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 systems as part of their public transport system. The use of the diamond symbol indicates where there were two or more independent tram systems operating concurrently within a single metropolitan area. Separate lists exist for the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

[Barbados]

Name of SystemLocationTraction
Type
Date Date Notes
BridgetownHorse?21 Sep 1925

[Cuba]

Name of SystemLocationTraction
Type
Date Date Notes
Havana Electric Railway, División de CamagüeyCamagüeyHorse8 Dec 1894Mar 1900
Havana Electric Railway, División de CamagüeyCamagüeyElectric1 May 190823 Feb 1952
Tranvía Eléctrico de Cárdenas, S.A.Cárdenas (de Cuba)Accumulator 20 May 1915Jun 1929
Cienfuegos, Palmira and Cruces Electric Railway and Power CompanyCienfuegosAccumulator 13 Feb 19131926
Cienfuegos, Palmira and Cruces Electric Railway and Power CompanyCienfuegosElectric19261928
Cienfuegos, Palmira and Cruces Electric Railway and Power CompanyCienfuegosPetrol 19281954
♦ Cienfuegos - HormigueroAccumulator 19171926
Havana Electric Railway Company(San Cristóbal de) La Habana Horse20 Sep 18591902
Havana Electric Railway Company(San Cristóbal de) La Habana Electric21 Mar 190129 Apr 1952,
♦ La Habana - Ciénaga (de Zapata)Accumulator 8 Jan 19131913
♦ La Habana - Ciénaga (de Zapata)Electricby 19151940 Extended to Marianao.
♦ La Habana - Marianao - GuanajayElectric12 Nov 19061939
♦ La Habana - Marianao - GuanajaySteam1939?
♦♦ MarianaoElectricby 1915by 1940
♦ La Habana - RincónSteam1861
1940
1914
?
♦ La Habana - RincónElectricJun 19141940 Line continues in operation, worked by diesel railcars.
♦♦ Rincón - San Antonio de los BañosAccumulator Oct 1914?
♦ La Habana - GüinesElectric16 Mar 19071939
♦ La Habana - GüinesSteam1939? Line continues in operation, worked by diesel railcars.
♦ La Habana - GuanabacoaMule184_1884
♦ La Habana - GuanabacoaSteam18841900
♦ La Habana - GuanabacoaElectric7 Mar 190015 Jun 1931
Hershey Electric Railway♦ La Habana - Hershey - MatanzasElectric1 Jan 1922 Full operative upon May 2017. As December 2020 only stay in operation the branch between Hershey and Jaruco, awaiting further reparations. 5
MatanzasAccumulator 17 Dec 19161920
MatanzasElectric1920 29 Oct 1954
HolguínMule??
MallarquinMule??
Pedro Betancourt?1907 ?
Santiago (de Cuba)Electric12 Jan 190826 Jan 1952

[Curaçao] (to the [Netherlands])

Name of SystemLocationTraction
Type
Date Date Notes
WillemstadAnimal??
WillemstadPetrol ?1 Nov 1920

[Dominican Republic]

Name of SystemLocationTraction
Type
Date Date Notes
(San Fernando de) Monte CristiHorse1905?
(San Felipe de) Puerto PlataHorse??
Santo Domingo (de Guzmán)Horse??

[Jamaica]

Name of SystemLocationTraction
Type
Date Date Notes
KingstonAnimal??
KingstonElectric31 Mar 1899Aug 1948

[Martinique] (to [France])

Name of SystemLocationTraction
Type
Date Date Notes
Saint-PierreAnimal?8 May 1902Town destroyed by eruption of Mont-Pelée volcano.

[Puerto Rico] (to U.S.">United States">U.S.)

Name of SystemLocationTraction
Type
Date Date Notes
Ferrocarril Urbano de la Villa de MayagüezMayagüez Horse27 Feb 18753 Feb 1886The city's first horse-powered tramway was a single line of 1.5 km long and used a track gauge of 1450 mm.
Sociedad Anónima Tranvía de MayagüezMayagüez Horse28 May 18951912The city's second horse-powered tramway was a network of 8.6 km long with two branches and used a track gauge of 610 mm.
Mayagüez Tramway CompanyMayagüez Accumulator 191518 Jan 1927This city's electric battery-powered tramway was 2.4 km long and used a track gauge of 1000 mm.
Sociedad del Tranvía de PoncePonce Horse17 Jun 188018 Apr 1883Single line of 4 km long and a track gauge of 1000 mm.
Ponce Railway & Light CompanyPonce Electric29 Apr 190224 Dec 1927Extended to a loop of 7.7 km long and a track gauge of 1000 mm.
Tranvía de la Capital a Río Piedras / San Juan & Rio Piedras Railroad San Juan Steam18801900Nicknamed as "Tranvía de Ubarri" by its builder, Pablo Ubarri, Count of Santurce. Powered by small steam locomotives that run over a single line between Old San Juan and Rio Piedras of 11.3 km long and a track gauge of 750 mm.
San Juan Light & Transit Co. / Porto Rico Railway, Light & Power Co. / San Juan - Santurce Street Railway Service of Puerto Rico Water Resources Authority San Juan Electric1 Jan 19011 Oct 1946Extended to a network of 23.3 km long and refitted to a track gauge of 1435 mm. From 1928 shortened to a loop of 12.7 km from Old San Juan to Santurce.
"Caguas Tramway" - Porto Rico Railways CompanySan Juan - Rio Piedras - CaguasSteam19081928First intended as electric tramway, finally operated as steam railroad of 28 km long and a track gauge of 1000 mm. Destroyed by Hurricane San Felipe.