List of town tramway systems in Chile

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.

XV Arica-Parinacota">Arica-Parinacota Region">XV Arica-Parinacota

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date	Date	Notes
	Arica	?	?	?	see note.

Note for Arica: Morrison states that old postcards show rails in the streets of this town, but no other evidence of a town tramway could be found.

I Tarapacá">Tarapacá Region">I Tarapacá

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date	Date	Notes
	Iquique	Horse	1885	192_
	Iquique	Accumulator	1916	?	1930	Heritage tramway opened October 24, 2004.
	Pisagua	Horse	1889	1917

II Antofagasta">Antofagasta Region">II Antofagasta

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date	Date	Notes
	Antofagasta	Horse	1893	1914
	Tocopilla	Horse	1904	1909

III Atacama">Atacama Region">III Atacama

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date	Date	Notes
	Copiapó	Horse	1890	1904

IV Coquimbo">Coquimbo Region">IV Coquimbo

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

V Valparaíso">Valparaíso Region">V Valparaíso

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date	Date	Notes
	Cartagena	Horse	1909	ca. 1935
	Los Andes	Horse	1889	?
	Limache	Horse	1884	193_
	Quillota	Horse	1884	1923
	San Antonio	Horse	188_	?
	San Antonio	Steam	?	?
	San Antonio	Petrol	?	193_
	San Felipe	Horse	1886	1933
	Valparaíso	Horse	March 4, 1863	1907
	Valparaíso	Electric	December 26, 1904	December 30, 1952	. See also Trolleybuses in Valparaíso.
	♦ Viña [del Mar, Chile\|Viña del Mar]	Horse	1888	1906
	♦ Viña del Mar	Electric	see Valparaíso – Viña del Mar
	♦ Valparaíso – Viña del Mar	Electric	January 28, 1906	1947	.

RM [Región Metropolitana de Santiago">Santiago Metropolitan Region">RM [Región Metropolitana de Santiago]

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

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date	Date	Notes
	Santiago (de Chile)	Horse	June 10, 1858 1920	1912 1942	.
	Santiago (de Chile)	Petrol	1922	1940	.
	Santiago (de Chile)	Electric	September 2, 1900	February 21, 1959	.
	Santiago (de Chile)	Electric	January 11, 1902	April 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 .
	♦ Santiago – Pudahuel	Horse, Steam	1903	192_
	♦ Santiago – Pudahuel	Petrol	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	February 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_	.
	♦ Chacarilla	Horse	?	1923	.

VI O'Higgins">O'Higgins Region">VI O'Higgins

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date	Date	Notes
	Graneros	Horse	1920	after 1934
	Rancagua	Horse	Jul 1905	1918
	Rancagua	Electric	July 8, 1918	1930	Morrison describes unsuccessful efforts to find photographs of the Rancagua tramway.
	Rengo	Horse	1872	1918
	Rengo	Electric	March 14, 1918	1923
	Rengo	Petrol	1923	ca. 1927	Morrison states that no photographs of the Rengo tramway could be found.

VII Maule">Maule Region">VII Maule

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date	Date	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 December 1, 1928, because of damage caused by earthquake. Part of system restored December 25, 1928.
	Villa Alegre	Electric	August 29, 1915	November 26, 1926	Closed Oct 1923, reopened Sep 1925 by a new undertaking.
	Villa Alegre	Petrol	1926	1931	Horse traction also used during 1926 – 1931.

Curicó Morrison 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.

VIII Bío-Bío">Bío-Bío Region">VIII Bío-Bío

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date	Date	Notes
	Chillán	Horse	1877	194_
	Chillán	Electric	1921	1936
	Concepción	Horse	1886	1910
	Concepción	Electric	July 4, 1908	November 21, 1941	See note.
	♦ Concepción – Talcahuano	Electric	July 4, 1908	November 21, 1941	See note.
	♦ Talcahuano	Horse	1898	1928	Connected Talcahuano and San Vicente.
	♦ Talcahuano	Electric	1908	November 21, 1941	See note.
	Pemuco	Horse	1909	192_
	San Carlos	Horse	1894	1928

Non-public tramway:

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date	Date	Notes
	Lebu	Electric	1914	?

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

IX Araucanía">Araucanía Region">IX Araucanía

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date	Date	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 railway.

Collipulli: Morrison states that the tramway listed here in Chilean government statistics was in fact a goods railway, worked by electric traction.

X Los Lagos">Los Lagos Region">X Los Lagos

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date	Date	Notes
	Puerto Montt	Horse	1921	1931

XII Magallanes y Antártica Chilena">Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region">XII Magallanes y Antártica Chilena

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date	Date	Notes
Ferrocarril Mina Loreto	Punta Arenas	Horse	January 29, 1902	1950	Passenger service on railway, connecting docks to coal mine, with part of line built in streets.