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. Other geographic regions:

Costa Rica

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Cartago Animal  ?  ?  
Diesel  ?  ?  
  Guácimo Animal  ?  ?  
Diesel  ?  ?  
  Limón Animal  ?  ?  
  Penshurst Animal  ?  ?  
  San José Animal  ?  ?  
Electric 9 April 1899 1 August 1950  

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 / Guatamela 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

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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)
Panama Electric (1917–1941)

Ciudad de Panamá
(Panama City)
Electric 1 October 1893

1 August 1913

ca. 1900

31 May 1941

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