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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.

[[Arica-Parinacota Region|XV Arica-Parinacota]]

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| Arica

| ?

| ?

| ?

| see note.

  • Note for Arica: Morrison (1992) [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/01.html] states that old postcards show rails in the streets of this town, but no other evidence of a town tramway could be found.

[[Tarapacá Region|I Tarapacá]]

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| rowspan="3" | Iquique

| Horse

| 1885

| 192_

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/01.html]

Accumulator (storage battery)

| 1916 (or 1917

| ?

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/01.html]

Petrol (gasoline)

| ?

| 1930

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/iq/e.html][http://www.tramz.com/cl/iq/eb.html] Heritage tramway opened October 24, 2004.

 

| Pisagua

| Horse

| 1889

| 1917

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/01.html]

[[Antofagasta Region|II Antofagasta]]

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Type

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| Antofagasta

| Horse

| 1893

| 1914

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/02.html]

 

| Tocopilla

| Horse

| 1904

| 1909 (?)

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/02.html]

[[Atacama Region|III Atacama]]

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Type

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| Copiapó

| Horse

| 1890

| 1904 (?)

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/03.html]

[[Coquimbo Region|IV Coquimbo]]

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Type

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| Coquimbo

| Horse

| 1895

| 1929

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/04.html]

 

| La Serena

| Horse

| 1887

| 1922

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/04.html]

[[Valparaíso Region|V Valparaíso]]

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Type

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| Cartagena

| Horse

| 1909

| ca. 1935

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/05.html]

 

| Los Andes

| Horse

| 1889

| ?

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/05.html]

 

| Limache

| Horse

| 1884

| 193_

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/05.html]

 

| Quillota

| Horse

| 1884 (?)

| 1923 (?)

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/05.html]

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| rowspan="3" | San Antonio

| Horse

| 188_

| ?

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/05.html]

Steam

| ?

| ?

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/05.html]

Petrol (gasoline)

| ?

| 193_

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/05.html]

 

| San Felipe

| Horse

| 1886

| 1933 (?)

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/05.html]

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| rowspan="2" | Valparaíso

| Horse

| March 4, 1863

| 1907

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/05.html]

Electric

| December 26, 1904

| December 30, 1952

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/05.html]. See also Trolleybuses in Valparaíso.

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| rowspan="2" | ♦ Viña del Mar

| Horse

| 1888

| 1906

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/05.html]

Electric

| see Valparaíso – Viña del Mar

|  

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/05.html]

 

| ♦ Valparaíso – Viña del Mar

| Electric

| January 28, 1906

| 1947

| (Morrison (1992, page 33) [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/05.html] states that horse trams worked much of the service until full electric operation began on November 11, 1906).

[[Santiago Metropolitan Region|RM Región Metropolitana de Santiago]]

Neighboring and suburban tramway systems in the Santiago region, arranged anti- (counter-) clockwise, northwest to east.

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| rowspan="4" | Santiago (de Chile)

| Horse

| June 10, 1858
1920

| 1912
1942

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/0Ma.html].

Petrol (gasoline)

| 1922

| 1940

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/0Ma.html].

Electric

| September 2, 1900

| February 21, 1959

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/0Ma.html].

Electric

| January 11, 1902

| April 30, 1910

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/0Ma.html] Electric rack tramway, on Cerro Santa Lucía hill.

 

| Renca

| Horse

| ?

| ?

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/0Ma.html].

 

| Batuco

| Horse

| 194_

| ca. 1975

| Horse tramway operation on branch of Santiago – Valparaíso railway (Morrison (1992, page 54)) [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/0Ma.html].

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| rowspan="2" | ♦ Santiago – Pudahuel

| Horse, Steam

| 1903

| 192_

|  

Petrol (gasoline)

| 192_

| 1934

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/0Mb.html] Part of line electrified in 1934; remainder of line to Pudahuel and branches to Cerro Navia and Resbalón. Electrified segment closed 1939

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| rowspan="2" | ♦ Quinta Normal

| Horse

| 1904

| 1929

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/0Ma.html].

Electric

| 1929

| after 1965

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/0Ma.html].

 

| ♦ Maipú

| Horse

| 1910 (?)

| 193_

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/0Mb.html]

 

| ♦ Malloco – Peñaflor

| Horse

| 1915 (?)

| after 1936

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/0Mb.html].

 

| ♦ Melipilla

| Horse

| 1915

| 1932

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/0Mb.html].

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| rowspan="2" | ♦ Santiago – San Bernardo

| Horse

| 1901

| 1907 (?)

|  

Electric

| February 9, 1907

| May 15, 1948

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/0Ma.html], [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/0Mb.html].

 

| ♦ La Cisterna – La Granja

| Horse

| 1907

| 1942

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/0Mb.html].

 

| ♦ Nos – Santa Inés

| Horse

| 1900

| 1948

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/0Mb.html].

