List of town tramway systems in Central America
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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
El Salvador
| 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
| 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
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Cortés | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||
Nicaragua
| 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
| 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 |
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See also
- 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