List of town tramway systems in Central America
This is a list of cities and towns in Central America that have, or once had, town tramway (urban tramway, or streetcar) systems as part of their public transport system.
Costa Rica[edit]
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartago | Animal | ? | ? | ||
| Diesel | ? | ? | |||
| Guácimo | Animal | ? | ? | ||
| Diesel | ? | ? | |||
| Limón | Animal | ? | ? | ||
| Penshurst | Animal | ? | ? | ||
| San José | Animal | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | 9 April 1899 | 1 August 1950 |
El Salvador[edit]
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Salvador | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Accumulator (storage battery) | ? | ? | |||
| ♦ San Salvador - Santa Tecla | Accumulator (storage battery) | 15 October 1920 | 1925 (?) | ||
| Sonsonate | Horse | ? | ? |
Guatemala[edit]
| Name of system | Location | Traction type |
Date (from) | Date (to) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción / Guatemala City | Horse | ? | 1917 | ||
| Petrol (gasoline) | 1918 | ? | |||
| Ferrocarril de los Altos | San Felipe - Quetzaltenango | Electric | 30 March 1930 | September 1933 |
Honduras[edit]
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Cortés | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? |
Nicaragua[edit]
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluefields | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Corinto | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Granada | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Rivas | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| San Juan del Norte | Horse | ? | ? | Now San Juan de Nicaragua. |
Panama[edit]
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colón | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Accumulator (storage battery) | Construction started ca. 1910, not completed. | ||||
| United Electric Tramways (1893–ca. 1900)
Panama Tramways (1913–1917) |
Ciudad de Panamá (Panama City) |
Electric | 1 October 1893
1 August 1913 |
ca. 1900
31 May 1941 |
[1] |
See also[edit]
- List of town tramway systems in Africa
- List of town tramway systems in Asia
- List of town tramway systems in Europe
- List of town tramway systems in North America
- List of town tramway systems in Oceania
- List of town tramway systems in South America
- List of town tramway systems
- List of tram and light rail transit systems
- List of metro systems
- List of trolleybus systems
References[edit]
Inline citations[edit]
- ^ Morrison, Allen (1 February 2008). "The Tramways of Panama City". tramz.com. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
