 ca. ,
electric 1899-Aug-01 1957-02-28 , Operation suspended 1954 - 1956.

Bahia

Location Article Gauge
(mm)
Traction
Type
Date (from)
(year-month-day)
Date (to)
(year-month-day)
Notes
Alagoinhas   Horse ? ?  
Cachoeira   Horse 1872-10-30 1921
Ilhéus   Horse ? ?  
Nazaré   Horse ? ?  
Steam ? ?  
Salvador   Horse 1860 ? ,
Steam 1869-May-12 ? ,
electric 1897-03-14 1961-Sep , ,
Santo Amaro   Horse 1874-01-01 1962

Ceará

Location Article Gauge
(mm)
Traction
Type
Date (from)
(year-month-day)
Date (to)
(year-month-day)
Notes
Fortaleza   Horse 1880-04-25 (or ca. 1875) ?
electric 1913-Oct-09 1947-05-19
Sobral   Horse 1894 1918

Espírito Santo

Location Article Gauge
(mm)
Traction
Type
Date (from)
(year-month-day)
Date (to)
(year-month-day)
Notes
Cachoeiro de Itapemirim   electric 1924-12-25 1938-June-04
Vila Velha   1000 electric 1912-Apr-12 1967-12-15 , Connected Paul (ferry terminal for Vitória) and Vila Velha.
Vitória   Horse 1907-July-11 1913 by ,
electric 1911-07-21 1963-05-23 ,

Goiás

Location Article Gauge
(mm)
Traction
Type
Date (from)
(year-month-day)
Date (to)
(year-month-day)
Notes
Goiás   Horse ? ?  

Maranhão

Location Article Gauge
(mm)
Traction
Type
Date (from)
(year-month-day)
Date (to)
(year-month-day)
Notes
Caxias   Horse ? ?  
Dom Pedro   Horse ? ?  
São Luís   Horse 1872 ca. ?
electric 1924-09-15 1966-Dec
♦ Tirirical   electric 1978-10-26 1983

Mato Grosso

Location Article Gauge
(mm)
Traction
Type
Date (from)
(year-month-day)
Date (to)
(year-month-day)
Notes
Cuiabá   Mule 1891-04-30 1935
Cuiabá   electric 2014

Minas Gerais

Location Article Gauge
(mm)
Traction
Type
Date (from)
(year-month-day)
Date (to)
(year-month-day)
Notes
Além Paraíba   1000 Mule 1895 1925 (?)
1000 electric 1925-11-15 1939-07-25 Closed following an accident.
Belo Horizonte   Steam 1895-Sep-07 ? ,
Horse 1899-02-16 ? ,
electric 1902-Sep-02 1963-06-30 ,
Bom Sucesso   1000 electric 1930-09-21 1950 (?)
Campanha   Mule 1911 ?
Steam 1911 (?) ?
Petrol (gasoline) (?)  
electric (?)     see note.
Cataguases   Horse 1910-11-25
1915-Aug-10
1914
1918-03-24
Caxambu   750 Horse 1911 1925
Guarará   Mule 1895 1923
Juiz de Fora   1000 Horse 1889-Sep-07 ?
1000 electric 1906-June-06 1969-04-14
Lavras   1000 electric 1911-10-21 1967-Noc-08
Mar de Espanha   Horse (?)     see note.
Nova Lima - Rapopos   660 electric 1913-Apr-03 1970 ca.
Ouro Preto   Mule 1888-Dec-01 1891 ca.
Pedro Leopoldo   1000 Mule 1907 1930
Sacramento - Cipó   1000 electric 1913-11-15 1937-Oct
São Lourenço   Horse 1905 1932
Telófilo Otoni   Horse 1918-Sep 1938-May
Ubá   Mule 1895 1922

Pará

Location Article Gauge
(mm)
Traction
Type
Date (from)
(year-month-day)
Date (to)
(year-month-day)
Notes
Belém   Steam 1869-Sep-01 ? ,
Mule 1870 1908-07-21 ,
electric 1907-08-15 1947-04-27 , Heritage tramway opened 18 August 2005 .
Mosqueiro   Horse 1913 ca. (?) ?
San Antônio do Prata   Horse 1907 1914 Replaced by railway branch line.

