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:

• Africa
• Asia
• Central America
• Europe
• Oceania
• South America

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	[1]
Tranvía Eléctrico de Cárdenas, S.A.	Cárdenas (de Cuba)	Accumulator (storage battery)	20 May 1915	Jun (?) 1929	[2]
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	[3]
	♦ Cienfuegos - Hormiguero	Accumulator (storage battery)	1917	1926 (?)
Havana Electric Railway Company	(San Cristóbal de) La Habana /Havana	Horse	20 Sep 1859	1902 (?)	[4]
		Electric	21 Mar 1901	29 Apr 1952	[5], [6]
	♦ La Habana (calle Zanja / calle Galiano) - Ciénaga (de Zapata)	Accumulator (storage battery)	8 Jan 1913	1913	[7]
		Electric	by 1915	1940	[8] Extended to Marianao.
	♦ La Habana - Marianao - Guanajay	Electric	12 Nov 1906	1939
		Steam	1939	?	[9]
	♦♦ Marianao	Electric	by 1915	by 1940	[10]
	♦ La Habana - Rincón	Steam	1861 1940	1914 ?	[11]
		Electric	Jun 1914	1940	[12] 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	[13]
		Steam	1939	?	[14] 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	[15]
	♦ La Habana (Casablanca) - Hershey - Matanzas	Electric	1 Jan 1922		[16]
	♦ Matanzas	Accumulator (storage battery)	17 Dec 1916	1920 (?)	[17]
		Electric	1920 (?)	29 Oct 1954	[18]
	Holguín	Mule	?	?
	Mallarquin	Mule	?	?
	Pedro Betancourt	?	1907 (?)	?	[19]
	Santiago (de Cuba)	Electric	12 Jan (or 8 Feb) 1908	26 Jan 1952	[20]

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	[21]
		Steam	18 Apr 1897	?	[22]
		Petrol (gasoline)	?	1932	[23]
	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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