 

| ♦ Santiago – Puente Alto

| Electric

| 1925

| 1962

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/0Mb.html].

 

| ♦ Buin – Santa Rita

| Horse

| ?

| 1938 (?)

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/0Mb.html].

 

| ♦ Buin – Maipo

| Horse

| 1918 (?)

| ?

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/0Mb.html].

 

| ♦ Puente Alto

| Electric

| 1925

| 195_ (by 1963)

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/0Mb.html].

 

| ♦ Chacarilla

| Horse

| ?

| 1923 (?)

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/0Mb.html].

[[O'Higgins Region|VI O'Higgins]]

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Type

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| Graneros

| Horse

| 1920

| after 1934 (?)

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/06.html]

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| rowspan="2" | Rancagua

| Horse

| Jul 1905

| 1918

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/06.html]

Electric

| July 8, 1918

| 1930

| Morrison [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/06.html] describes unsuccessful efforts to find photographs of the Rancagua tramway.

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| rowspan="3" | Rengo

| Horse

| 1872

| 1918 (?)

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/06.html]

Electric

| March 14, 1918

| 1923

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/06.html]

Petrol (gasoline)

| 1923

| ca. 1927

| Morrison [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/06.html] states that no photographs of the Rengo tramway could be found.

[[Maule Region|VII Maule]]

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Type

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| Cauquenes

| Horse

| 1900

| 1915 (?)

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/07.html]

 

| Constitución

| Horse

| ca. 1915

| 1934

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/07.html]

 

| Molina

| Horse

| by 1915

| 1927

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/07.html]

 

| Parral

| Horse

| ca. 1911

| 1928

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/07.html]

 

| San Javier

| Horse

| 1906

| 1927

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/07.html]

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| rowspan="2" | Talca

| Horse

| ca. 1884

| 1916

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/07.html]

Electric

| 1916

| 1933

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/07.html] Operation suspended December 1, 1928, because of damage caused by earthquake. Part of system restored December 25, 1928.

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| rowspan="2" | Villa Alegre

| Electric

| August 29, 1915

| November 26, 1926

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/07.html] Closed Oct 1923, reopened Sep 1925 by a new undertaking.

Petrol (gasoline)

| 1926

| 1931

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/07.html] Horse traction also used during 1926 – 1931.

  • Curicó Morrison [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/07.html] states that Chilean government statistics reported an animal-powered tramway in Curicó Province, but that histories of Curicó town state that no tramway was built.

[[Bío-Bío Region|VIII Bío-Bío]]

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Type

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| rowspan="2" | Chillán

| Horse

| 1877 (or 1884)

| 194_

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/08.html]

Electric

| 1921

| 1936

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/08.html]

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| rowspan="2" | Concepción

| Horse

| 1886

| 1910

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/08.html]

Electric

| July 4, 1908

| November 21, 1941

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/08.html] See note.

 

| ♦ Concepción – Talcahuano

| Electric

| July 4, 1908

| November 21, 1941

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/08.html] See note.

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| rowspan="2" | ♦ Talcahuano

| Horse

| 1898

| 1928

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/08.html] Connected Talcahuano and San Vicente.

Electric

| 1908

| November 21, 1941

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/08.html] See note.

 

| Pemuco

| Horse

| 1909

| 192_

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/08.html]

 

| San Carlos

| Horse

| 1894

| 1928

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/08.html]

Non-public tramway:

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Type

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| Lebu

| Electric

| 1914

| ?

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/08.html]

  • Note for Concepción, Concepción – Talcahuano and Talcahuano: Operation suspended January 24, 1939 – Feb 1939 because of damage caused by earthquake.

[[Araucanía Region|IX Araucanía]]

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Type

! width=15% | Date (From)

! width=15% | Date (To)

! width=25% | Notes

 

| Curacautín

| Horse (?)

| 192_ (?)

| 192_ (?)

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/09.html]

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| rowspan="2" | Temuco

| Horse

| 1881

| 1920

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/09.html]

Electric

| Mar 1919

| 1936

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/09.html] Southernmost electric tramway system in South America.

 

| Traiguén

| Electric

| 1903

| 1929

| Passenger service on electric goods (freight) railway (Morrison [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/09.html]).

  • Collipulli: Morrison [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/09.html] states that the tramway listed here in Chilean government statistics was in fact a goods (freight) railway, worked by electric traction.

[[Los Lagos Region|X Los Lagos]]

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| Puerto Montt

| Horse

| 1921

| 1931

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/07.html]

[[Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region|XII Magallanes y Antártica Chilena]]

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Ferrocarril Mina Loreto

| Punta Arenas

| Horse

| January 29, 1902

| 1950

| [http://www.tramz.com/cl/tto/12.html] Passenger service on railway, connecting docks to coal mine, with part of line built in streets.

References

See also

*

Tramways

Chile