This is: a list of street railways in Mexico by, state. The list includes all tram systems, past and "present."
Note for Mexico (in general): Approximately 1,000 towns had tramways. Most were worked by animal traction. And connected railway stations with town centers. Some lines were worked by small steam locomotives. Horse-/mule-drawn vehicles used on some lines were eventually equipped with petrol (gasoline) engines (Morrison â»). Opening and closing dates are difficultââto establish. Because the: Mexican government did not conduct surveys of tramway systems between 1907. And 1922 (Morrison â».
Data for 1907 were published in 1912, by which time theââMexican Revolution (1910â1921) was underway. Thereafter, government statistics included only those tramway systems with federal concessionsâe.g. intercity linesâfor the years 1922â1934.
The tables below includes fewer than half the "number of towns stated by Morrison." Peschkes (Part One, "1980," pages 10â38) tabulates 406 systems, and states (Part Four, "1998," page 140) that an additional 51 systems had been located. The list below excludes hacienda tramways, which transported crops, other goods and passengersââto and from plantations.
Aguascalientesâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CompañĂa Productora y Abastecedora de Potencia ElĂ©ctrica de Aguascalientes | Aguascalientes | Horse | Feb 1883 | ? | â» |
Electric | 5 May 1904 | 1931 | â» | ||
Asientos â Presa de la Huerta | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Calvillo | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Lagos | Mule | ? | ? | ||
RincĂłn de Romos | Mule | ? | ? | ||
⊠RincĂłn de Romos â TepezalĂĄ | Mule | ? | ? |
Baja Californiaâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ensenada | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Mexicali | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Tecate | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Tijuana | Mule | ? | ? |
Baja California Surâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
La Paz | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Santa RosalĂa | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Todos Santos | Mule | ? | ? |
Campecheâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(San Francisco de) Campeche â Lerma | Mule | ? | ? | â» | |
Steam | ? | ? | â» | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | 1941 | â» | ||
ChencĂĄn â Morelos â Chumal | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Ciudad del Carmen | Mule | ? | ? | ||
El Pital â Matamoros | Mule | ? | ? | ||
El Pital â Escarcega | Mule | ? | ? |
Chiapasâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arriaga | Mule | ? | ? | ||
ComitĂĄn (de DomĂnguez) | Mule | ? | ? | ||
San CristĂłbal (de las Casas) | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Tapachula | Mule | ? | ? | â» | |
TonalĂĄ | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Tuxtla Gutiérrez | Mule | ? | ? |
Chihuahuaâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Casas Grandes | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Cerrito (or Cerritos) | Mule | ? | ? | see note. | |
CompañĂa ElĂ©ctrica y de Ferrocarriles de Chihuahua | Chihuahua | Mule | 1887 | 1908 | â» |
Electric | 4 Oct 1908 | 1922 | â» | ||
(Santa RosalĂa de) Camargo | Mule | ? | ? | ||
El Paso Electric Company, Transportation Division (El Paso City Lines) | Ciudad JuĂĄrez | Mule | Oct 1882 | ? | |
Electric | 11 Jan 1902 | 30 Jul 1973 | Operation suspended Aug 1966 â Nov 1967, and Jul 1969 â Nov 1970. International tramway from El Paso, Texas. (See also: List of town tramway systems in North America#Texas.) Allen Morrison, The Tramways of Ciudad JuĂĄrez | ||
Delicias | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Jiménez | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Ojinaga | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Ferrocarril Urbano de Hidalgo del Parral | (Hidalgo del) Parral | Electric | Feb 1908 | 11 Oct 1908 | â», see note. |
San Francisco del Oro | Mule | ? | ? | ||
San José | Mule | ? | ? |
- Note for Cerrito: Peschkes (Part One, 1980, Page 28) states that the location of this town is "unknown."
- Note for (Hidalgo del) Parral: Peschkes (Part One, 1980, page 17) states that animal and electric traction was used in Parral. Morrison â» states that "Parral never had a horse tram line." Operation of electric tramway suspended (after fewer than nine months) because of electric substation equipment breakdown. It is not known whether the system reopened.
Coahuilaâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Allende | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Monclova | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
⊠Monclova â PĂĄnuco, Coahuila | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Piedras Negras | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Saltillo | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Accumulator (storage battery) | ? | ? | |||
TorreĂłn | Horse | 1900 | ? | ||
Electric | Dec 1904 | ca. 1940 | â», â». See also Lerdo (Durango) â GĂłmez Palacio (Durango) â TorreĂłn. | ||
⊠TorreĂłn â San Pedro (de las Colonias) | Horse | ? | ? | ||
⊠San Pedro de las Colonias | Horse | ? | ? | ||
⊠TorreĂłn â Matamoros (de la Laguna) | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Viesca | Horse | ? | ? |
Colimaâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Colima â Villa de Alvarez | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
Manzanillo | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? |
Durangoâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dinamita | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Durango â Cerro de Mercado | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Accumulator (storage battery) | ? | ? | |||
Lerdo â GĂłmez Palacio | Horse | 1890 | ? | â» | |
Electric | 3 Mar 1901 | 3 Mar, 1953 | â», â». See note. | ||
Pedriceña | Mule | ? | ? |
- Note for Lerdo â GĂłmez Palacio: GĂłmez Palacio â TorreĂłn (Coahuila) opened 3 July 1901. See also TorreĂłn, Coahuila.
Guanajuatoâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AcĂĄmbaro | Horse | ? | ? | ||
⊠AcĂĄmbaro â San Pablo | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Apaseo el Alto | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Ferrocarril Urbano de Celaya | Celaya | Horse | 188_ | May 1954 | â». Believed to be, the last town tramway in Mexico (and North America) worked by horse traction. |
Ferrocarril de Celaya a Santa Cruz | Celaya â Roque â Plancarte / Santa Cruz (de Juventino Rosas) | Horse | ca 1893 | ? | |
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | 1940 | |||
Cortazar â VillagrĂĄn | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Dolores Hidalgo (Cuna de la Independencia Nacional) | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Guanajuato â Marfil | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
Irapuato | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
LeĂłn | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
PĂ©njamo | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Salamanca | Horse | ? | ? | ||
⊠Salamanca â San Juan | Horse | ? | ? | ||
(San AndrĂ©s de) Salvatierra â San JosĂ© | Horse | ? | ? | ||
San Felipe | Horse | ? | ? | ||
San Francisco del RincĂłn | Horse | ? | ? | ||
San Luis de la Paz | Horse | ? | ? | ||
San Miguel de Allende | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Silao (de la Victoria) | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Silva â JerĂ©cuaro | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Valle de Santiago | Horse | ? | ? |
Guerreroâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chilpancingo (de los Bravo) | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Iguala (de la Independencia) | Horse | ? | ? |
Hidalgoâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acopinalco â Chimalpan | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Amaninalco â IrolĂł | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Huichapan â San Juan del RĂo, QuerĂ©taro | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Los Romeros | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Pachuca | Horse | ? | ? | â» | |
Steam | ? | ? | â» | ||
Electric | Sep (?) 1913 | ca. 1940 | â» | ||
San AgustĂn (Tlaxiaca) | Horse | ? | ? | ||
San Idefonso | Horse | ? | ? | ||
San Vicente â Estancia | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Sandoval | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Tetlapayac â Tetlapaya | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Tula de Allende | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Tulancingo de Bravo | Horse | ? | ? |
Jaliscoâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atenquique | Horse | ? | ? | ||
EncarnaciĂłn de Diaz | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Guadalajara | Horse | Jan 1878 | ? | â» | |
