List of town tramway systems in Brazil
This is a list of town tramway systems in Brazil by Estado. It includes all tram systems, past and present.
Alagoas
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maceió | Steam | 1868-03-23 | ? | |||
| Horse | 1871-12-25 | ? | ||||
| electric | 1914-June-12 | 1956 ca. | ||||
| Penedo | Horse | 1909-01-01 | 1936-12-31 | |||
Amazonas
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manaus | Steam | 1895 ca. | 1898 ca. | , | ||
| electric | 1899-Aug-01 | 1957-02-28 | , Operation suspended 1954 - 1956. | |||
Bahia
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alagoinhas | Horse | ? | ? | |||
| Cachoeira | Horse | 1872-10-30 | 1921 | |||
| Ilhéus | Horse | ? | ? | |||
| Nazaré | Horse | ? | ? | |||
| Steam | ? | ? | ||||
| Salvador | Horse | 1860 | ? | , | ||
| Steam | 1869-May-12 | ? | , | |||
| electric | 1897-03-14 | 1961-Sep | , , | |||
| Santo Amaro | Horse | 1874-01-01 | 1962 | |||
Ceará
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortaleza | Horse | 1880-04-25 (or ca. 1875) | ? | |||
| electric | 1913-Oct-09 | 1947-05-19 | ||||
| Sobral | Horse | 1894 | 1918 | |||
- Aracati - Horse traction (?). Morrison (1989, page 43) states that an 1873 brochure issued by the Brazilian government mentions a tramway project in this town; it is not known whether the tramway was built.
Espírito Santo
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cachoeiro de Itapemirim | electric | 1924-12-25 | 1938-June-04 | |||
| Vila Velha | 1000 | electric | 1912-Apr-12 | 1967-12-15 | , Connected Paul (ferry terminal for Vitória) and Vila Velha. | |
| Vitória | Horse | 1907-July-11 | 1913 by | , | ||
| electric | 1911-07-21 | 1963-05-23 | , | |||
Goiás
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goiás | Horse | ? | ? | |||
Maranhão
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caxias | Horse | ? | ? | |||
| Dom Pedro | Horse | ? | ? | |||
| São Luís | Horse | 1872 ca. | ? | |||
| electric | 1924-09-15 | 1966-Dec | ||||
| ♦ Tirirical | electric | 1978-10-26 | 1983 | |||
Mato Grosso
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuiabá | Mule | 1891-04-30 | 1935 | |||
| Cuiabá | electric | 2014 | ||||
Minas Gerais
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Além Paraíba | 1000 | Mule | 1895 | 1925 (?) | ||
| 1000 | electric | 1925-11-15 | 1939-07-25 | Closed following an accident. | ||
| Belo Horizonte | Steam | 1895-Sep-07 | ? | , | ||
| Horse | 1899-02-16 | ? | , | |||
| electric | 1902-Sep-02 | 1963-06-30 | , | |||
| Bom Sucesso | 1000 | electric | 1930-09-21 | 1950 (?) | ||
| Campanha | Mule | 1911 | ? | |||
| Steam | 1911 (?) | ? | ||||
| Petrol (gasoline) (?) | ||||||
| electric (?) | see note. | |||||
| Cataguases | Horse | 1910-11-25 1915-Aug-10 | 1914 1918-03-24 |
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| Caxambu | 750 | Horse | 1911 | 1925 | ||
| Guarará | Mule | 1895 | 1923 | |||
| Juiz de Fora | 1000 | Horse | 1889-Sep-07 | ? | ||
| 1000 | electric | 1906-June-06 | 1969-04-14 | |||
| Lavras | 1000 | electric | 1911-10-21 | 1967-Noc-08 | ||
| Mar de Espanha | Horse (?) | see note. | ||||
| Nova Lima - Rapopos | 660 | electric | 1913-Apr-03 | 1970 ca. | ||
| Ouro Preto | Mule | 1888-Dec-01 | 1891 ca. | |||
| Pedro Leopoldo | 1000 | Mule | 1907 | 1930 | ||
| Sacramento - Cipó | 1000 | electric | 1913-11-15 | 1937-Oct | ||
| São Lourenço | Horse | 1905 | 1932 | |||
| Telófilo Otoni | Horse | 1918-Sep | 1938-May | |||
| Ubá | Mule | 1895 | 1922 | |||
- Note for Campanha: Morrison (1989, page 87) describes conflicting information on whether the tramway was electrified, and when it closed.
- Note for Mar de Espanha: Morrison (1989, page 79) states that one source (dated 1889) mentions a tramway in this town, but no other information could be located.
