List of town tramway systems in North America

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This is a list of cities and towns in North America that have, or once had, town tramway (urban tramway, or streetcar) systems as part of their public transport system. The use of the diamond (♦) symbol indicates where there were (or are) two or more independent tram systems operating concurrently within a single metropolitan area. Separate lists exist for the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Aruba[edit]

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Oranjestad Streetcar Oranjestad Hydrail 22 Dec 2012   working system

Barbados[edit]

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Bridgetown Horse ? 21 Sep 1925  

Canada[edit]

Main article: List of street railways in Canada

Cuba[edit]

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Havana Electric Railway, División de Camagüey Camagüey Horse 8 Dec 1894 Mar (?) 1900  
Electric 1 May 1908 23 Feb 1952 [1]
Tranvía Eléctrico de Cárdenas, S.A. Cárdenas (de Cuba) Accumulator (storage battery) 20 May 1915 Jun (?) 1929 [2]
Cienfuegos, Palmira and Cruces Electric Railway and Power Company Cienfuegos Accumulator (storage battery) 13 Feb 1913 1926  
Electric 1926 1928 (or 1935)  
Petrol (gasoline) 1928 1954 [3]
  ♦ Cienfuegos - Hormiguero Accumulator (storage battery) 1917 1926 (?)  
Havana Electric Railway Company (San Cristóbal de) La Habana (Havana) Horse 20 Sep 1859 1902 (?) [4]
Electric 21 Mar 1901 29 Apr 1952 [5], [6]
  ♦ La Habana (calle Zanja / calle Galiano) - Ciénaga (de Zapata) Accumulator (storage battery) 8 Jan 1913 1913 [7]
Electric by 1915 1940 [8] Extended to Marianao.
  ♦ La Habana - Marianao - Guanajay Electric 12 Nov 1906 1939  
Steam 1939 ? [9]
  ♦♦ Marianao Electric by 1915 by 1940 [10]
  ♦ La Habana - Rincón Steam 1861

1940

1914

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[11]
Electric Jun 1914 1940 [12] Line continues in operation, worked by diesel railcars.
  ♦♦ Rincón - San Antonio de los Baños Accumulator (storage battery) Oct 1914 ?  
  ♦ La Habana - Güines Electric 16 Mar 1907 1939 [13]
Steam 1939 ? [14] Line continues in operation, worked by diesel railcars.
  ♦ La Habana (Regla) - Guanabacoa Mule 184_ 1884  
Steam 1884 1900  
Electric 7 Mar 1900 15 Jun 1931 [15]
Hershey Electric Railway ♦ La Habana (Casablanca) - Hershey - Matanzas Electric 1 Jan 1922   Full operative upon May 2017. As December 2020 only stay in operation the branch between Hershey and Jaruco, awaiting further reparations. [16] 5
  ♦ Matanzas Accumulator (storage battery) 17 Dec 1916 1920 (?) [17]
Electric 1920 (?) 29 Oct 1954 [18]
  Holguín Mule ? ?  
  Mallarquin Mule ? ?  
  Pedro Betancourt ? 1907 (?) ? [19]
  Santiago (de Cuba) Electric 12 Jan (or 8 Feb) 1908 26 Jan 1952 [20]

Curaçao (to the Netherlands)[edit]

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Willemstad Animal ? ?  
Petrol (gasoline) ? 1 Nov 1920  

Dominican Republic[edit]

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  (San Fernando de) Monte Cristi Horse 1905 ?  
  (San Felipe de) Puerto Plata Horse ? ?  
  Santo Domingo (de Guzmán) Horse ? ?  

Haiti[edit]

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Les Cayes Horse ? ?  
  Port-au-Prince Horse 17 Jan 1878 Apr 1888 [21]
Steam 18 Apr 1897 ? [22]
Petrol (gasoline) ? 1932 [23]
  Port-de-Paix Horse ? ?  

Jamaica[edit]

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Kingston Animal ? ?  
Electric 31 Mar 1899 Aug 1948  

Martinique (to France)[edit]

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Saint-Pierre Animal ? 8 May 1902 Town destroyed by eruption of Mont-Pelée volcano.

Mexico[edit]

Main article: List of street railways in Mexico

Puerto Rico (to U.S.)[edit]

Name of System Location Traction
Type 		Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Ferrocarril Urbano de la Villa de Mayagüez Mayagüez [24] Horse 27 Feb 1875 3 Feb 1886 The city's first horse-powered tramway was a single line of 1.5 km (0.9 mi) long and used a track gauge of 1450 mm (57 inches).
Sociedad Anónima Tranvía de Mayagüez Horse 28 May 1895 1912 The city's second horse-powered tramway was a network of 8.6 km (5.3 mi) long with two branches and used a track gauge of 610 mm (24 inches).
Mayagüez Tramway Company Accumulator (storage battery) 1915 18 Jan 1927 This city's electric battery-powered tramway was 2.4 km (3.3 mi) long and used a track gauge of 1000 mm (39 inches).
Sociedad del Tranvía de Ponce Ponce [25] Horse 17 Jun 1880 18 Apr 1883 Single line of 4 km (2.5 mi) long and a track gauge of 1000 mm (39 inches).
Ponce Railway & Light Company Electric 29 Apr 1902 24 Dec 1927 Extended to a loop of 7.7 km (4.8 mi) long and a track gauge of 1000 mm (39 inches).
Tranvía de la Capital a Río Piedras (1880–1898) / San Juan & Rio Piedras Railroad (1899) San Juan [26] Steam 1880 1900 Nicknamed as "Tranvía de Ubarri" by its builder, Pablo Ubarri, Count of Santurce. Powered by small steam locomotives that run over a single line between Old San Juan and Rio Piedras of 11.3 km (7 mi) long and a track gauge of 750 mm (29.5 inches).
San Juan Light & Transit Co. (1900–1906) / Porto Rico Railway, Light & Power Co. (1906–1942) / San Juan - Santurce Street Railway Service of Puerto Rico Water Resources Authority (1942–1946) Electric 1 Jan 1901 1 Oct 1946 Extended to a network of 23.3 km (14.5 mi) long and refitted to a track gauge of 1435 mm (56.5 inches). From 1928 shortened to a loop of 12.7 km (7.9 mi) from Old San Juan to Santurce.
"Caguas Tramway" - Porto Rico Railways Company San Juan - Rio Piedras - Caguas Steam 1908 1928 First intended as electric tramway, finally operated as steam railroad of 28 km (17 mi) long and a track gauge of 1000 mm (39 inches). Destroyed by Hurricane San Felipe.[1]

United States[edit]

Main article: List of streetcar systems in the United States

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Tramways of Puerto Rico".
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