List of town tramway systems in North America
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.
Other geographic regions:
Aruba
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oranjestad Streetcar | Oranjestad | Hydrail | 22 Dec 2012 | working system | |
Barbados
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgetown | Horse | ? | 21 Sep 1925 | ||
Canada
Main article: List of street railways in Canada
Cuba
| 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 | |||
| Tranvía Eléctrico de Cárdenas, S.A. | Cárdenas (de Cuba) | Accumulator (storage battery) | 20 May 1915 | Jun (?) 1929 | |
| 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 | |||
| ♦ Cienfuegos - Hormiguero | Accumulator (storage battery) | 1917 | 1926 (?) | ||
| Havana Electric Railway Company | (San Cristóbal de) La Habana /Havana | Horse | 20 Sep 1859 | 1902 (?) | |
| Electric | 21 Mar 1901 | 29 Apr 1952 | , | ||
| ♦ La Habana (calle Zanja / calle Galiano) - Ciénaga (de Zapata) | Accumulator (storage battery) | 8 Jan 1913 | 1913 | ||
| Electric | by 1915 | 1940 | Extended to Marianao. | ||
| ♦ La Habana - Marianao - Guanajay | Electric | 12 Nov 1906 | 1939 | ||
| Steam | 1939 | ? | |||
| ♦♦ Marianao | Electric | by 1915 | by 1940 | ||
| ♦ La Habana - Rincón | Steam | 1861
1940 |
1914
? |
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| Electric | Jun 1914 | 1940 | 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 | ||
| Steam | 1939 | ? | 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 | |||
| ♦ La Habana (Casablanca) - Hershey - Matanzas | Electric | 1 Jan 1922 | |||
| ♦ Matanzas | Accumulator (storage battery) | 17 Dec 1916 | 1920 (?) | ||
| Electric | 1920 (?) | 29 Oct 1954 | |||
| Holguín | Mule | ? | ? | ||
| Mallarquin | Mule | ? | ? | ||
| Pedro Betancourt | ? | 1907 (?) | ? | ||
| Santiago (de Cuba) | Electric | 12 Jan (or 8 Feb) 1908 | 26 Jan 1952 | ||
Curaçao (to the Netherlands)
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willemstad | Animal | ? | ? | ||
| Petrol (gasoline) | ? | 1 Nov 1920 | |||
Dominican Republic
| 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
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Cayes | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Port-au-Prince | Horse | 17 Jan 1878 | Apr 1888 | ||
| Steam | 18 Apr 1897 | ? | |||
| Petrol (gasoline) | ? | 1932 | |||
| Port-de-Paix | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Jamaica
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston | Animal | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | 31 Mar 1899 | Aug 1948 | |||
Martinique (to France)
| 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
Main article: List of street railways in Mexico
Puerto Rico (to U.S.)
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguadilla | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Mayagüez | Horse | 1872 | ? | ||
| Accumulator (storage battery) | 1915 | 1927 | |||
| Ponce | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | 29 Apr 1902 | 24 Dec 1927 | |||
| San Juan | Electric | 1 Jan 1901 | 1 Oct 1946 | ||
| San Juan - Rio Piedras - Caguas | Steam | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | ? | |||
United States
Main article: List of streetcar systems in the United States
See also
- List of town tramway systems
- List of tram and light rail transit systems
- List of metro systems
- List of trolleybus systems
References
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