Pará
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belém | Steam | 1869-Sep-01 | ? | , | ||
| Mule | 1870 | 1908-07-21 | , | |||
| electric | 1907-08-15 | 1947-04-27 | , Heritage tramway opened 18 August 2005 . | |||
| Mosqueiro | Horse | 1913 ca. (?) | ? | |||
| San Antônio do Prata | Horse | 1907 | 1914 | Replaced by railway branch line. | ||
Paraíba
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Itabaiana | Horse | 1914 | 1929 | |||
| João Pessoa | Horse | 1896-June-06 | ? | |||
| Steam | 1906-10-21 | 1919 | ||||
| Petrol (gasoline) | 1911-02-15 | 1919 | ||||
| electric | 1914-02-19 | 1958 | ||||
Paraná
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curitiba | Mule | 1887-Nov-08 | 1913 | , | ||
| electric | 1913-Jan-07 | 1952-Jun | , | |||
| Paranaguá | Steam | 1893-Dec-07 | 1938 | |||
| Mule | ? | 1938 | ||||
| Petrol (gasoline) | ? | 1938 | ||||
Pernambuco
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afogados da Ingazeira | Horse | 1895 | 1914 ca. | |||
| Arcoverde | Horse | ? | ? | See Carpina (below). | ||
| Carpina | Horse | ? | ? | Morrison (1989, page 55) cites a Recife historian who states that this town had a tramway. | ||
| Caruaru | Horse | ? | ? | See Carpina (above). | ||
| Limoeiro | Horse | ? | ? | |||
| Petrol (gasoline) | ? | 1952 | ||||
| Palmares | Horse | ? | ? | See Carpina (above). | ||
| Pesqueira | Horse | 191_ | 193_ | |||
| Recife | Steam | 1867-Jan-05 | 1922 | , | ||
| Mule | 1871-09-22 | ? | , | |||
| electric | 1914-05-13 | 1954-Mar | , Service (one daily return trip, worked by a single car) resumed because of court action by the local authority, and continued to 1960. | |||
| Timbaúba | Horse | 1915-10-10 | 193_ | |||
| Triunfo | Horse | ? | ? | See Carpina (above). | ||
- Garanhuns - Diesel traction . Test operations conducted with a former Recife tramcar, equipped with a diesel engine, in 1968 over a (then recently closed) railway branch. The engine, overloaded by large numbers of passengers seeking to ride on opening day, failed. Public service was not attempted thereafter.
- Goiana - Horse traction (?). Morrison (1989, page 55) states that an 1873 brochure issued by the Brazilian government mentions a tramway project in this town; it is not known whether the tramway was built.
Piauí
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parnaíba | Horse | ? | ? | |||
| Teresina | Horse | ? | ? | |||
Rio de Janeiro
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barra do Piraí | Mule | ? | ? | |||
| Campos (dos Goytacazes) | 1000 | Mule | 1875-09-19 | 1916 | [1] | |
| 1000 | electric | 1916-10-14 1923 | 1918-09-15 1964-11-15 |
[1] | ||
| Petrol (gasoline) | 1918 | 1923 | [1] | |||
| Macaé | 1000 | Mule | 1872-06-29 | 1932 | [1] | |
| Magé | Horse | 1873-Feb-04 | 1896-Nov-01 | [1] Temporary operation on planned railway route. | ||
| Manuel Duarte | Horse | 1883 | 1911 | [1] Connected Paraibuna and Manuel Duarte. Replaced by railway line. | ||
| Mendes | Mule | 1889 | 1912 ca. | [1] See note. | ||
| Nova Friburgo | 1100 | Mule | 1883 | 1933 | [1] | |
| Petrópolis | 1000 | electric | 1912-12-13 | 1939-07-15 | [1] | |
| Riberão das Lajes | Petrol (gasoline) | 1906 | 1935 | [1] Operated over former dam-construction railway from Nicanor Pereira. | ||
| (São Sebastião do) Rio de Janeiro | VLT (Rio de Janeiro) | Horse | 1859-01-31 1868-Oct-09 | 1862-Sep 1910-03-26 |
[2] | |
| Steam | 1862-Sep 1882 | 1866-11-28 ? |
[2] | |||
| electric | 1892-Oct-08 | 1967-12-21 | [2] | |||
| 1435 | electric | 2016-Jun-06 | ||||
| ♦ Madureira | Horse | 1911-09-28 | 1928 | [2] | ||
| electric | 1928-Oct-12 | ? | [2] | |||
| ♦ Santa Teresa | Santa Teresa Tram | Horse | 1875-05-25 | 1897-Jun | ,[2] , | |
| 1100 | electric | 1896-Sep-01 | [2] | |||
| ♦ Campo Grande | electric | 1917-05-17 | 1967-10-31 | [1] | ||
| ♦ Ilha do Governador | electric | 1922-Oct-04 | 1965-Apr-10 | [2] | ||
| ♦ Santa Cruz | 820 | Horse | 1880 | 1911 | [1] | |
| ♦ Niterói | Horse | 1871-Oct-09 | 1908-08-15 | [1] | ||
| Accumulator (storage battery) | 1883-Oct-07 | 1885-Feb (after) | [1] | |||
| electric | 1906-10-31 | 1964-07-31 | [1] | |||
| ♦♦ São Gonçalo | Steam | 1899-Aug-05 | 1917-Feb | [1] Connected Niterói (Neves) and Alcântara. | ||
| Petrol (gasoline) | 1917-02-15 | 1925-Jul | [1] Connected Niterói (Neves) and Alcântara. | |||
| electric | 1910-08-25 | 1964-07-31 | [1] Connected Niterói and Alcântara. See note. | |||
| Teresópolis | Horse | ? | ? | |||
| Vassouras | Mule | 1883-July-11 | 1914 | [1] | ||
- Barra do Piraí - Peschkes (Part 1, 1980, page 45) lists a tramway (using animal traction) in this town. Morrison (1989, page 120) states that an 1888 government report describes three concessions for tramway construction, and a 1922 publication includes two photographs showing track and overhead wire in streets. However, he adds that a visit to the city "failed to produce any information about the existence of a passenger tramway."
