List_of_town_tramway_systems_in_Chile

List of town tramway systems in Chile

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This is a list of town tramway systems in Chile by region. It includes all tram systems, past and present. Regions of Chile are arranged geographically, from north to south.

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Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Iquique	Horse	1885	192_
	Accumulator (storage battery)	1916 (or 1917	?
	Petrol (gasoline)	?	1930	Heritage tramway opened October 24, 2004.
Pisagua	Horse	1889	1917

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Antofagasta	Horse	1893	1914
	Tocopilla	Horse	1904	1909 (?)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Coquimbo	Horse	1895	1929
	La Serena	Horse	1887	1922

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Cartagena	Horse	1909	ca. 1935
Los Andes	Horse	1889	?
Limache	Horse	1884	193_
Quillota	Horse	1884 (?)	1923 (?)
San Antonio	Horse	188_	?
	Steam	?	?
	Petrol (gasoline)	?	193_
San Felipe	Horse	1886	1933 (?)
Valparaíso	Horse	Mar 4, 1863	1907
Valparaíso	Electric	Dec 26, 1904	Dec 30, 1952	. See also Trolleybuses in Valparaíso.
♦ Viña del Mar	Horse	1888	1906
♦ Viña del Mar	Electric	see Valparaíso – Viña del Mar
♦ Valparaíso – Viña del Mar	Electric	Jan 28, 1906	1947	(Morrison (1992, page 33) states that horse trams worked much of the service until full electric operation began on Nov 11, 1906).

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Santiago (de Chile)	Horse	Jun 10, 1858 1920	1912 1942	.
	Petrol (gasoline)	1922	1940	.
	Electric	Sep 2, 1900	Feb 21, 1959	.
	Electric	Jan 11, 1902	Apr 30, 1910	Electric rack tramway, on Cerro Santa Lucía hill.
Renca	Horse	?	?	.
Batuco	Horse	194_	ca. 1975	Horse tramway operation on branch of Santiago – Valparaíso railway (Morrison (1992, page 54)) .
♦ Santiago – Pudahuel	Horse, Steam	1903	192_
♦ Santiago – Pudahuel	Petrol (gasoline)	192_	1934	Part of line electrified in 1934; remainder of line to Pudahuel and branches to Cerro Navia and Resbalón. Electrified segment closed 1939
♦ Quinta Normal	Horse	1904	1929	.
♦ Quinta Normal	Electric	1929	after 1965	.
♦ Maipú	Horse	1910 (?)	193_
♦ Malloco – Peñaflor	Horse	1915 (?)	after 1936	.
♦ Melipilla	Horse	1915	1932	.
♦ Santiago – San Bernardo	Horse	1901	1907 (?)
♦ Santiago – San Bernardo	Electric	Feb 9, 1907	May 15, 1948	, .
♦ La Cisterna – La Granja	Horse	1907	1942	.
♦ Nos – Santa Inés	Horse	1900	1948	.
♦ Santiago – Puente Alto	Electric	1925	1962	.
♦ Buin – Santa Rita	Horse	?	1938 (?)	.
♦ Buin – Maipo	Horse	1918 (?)	?	.
♦ Puente Alto	Electric	1925	195_ (by 1963)	.
♦ Chacarilla	Horse	?	1923 (?)	.

List_of_town_tramway_systems_in_Chile

List of town tramway systems in Chile

XV Arica-Parinacota

I Tarapacá

II Antofagasta

III Atacama

IV Coquimbo

V Valparaíso

RM Región Metropolitana de Santiago

VI O'Higgins

VII Maule

VIII Bío-Bío

IX Araucanía

X Los Lagos

XII Magallanes y Antártica Chilena

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Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Graneros	Horse	1920	after 1934 (?)
Rancagua	Horse	Jul 1905	1918
Rancagua	Electric	Jul 8, 1918	1930	Morrison describes unsuccessful efforts to find photographs of the Rancagua tramway.
Rengo	Horse	1872	1918 (?)
	Electric	Mar 14, 1918	1923
	Petrol (gasoline)	1923	ca. 1927	Morrison states that no photographs of the Rengo tramway could be found.

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Cauquenes	Horse	1900	1915 (?)
Constitución	Horse	ca. 1915	1934
Molina	Horse	by 1915	1927
Parral	Horse	ca. 1911	1928
San Javier	Horse	1906	1927
Talca	Horse	ca. 1884	1916
Talca	Electric	1916	1933	Operation suspended Dec 1, 1928 because of damage caused by earthquake. Part of system restored Dec 25, 1928.
Villa Alegre	Electric	Aug 29, 1915	Nov 26, 1926	Closed Oct 1923, reopened Sep 1925 by a new undertaking.
Villa Alegre	Petrol (gasoline)	1926	1931	Horse traction also used during 1926 – 1931.

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Chillán	Horse	1877 (or 1884)	194_
Chillán	Electric	1921	1936
Concepción	Horse	1886	1910
Concepción	Electric	Jul 4, 1908	Nov 21, 1941	See note.
♦ Concepción – Talcahuano	Electric	Jul 4, 1908	Nov 21, 1941	See note.
♦ Talcahuano	Horse	1898	1928	Connected Talcahuano and San Vicente.
♦ Talcahuano	Electric	1908	Nov 21, 1941	See note.
Pemuco	Horse	1909	192_
San Carlos	Horse	1894	1928

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Curacautín	Horse (?)	192_ (?)	192_ (?)
Temuco	Horse	1881	1920
Temuco	Electric	Mar 1919	1936	Southernmost electric tramway system in South America.
Traiguén	Electric	1903	1929	Passenger service on electric goods (freight) railway (Morrison ).