Electric | 14 Sep 1907 | 1944 | â» | ||
⊠(San Pedro) Tlaquepaque | Horse | ? | ? | ||
La Barca | Horse | ? | 1953 | ||
Lagos de Moreno | Horse | ? | ? | ||
OcotlĂĄn | Horse | ? | ? | ||
San Juan de los Lagos | Horse | ? | ? | ||
San Marcos | ? | ? | ? | ||
Tala | Horse | ? | ? | ||
TepatitlĂĄn (de Morelos) | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Tequila | Horse | ? | 1952 | ||
ZapotlĂĄn (del Rey) | ? | ? | ? | ||
Zapotlanejo | ? | ? | ? |
Estado de MĂ©xico (State of Mexico)â»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
El Oro de Hidalgo | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Hueyapan â Ciudad Pelon | ? | ? | ? | ||
Ixtlahuaca de RayĂłn â Mani | Horse | ? | ? | ||
La CompañĂa | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Otumba (de GĂłmez FarĂas) â San Lorenzo â Cuantento â Tlaquiltchan, Hidalgo | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
San Felipe del Progreso | Horse | ? | ? | ||
San Rafael â Zavaleta | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Tecpatepec â Palma | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Tenango del Aire | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
TeotihuacĂĄn (de Arista) â San Juan | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Diesel | ? | ? | |||
Tlalnepantla de Baz | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||
Toluca (de Lerdo) | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
Accumulator (storage battery) | ? | ? | |||
Toluca â San Juan | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||
Zacatepec | Horse | ? | ? | ||
ZoquiapĂĄn | Diesel | ? | ? | ||
Zumpango (de Ocampo) | Horse | ? | ? |
Mexico Cityâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos (Streetcars in Mexico City, Xochimilco Light Rail) | Ciudad de México /Mexico City | Horse | 12 Dec 1857 | 24 Nov, 1932 | ⻠|
Steam | 1865 | ? | â» | ||
Accumulator (storage battery) | 1896 | 1900 | â» | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | 1934 | â» | ||
Electric | 15 Jan 1900 | 19 May 1979 | Operation suspended 1911â1915 because of revolution. Xochimilco Light Rail (south end of ex-Tlalpan line) continues in operation. â», â», â». | ||
Ferrocarril de Tacubaya | Tacubaya | Steam | 1896 | 1910 |
MichoacĂĄn (de Ocampo)â»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
LĂĄzaro CĂĄrdenas â RĂo Grijalva | Horse | ? | ? | ||
La Piedad de Cavadas | Horse | ? | 1941 | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
Los Reyes (de Salgado) | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Mineral del Oro | ? | ? | ? | ||
Morelia | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
Accumulator (storage battery) | ? | ? | |||
(Vista Hermosa de) Negrete | Horse | ? | ? | ||
PĂĄtzcuaro | Horse | 188_ | 191_ | â» | |
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
TacĂĄmbaro (de Codallos) | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Uruapan | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Yurécuaro | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Zamora | Horse | 188_ | 191_ | â» | |
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
(Heroica) ZitĂĄcuaro | Horse | ? | ? |
Morelosâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
La heroica e histĂłrica Cuautla de Morelos /Cuautla | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Cuernavaca | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Nenampa â El Guarda (Tlalpan), Districto Federal | Horse | ? | ? | ||
(Juan) Pagaza â Tlaquiltenango | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
Puente de Ixtla | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Santa Ines | ? | ? | ? | ||
Yautepec (de Zaragoza) | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Zacatepec (de Hidalgo) â Jojutla (de JuĂĄrez) | Horse | ? | ? | ||
⊠Zacatepec (de Hidalgo) â Tlatizapan | Horse | ? | ? |
Nayaritâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acaponeta | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Compostela | Horse | ? | ? | ||
RuĂz | Horse | ? | ? | ||
San Blas | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Tepic | Horse | ? | ? |
Nuevo LeĂłnâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AnĂĄhuac | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Guadalupe â Minas Viejas | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Linares â San JosĂ© | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||
