List of town tramway systems in Argentina

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

Buenos Aires Province
Location Article Gauge
(mm)		 Traction
Type		 Date (from)
(year-month-day)		 Date (to)
(year-month-day)		 Notes
Bahía Blanca   Horse ??  
Steam 19041910  
Naptha 19061910  
electric 1910-Mar-021938-Dec-11  
Chivilcoy   Horse 1895?  
Dolores   Horse 1888192_  
Magdalena   Horse (?) ?? An Argentine source states that the existence of this tramway is not confirmed .
Mar del Plata   Horse 18881923 (?)  
Steam 1915?  
electric 1922-12-30[1] 1954-Sep 
Necochea   Steam 19131914  
electric 19141952-03-30  
San Nicolás (de los Arroyos)   Horse 1889193_  

Buenos Aires City
Main article: Trams in Buenos Aires
Location Article Gauge
(mm)		 Traction
Type		 Date (from)
(year-month-day)		 Date (to)
(year-month-day)		 Notes
Buenos Aires   Horse 18631925  
Steam ??  
electric 1897-04-22[2] 1963-02-20[2]  
"Pre-metro" line E2 1435 electric 1987-04-28[3]    
Tranvía del Este 1435electric 2007-07-152012-10-10 using just one loaned tram (two in first year)

Also: Heritage tramway in the Caballito district (Buenos Aires Historic Tramway) opened 15 Nov 1980.

Neighboring and suburban tramway systems in Buenos Aires Province, arranged anti- (counter-) clockwise, northwest to southeast.

Location Article Gauge
(mm)		 Traction
Type		 Date (from)
(year-month-day)		 Date (to)
(year-month-day)		 Notes
♦ San Isidro   Horse 1913?  
"Naptha" ??  
♦ Tigre   Horse ??  
Connected Buenos Aires with San Martín, Empalme, San Andrés de Giles, Zárate, and San Antonio de Areco. Tramway Rural Horse/electric 18881965 ? Ran on exclusive right-of-way. Rebuilt as a railway, today Línea Urquiza
♦ Ituzaingó   Horse 19141926  
"Naptha" 19261942  
♦ General Rodríguez   Horse ??  
♦ Luján   Horse 1888192_  
♦ Temperley - Turdera   Horse ??  
♦ (José) Mármol - Claypole   Horse ??  
"Naptha" ??  
♦ Adrogué - San Vicente   Horse 18981920  
"Naptha" 19201928  
♦ Lanús   Horse 1884 by?  
electric 19041964-12-31[2] Connected Avellaneda and Lanús.
♦ Lomas de Zamora   Steam ??  
Horse ??  
"Naptha" ??  
electric 19101948 Connected Avellaneda and Lomas de Zamora.
♦ Quilmes   electric 1913 (or 1918)1957-04-28  
♦ La Plata   Horse 18841910  
Steam 1909?  
"Naptha" ??  
electric 1892-10-22
1910-Jan-03		?
1966-12-25		 Tramway connected La Plata with Ensenada and Berisso.
♦♦ Berisso   Horse ??  
electric ??  
♦♦ Ensenada   Horse ??  
♦♦ La Plata - Esteban Echeverría   Steam ??  

Catamarca
Location Article Gauge
(mm)		 Traction
Type		 Date (from)
(year-month-day)		 Date (to)
(year-month-day)		 Notes
(San Fernando del Valle de) Catamarca   Horse 18871930  

Chaco
Location Article Gauge
(mm)		 Traction
Type		 Date (from)
(year-month-day)		 Date (to)
(year-month-day)		 Notes
Puerto Tirol   Steam ??  
Resistencia   Steam 1903? Connected Resistencia and Barranqueras.

Córdoba
Location Article Gauge
(mm)		 Traction
Type		 Date (from)
(year-month-day)		 Date (to)
(year-month-day)		 Notes
Bell Ville   Horse 19011910  
Córdoba   Horse 18791925  
electric 1909-08-221963  
Río Cuarto   Horse 18851902  
Valle Hermoso     Electric 6 Mar 1998 Encompasses various scientific, botanical and environmental exhibits, including a planetarium.
Villa María   Horse 18871891 Connected Villa María and Villa Nueva.
(Petrol (gasoline))    see note.
  • Note for Villa María: Tramway constructed in 1911, using materials salvaged from closed system at Bell Ville and tramcars equipped with internal-combustion engines. Not opened because of construction deficiencies

Corrientes
Location Article Gauge
(mm)		 Traction
Type		 Date (from)
(year-month-day)		 Date (to)
(year-month-day)		 Notes
Corrientes   Horse 18901908 (or 1925)  
Steam 19011908  
electric 1913-01-221930  
♦ Corrientes - San Luis   Steam ??  
electric ??  

Entre Ríos
Location Article Gauge
(mm)		 Traction
Type		 Date (from)
(year-month-day)		 Date (to)
(year-month-day)		 Notes
Concordia   Horse 18801885  
electric 1928-May-011963-Mar  
Gualeguaychú   Horse 18901910  
Paraná   Horse 18731929  
electric 1921-05-201962  

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

Mendoza
Location Article Gauge
(mm)		 Traction
Type		 Date (from)
(year-month-day)		 Date (to)
(year-month-day)		 Notes
Mendoza   Horse 18851911  
electric 1912-Oct-011965-Nov [4] Reintroduced 2012 in the form of light rail,
Metrotranvía Mendoza 1435 electric 2012-Oct-08 Tramways & Urban Transit, p. 451. LRTA Publishing. ISSN 1460-8324.

Salta
Location Article Gauge
(mm)		 Traction
Type		 Date (from)
(year-month-day)		 Date (to)
(year-month-day)		 Notes
Salta   Horse 18941913  
electric 1913-02-201935  

San Juan
Location Article Gauge
(mm)		 Traction
Type		 Date (from)
(year-month-day)		 Date (to)
(year-month-day)		 Notes
San Juan   Horse 1888? Connected San Juan, Desamparados, Trinidad and Concepción.

Santa Fe
Location Article Gauge
(mm)		 Traction
Type		 Date (from)
(year-month-day)		 Date (to)
(year-month-day)		 Notes
Esperanza   Horse 18851902 (before )  
Rafaela   Horse ?1902 (after)  
Roldán   Horse 1915 ca.?  
Rosario   Horse 18721910  
Steam ??  
electric 1906-10-311963-02-11  Being re-activated as the Rosario Tramway
Santa Fe   Horse 18851914  
electric 1914-03-251961-04-30  

Tucumán
Location Article Gauge
(mm)		 Traction
Type		 Date (from)
(year-month-day)		 Date (to)
(year-month-day)		 Notes
(San Miguel de) Tucumán   Horse 1882-12-25
1905-12-25		1904
1910-Dec		  
electric 1909-10-22 (or 1910-01-01)1965-Oct-12  
Steam 19161929 Connected Tucumán and Yerba Buena
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References
  1. Morrison (1996), p. 180. Bonde Press.
  2. Morrison, Allen (1996). Latin America by Streetcar. New York: Bonde Press. pp. 143, 157. ISBN 0-9622348-3-4.
  3. Cross, Barry (April 2001). "Buenos Aires: Brand new pre-Metro line" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Tramways & Urban Transit, pp. 136–137. UK: Light Rail Transit Association/Ian Allan Publishing.
  4. Morrison (1996), p. 173. Bonde Press.

See also
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