Paraíba

Location Article Gauge
(mm)
Traction
Type
Date (from)
(year-month-day)
Date (to)
(year-month-day)
Notes
Itabaiana   Horse 1914 1929
João Pessoa   Horse 1896-June-06 ?
Steam 1906-10-21 1919
Petrol (gasoline) 1911-02-15 1919
electric 1914-02-19 1958

Paraná

Location Article Gauge
(mm)
Traction
Type
Date (from)
(year-month-day)
Date (to)
(year-month-day)
Notes
Curitiba   Mule 1887-Nov-08 1913 ,
electric 1913-Jan-07 1952-Jun ,
Paranaguá   Steam 1893-Dec-07 1938
Mule ? 1938
Petrol (gasoline) ? 1938

Pernambuco

Location Article Gauge
(mm)
Traction
Type
Date (from)
(year-month-day)
Date (to)
(year-month-day)
Notes
Afogados da Ingazeira   Horse 1895 1914 ca.
Arcoverde   Horse ? ? See Carpina (below).
Carpina   Horse ? ? Morrison (1989, page 55) cites a Recife historian who states that this town had a tramway.
Caruaru   Horse ? ? See Carpina (above).
Limoeiro   Horse ? ?
Petrol (gasoline) ? 1952
Palmares   Horse ? ? See Carpina (above).
Pesqueira   Horse 191_ 193_
Recife   Steam 1867-Jan-05 1922 ,
Mule 1871-09-22 ? ,
electric 1914-05-13 1954-Mar , Service (one daily return trip, worked by a single car) resumed because of court action by the local authority, and continued to 1960.
Timbaúba   Horse 1915-10-10 193_
Triunfo   Horse ? ? See Carpina (above).

Piauí

Location Article Gauge
(mm)
Traction
Type
Date (from)
(year-month-day)
Date (to)
(year-month-day)
Notes
Parnaíba   Horse ? ?  
Teresina   Horse ? ?

Rio de Janeiro

Location Article Gauge
(mm)
Traction
Type
Date (from)
(year-month-day)
Date (to)
(year-month-day)
Notes
Barra do Piraí   Mule ? ?  
Campos (dos Goytacazes)   1000 Mule 1875-09-19 1916 [1]
1000 electric 1916-10-14
1923
1918-09-15
1964-11-15
[1]
Petrol (gasoline) 1918 1923 [1]
Macaé   1000 Mule 1872-06-29 1932 [1]
Magé   Horse 1873-Feb-04 1896-Nov-01 [1] Temporary operation on planned railway route.
Manuel Duarte   Horse 1883 1911 [1] Connected Paraibuna and Manuel Duarte. Replaced by railway line.
Mendes   Mule 1889 1912 ca. [1] See note.
Nova Friburgo   1100 Mule 1883 1933 [1]
Petrópolis   1000 electric 1912-12-13 1939-07-15 [1]
Riberão das Lajes   Petrol (gasoline) 1906 1935 [1] Operated over former dam-construction railway from Nicanor Pereira.
(São Sebastião do) Rio de Janeiro   Horse 1859-01-31
1868-Oct-09
1862-Sep
1910-03-26
[2]
Steam 1862-Sep
1882
1866-11-28
?
[2]
electric 1892-Oct-08 1967-12-21 [2]
Madureira   Horse 1911-09-28 1928 [2]
electric 1928-Oct-12 ? [2]
Santa Teresa Santa Teresa Tram Horse 1875-05-25 1897-Jun ,[2] ,
electric 1896-Sep-01   [2]
Campo Grande   electric 1917-05-17 1967-10-31 [1]
♦ Ilha do Governador   electric 1922-Oct-04 1965-Apr-10 [2]
Santa Cruz   820 Horse 1880 1911 [1]
Niterói   Horse 1871-Oct-09 1908-08-15 [1]
Accumulator (storage battery) 1883-Oct-07 1885-Feb (after) [1]
electric 1906-10-31 1964-07-31 [1]
♦♦ São Gonçalo   Steam 1899-Aug-05 1917-Feb [1] Connected Niterói (Neves) and Alcântara.
Petrol (gasoline) 1917-02-15 1925-Jul [1] Connected Niterói (Neves) and Alcântara.
electric 1910-08-25 1964-07-31 [1] Connected Niterói and Alcântara. See note.
Teresópolis   Horse ? ?  
Vassouras   Mule 1883-July-11 1914 [1]

Rio Grande do Norte

Location Article Gauge
(mm)
Traction
Type
Date (from)
(year-month-day)
Date (to)
(year-month-day)
Notes
Macau   Horse ? ?  
Mossoró   Horse ? ?  
Steam ? ?  
Natal   Horse 1908-Sep-07 ?
electric 1911-Oct-02 1955-May

Rio Grande do Sul

Location Article Gauge
(mm)
Traction
Type
Date (from)
(year-month-day)
Date (to)
(year-month-day)
Notes
Bagé   Horse (?) ? ?
Cassino   Horse (?) ? ?
Passo Fundo   Horse ? ?  
Pelotas   1435 Horse 1873-09-09 1915 ca.
1435 electric 1915-10-20 1955-Apr
Porto Alegre   Mule 1864-Nov-01
1873-Jan-04
1872
1914
,
electric 1908-Mar-10 1970-Mar-08 ,
Rio Grande   1000 Mule 1876-July-05 1912 ca.
1000 electric 1911-11-15 1967-06-15
Santa Maria   Horse ? ?  
São Leopoldo   1000 Horse 1914-11-29 1915
Uruguaiana   Horse (?) ? ?