- Note for Mendes: Tramway extended from Humberto Antunes railway station. Electric traction (for goods) and petrol traction (for passengers), ca. 1912 - 1952. Unconnected line extended from Mendes railway station, horse traction, 1900 - 1932.
- Note for Niterói: Niterói tramway undertaking extended to São Gonçalo from 25 August 1910 (electric traction). São Gonçalo tramway absorbed by Niterói undertaking from 1921.
- Notes for Rio de Janeiro: Period of no tramway operation following closure of first line (to Tijuca, in 1866) and opening of the second line (to Largo do Machado) on 9 October 1868 (later extended to Jardim Botânico). Tijuca line reopened (by a new undertaking) on 19 January 1870. First tramway line in Zona Norte opened 29 November 1873.
- Experiments with accumulator (storage battery) traction on 2 July 1887 and 16 July 1887.
- Electric traction inaugurated in Zona Sul on 8 October 1892, and in Zona Norte on 1 July 1905. Last line in Zona Norte closed 21 May 1963. Only one line (in Zona Sul) remained in operation after 17 May 1965.
- Alto da Boa Vista line retained as tourist line, but operation suspended because of storm damage 10 January 1966 - May 1966. Operation again suspended because of storm daage, 22 January 1967 - Mar 1967. Following a period of intermittent operation, the line was declared closed on 21 December 1967.
- Note for Santa Cruz: Connected Santa Cruz and Itaguaí (1880 - 1907, replaced by railway branch), and Santa Cruz and Sepetiba (27 June 1884 - 1911).
Rio Grande do Norte
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macau | Horse | ? | ? | |||
| Mossoró | Horse | ? | ? | |||
| Steam | ? | ? | ||||
| Natal | Horse | 1908-Sep-07 | ? | |||
| electric | 1911-Oct-02 | 1955-May | ||||
Rio Grande do Sul
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagé | Horse (?) | ? | ? | |||
| Cassino | Horse (?) | ? | ? | |||
| Passo Fundo | Horse | ? | ? | |||
| Pelotas | 1435 | Horse | 1873-09-09 | 1915 ca. | ||
| 1435 | electric | 1915-10-20 | 1955-Apr | |||
| Porto Alegre | Mule | 1864-Nov-01 1873-Jan-04 | 1872 1914 |
, | ||
| electric | 1908-Mar-10 | 1970-Mar-08 | , | |||
| Rio Grande | 1000 | Mule | 1876-July-05 | 1912 ca. | ||
| 1000 | electric | 1911-11-15 | 1967-06-15 | |||
| Santa Maria | Horse | ? | ? | |||
| São Leopoldo | 1000 | Horse | 1914-11-29 | 1915 | ||
| Uruguaiana | Horse (?) | ? | ? | |||
Santa Catarina
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florianópolis | Mule | 1880-Nov-06 1909-June-05 | 1885 193_ |
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| Joinville | Mule | 1911-01-29 | 1917-Apr-10 | |||
São Paulo
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
width=80px Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campinas | electric | 1912-06-24 | 1968-05-24 |
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| electric | 1972-Nov-05 | Heritage tramway, (operates on Saturdays and Sundays, year round). | ||||
| ♦ Campinas - Joaquím Egido - Souzas - Cabras | Steam | 1894 | 1917 | |||
| electric | 1917-03-18 | 1960-02-10 | ||||
| ♦ Joaquím Egido - Doutor Lacerda | Petrol (gasoline) | 1919 | 1939-Oct-01 | |||
| Campos do Jordão | Petrol (gasoline) | 1914-11-15 1924-12-21 | 1916 1956 |
, , | ||
| 1000 | electric | 1956 | , , | |||
| ♦ Pindamonhangaba - Campos do Jordão | Petrol (gasoline) | 1914-11-15 | 1916 ca. | , , Goods trains worked by steam. Line not operated between ca. 1916 and 1924. | ||