Santa Catarina

Location Article Gauge
(mm)
Traction
Type
Date (from)
(year-month-day)
Date (to)
(year-month-day)
Notes
Florianópolis   Mule 1880-Nov-06
1909-June-05
1885
193_
Joinville   Mule 1911-01-29 1917-Apr-10

São Paulo

Location Article Gauge
(mm)
Traction
Type
Date (from)
(year-month-day)
width=80px Date (to)
(year-month-day)
Notes
Campinas   electric 1912-06-24
1968-05-24
electric 1972-Nov-05 Heritage tramway, (operates on Saturdays and Sundays, year round).
♦ Campinas - Joaquím Egido - Souzas - Cabras   Steam 1894 1917
electric 1917-03-18 1960-02-10
♦ Joaquím Egido - Doutor Lacerda   Petrol (gasoline) 1919 1939-Oct-01
Campos do Jordão   Petrol (gasoline) 1914-11-15
1924-12-21
1916
1956
, ,
1000 electric 1956   , ,
Pindamonhangaba - Campos do Jordão   Petrol (gasoline) 1914-11-15 1916 ca. , , Goods trains worked by steam. Line not operated between ca. 1916 and 1924.
electric 1924-12-21   , , Operation suspended 1982 - Oct 1986.
Guaratinguetá   Mule 1898 1920 ca.
electric 1914-Mar-07 1957 ca. Line connected Guaratinguetá and Aparecida.
Aparecida   Mule 1895 1913
electric 1913-Dec-08 1957 ca.
Jundiaí   600 Mule 1893 1896
(electric)     Morrison (1989, page 46) states that an electric tramway project in 1914 was stopped because of the First World War.
Lorena   Mule 1886-10-18 1896
Piracicaba   1000 electric 1916-01-15 1969-Oct-03
Piraju   1000 electric 1915-Aug-01 1931 (or 02 August 1937) Morrison (1989, page 159) , describes conflicting information about the date of closure.
♦ Piraju - Sarutaiá   electric 1915-08-15 1931 (or 2 August 1937) Morrison (1989, page 159) , describes conflicting information about the date of closure.
Ribeirão Preto   (electric)     Peschkes (Part 1, 1980, page 46) states that the tramway was constructed, but not opened.
Santo André   Horse ? ?  
Santos   Mule 1871-Oct-08 1912-May-03 ,
electric 1909-04-28 1971-02-28 , Heritage tramway, 10 June 1984 - Oct 1986. Another new heritage tram opened on 23 September 2000
São Vicente   1350 Mule 1875-10-24 1909
electric 1909-04-28 ? Operated as part of Santos system.
Guarujá - Itapema   Steam 1893 1925
1000 electric 1925-Jan-11 1956-07-13
São Carlos   Horse 1895 1896 , Tramway closed because of yellow fever epidemic.
electric 1914-12-27 1962-06-16 ,
São Paulo   Mule 1872-Oct-12 1907
Steam 1886-03-14 1914
electric 1900-May-07 1968-03-27
São Bernardo do Campo   1000 Petrol (gasoline) 1923-May-03 1930-Oct-05 Tramway connected São Bernardo do Campo and São Caetano (do Sul).
Tramway da Cantareira   Steam ? 1965-05-31 See note.
Sorocaba   1000 electric 1915-12-30 1959-02-28 ,
♦ Sorocaba - Votorantim   electric 1922-Feb-04 1966 , Public passenger service withdrawn 1966, non-public passenger service withdrawn 1977.
Taubaté   800 Mule 1879-05-27 1910 ca.
600 Steam 1880 1920 Connected Taubaté and Tremembé.

Non-public tramway:

Location Article Gauge
(mm)
Traction
Type
Date (from)
(year-month-day)
Date (to)
(year-month-day)
Notes
Vila de Itatinga   Steam 1906 1958 ,
800 electric 1958-Jan  

Sergipe

Location Article Gauge
(mm)
Traction
Type
Date (from)
(year-month-day)
Date (to)
(year-month-day)
Notes
Aracaju   Mule 1908-10-24 ?
electric 1926-June-02 1955

See also

References

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