| electric | 1924-12-21 | , , Operation suspended 1982 - Oct 1986. | ||||
| Guaratinguetá | Mule | 1898 | 1920 ca. | |||
| electric | 1914-Mar-07 | 1957 ca. | Line connected Guaratinguetá and Aparecida. | |||
| ♦ Aparecida | Mule | 1895 | 1913 | |||
| electric | 1913-Dec-08 | 1957 ca. | ||||
| Jundiaí | 600 | Mule | 1893 | 1896 | ||
| (electric) | Morrison (1989, page 46) states that an electric tramway project in 1914 was stopped because of the First World War. | |||||
| Lorena | Mule | 1886-10-18 | 1896 | |||
| Piracicaba | 1000 | electric | 1916-01-15 | 1969-Oct-03 | ||
| Piraju | 1000 | electric | 1915-Aug-01 | 1931 (or 2 August 1937) | Morrison (1989, page 159) , describes conflicting information about the date of closure. | |
| ♦ Piraju - Sarutaiá | electric | 1915-08-15 | 1931 (or 2 August 1937) | Morrison (1989, page 159) , describes conflicting information about the date of closure. | ||
| Ribeirão Preto | (electric) | Peschkes (Part 1, 1980, page 46) states that the tramway was constructed, but not opened. | ||||
| Santo André | Horse | ? | ? | |||
| Santos | Mule | 1871-Oct-08 | 1912-May-03 | |||
| Electric | 1909-04-28 | 1971-02-28 | ||||
| Santos heritage tramway | Electric | 10 June 1984 | October 1986 | First heritage tramway[3] | ||
| Santos heritage tramway | Electric | 23 Sep 2000 | Second heritage tramway[4] | |||
| Santos light rail | Electric | 31 Jan 2016 | Modern tramway[5] | |||
| ♦ São Vicente | 1350 | Mule | 1875-10-24 | 1909 | ||
| electric | 1909-04-28 | ? | Operated as part of Santos system. | |||
| ♦ Guarujá - Itapema | Steam | 1893 | 1925 | |||
| 1000 | electric | 1925-Jan-11 | 1956-07-13 | |||
| São Carlos | Horse | 1895 | 1896 | , Tramway closed because of yellow fever epidemic. | ||
| electric | 1914-12-27 | 1962-06-16 | , | |||
| São Paulo | Mule | 1872-Oct-12 | 1907 | |||
| Steam | 1886-03-14 | 1914 | ||||
| electric | 1900-May-07 | 1968-03-27 | ||||
| ♦ São Bernardo do Campo | 1000 | Petrol (gasoline) | 1923-May-03 | 1930-Oct-05 | Tramway connected São Bernardo do Campo and São Caetano (do Sul). | |
| ♦ Tramway da Cantareira | Steam | ? | 1965-05-31 | See note. | ||
| Sorocaba | 1000 | electric | 1915-12-30 | 1959-02-28 | , | |
| ♦ Sorocaba - Votorantim | electric | 1922-Feb-04 | 1966 | , Public passenger service withdrawn 1966, non-public passenger service withdrawn 1977. | ||
| Taubaté | 800 | Mule | 1879-05-27 | 1910 ca. | ||
| 600 | Steam | 1880 | 1920 | Connected Taubaté and Tremembé. | ||
Non-public tramway:
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vila de Itatinga | Steam | 1906 | 1958 | , | ||
| 800 | electric | 1958-Jan | ||||
- Note for São Paulo - Tramway da Cantareira: Narrow-gauge light railway. Connected São Paulo, Cantareira, and Guarulhos. Electrification of Guarulhos line planned (ca. 1942, not carried out. Cantareira line closed 1957. Guarulhos line closed 31 May 1965.
Sergipe
| Location | Article | Gauge (mm) |
Traction Type |
Date (from) (year-month-day) |
Date (to) (year-month-day) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aracaju | Mule | 1908-10-24 | ? | |||
| electric | 1926-June-02 | 1955 | ||||
See also
- List of trolleybus systems in Brazil
- List of town tramway systems
- List of town tramway systems in South America
- List of light-rail transit systems
- List of rapid transit systems
References
- Books and periodicals shown in List of town tramway systems
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