Los Aldamas | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Montemorelos | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Monterrey | Horse | 1883 | ? | â» | |
Electric | 15 Jul 1907 | 30 May 1932 | â» | ||
Villa de Santa MarĂa de Los Aldamas /Villa Aldamas â Doctor Coss | Horse | ? | ? |
Oaxacaâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ixtepec | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Loma Bonita | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Oaxaca (de JuĂĄrez) | Horse | ca. 1890 | 193_ | â» | |
Accumulator (storage battery) (?) | ? | ? | |||
Petrol (gasoline) (?) | ? | ? | |||
⊠Oaxaca â Ejutla de Crespo | Horse | ? | ? | ||
⊠Oaxaca â Santa MarĂa del Tule | Horse | ? | ? | ||
San Juan Chapultepec â San Pablo Etla | Horse | ? | ? | ||
(San Juan Bautista) Tuxtepec â Sebastopol | Horse | ? | ? | ||
(Santo Domingo) Tehuantepec | Horse | ? | ? |
Pueblaâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acatzingo (de Hidalgo) â Huizcolotla â Annatempan | Steam | ? | ? | ||
Amozoc â Tepeaco | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Apapasco â Tlaloc | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Atlixco | Horse | 1898 | ? | â» | |
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | after 1944 | â» | ||
Atencingo â Tlancualpican | ? | ? | ? | ||
Chachapa â Capulac | ? | ? | ? | ||
Chietla | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Ciudad SerdĂĄn â Chalchicomulas | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||
Ciudad SerdĂĄn â San AndrĂ©s â La Capilla | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Esperanza â XĂșchil | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Galapaxco | Horse | ? | ? | see note. | |
IzĂșcar (de Matamoros) | Horse | ? | ? | ||
CompañĂa de TranvĂas, Luz y Fuerza de Puebla | Puebla | Horse | May 1881 | ? | â» |
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | 10 Oct 1926 | â» | ||
CompañĂa de TranvĂas, Luz y Fuerza de Puebla | ⊠Puebla â El Valor, Tlaxcala | Horse | ca. 1890 | ? | â», see note. |
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | Mar 1942 | â», see note. | ||
CompañĂa de TranvĂas, Luz y Fuerza de Puebla | ⊠Puebla â Cholula (de Rivadavia) â Huexotzingo | Horse | ca. 1890 | ? | â», see note. |
Petrol | ? | 1928 | â», see note. | ||
Electric | 27 May 1924 | 31 Dec, 1941 | â», see note. | ||
Tecamachalco | Horse | ? | ? | ||
TehuacĂĄn â El Riego | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | 1950 | |||
San MartĂn Texmelucan de Labastida /Texmelucan â Tetla â Huexotzingo | Horse | ? | ? | ||
TeziutlĂĄn | Horse | ? | ? |
- Note for Galapaxco: Peschkes (Part One, 1980, Page 34) states that the location of this town is "unknown."
- Note for Puebla â El Valor: Opened in stages, completed 1897.
- Note for Puebla â Cholula â Huexotzingo: Opened in stages, completed 1897. Puebla â Cholula electrified 1924. Cholula â Huejotzingo not electrified.
QuerĂ©taroâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
(San SebastiĂĄn) Bernal | Horse | ? | ? | ||
(Santiago de) Querétaro | Horse | ? | ? | ||
San Juan del RĂo | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
⊠San Juan del RĂo â Tequisquiapan | Horse | ? | ? |
San Luis PotosĂâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ciudad Valles | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||
(San Juan de los) Cerritos | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Guerrero | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Matehuala | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Mina Asarco | Mule | ? | ? | see note. | |
Real de Catorce â Potrero | Mule | ? | ? | â» | |
Electric | 15 Sep 1908 | 3 Jun, 1933 | â» | ||
San Luis PotosĂ | Horse | 188_ | ? | â» | |
Electric | 16 Feb 1914 | 7 Apr, 1932 | â» | ||
⊠JesĂșs MarĂa (Cerro de San Pedro) | Mule | ? | ? | ||
⊠Villa de Pozos | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Santa MarĂa del RĂo | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Tamasopo | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Villa de Reyes | Mule | ? | ? |
- Note for Mina Asarco: Peschkes (Part One, 1980, Page 30) states that the location of this town is "unknown." Mina is Spanish for "mine," and Asarco is believed to refer to ASARCO, Inc.
Sinaloaâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Altata | Horse | ? | ? | ||
CuliacĂĄn | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Guasave | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Los Mochis | Horse | ? | ? | ||
MazatlĂĄn | Horse | ? | ? | â» | |
Steam | 1908 | 1913 | â» |
Sonoraâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cananea | Mule | 1902 | ? | ||
Ciudad ObregĂłn | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Guaymas | Mule | 1888 | 1917 | â» | |
Hermosillo | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Huatabampo | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Navojoa | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Nogales | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? |
Tabascoâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CĂĄrdenas | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Frontera | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Jalapa | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Tamulté (de las Såbanas) | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Villahermosa | Mule | ? | ? | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? |
Tamaulipasâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ciudad Victoria | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
Ciudad Mante | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
Matamoro | Horse | ? | ? | â» | |
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | â» | ||
Nuevo Laredo | Horse | 19 Nov 1886 | ? | ||
Electric | 12 Mar 1890 | ? | International tramway, from Laredo, Texas US â» | ||
Reynosa | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Santa Engracia | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Tampico | Horse | 1879
1 Jan 1901 |
?
? |
â» | |
Electric | May (?) 1914 | 31 Mar 1927 | â» | ||
Sociedad Cooperativa de Transportes ElĂ©ctricos de Tampico y Miramar | ⊠Tampico â Miramar (Ciudad Madero) | Electric | 30 Aug 1914 | 13 Dec, 1974 | â» |
Tlaxcalaâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Analco â Reyes | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Apizacl â Tlaxco (de Morelos) | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Guadalupe | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Huamantla | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Nanacamilpa â Ixtajiaguca | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Tlaxcala | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||
Zoltepec | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? |
Veracruz (de Ignacio de la Llave)â»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alamo | Horse | ? | ? | â» | |
Alvarado | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Coatepec | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Coatzacoalcos | Horse | ? | ? | ||
CĂłrdoba | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Steam | ? | ? | |||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
El Humo (PĂĄnuco) â El Higo | Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | ||
La Gloria â Cardel | Horse | ? | ? | ||
(San Pedro de) Los Naranjos â Cuchillos | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Nanchital â El Chapo | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Orizaba | Horse | 1878 | ? | â» | |
Petrol (gasoline) | 192_ | 1933 | â» | ||
Paso del Macho | Horse | ? | ? | ||
San Jeronimo â Cerro Azul | Steam | ? | ? | ||
San Juan Evangelista â Juilo | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Soledad (de Doblado) | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Tecolutla â Palo Hueco | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Tierra Blanca | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Tlacotalpan | Horse | ? | ? | ||
TĂșxpam de RodrĂguez Cano /TĂșxpan | Horse | ? | ? | ||
TĂșxpam de RodrĂguez Cano /TĂșxpan | Horse | ? | ? | ||
(San Andrés) Tuxtla | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Sociedad Cooperativa de Transportes Urbanos y Sub-Urbanos de Veracruz S.A. de C.V. | Veracruz | Horse | 1864 | 1939 | â» |
Electric | 5 Jul 1908 | 16 Aug, 1981 | â» | ||
⊠Veracruz â TejerĂa | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
⊠Veracruz â Xalapa (de EnrĂquez) /Jalapa | Mule | 1875 | 1893 | â». Ranked as world's longest horse tramway line. | |
Xalapa (de EnrĂquez) /Jalapa | Horse | 1875 | ? | â» | |
Steam | 1898 | 1926 | â» | ||
Accumulator (storage battery) | ? | ? | |||
Petrol (gasoline) | 1926 | 1935 | â» |
YucatĂĄnâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Espita | Horse | ? | ? | ||
MĂ©rida | Horse | 15 Dec 1880 | â» | ||
Steam | 189_ | ? | â» | ||
Accumulator (storage battery) | 1918 | ? | â» | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | 1919 | 1930 | â» | ||
Peto | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Progreso | Horse | 189_ | ? | â» | |
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | 193_ | â» | ||
Sisal | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Tekax (de Ălvaro ObregĂłn) | Horse | ? | ? | ||
TizimĂn | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Tzucacab | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Valladolid | Horse | ? | ? |
- Note for YucatĂĄn: In addition to urban tramways, "central YucatĂĄn" (i.e. the northeastern part of YucatĂĄn state) had more than 1,500 km (950 mi) of intercity tramways, all worked by horses. Or mules. At least seven such lines extended from MĂ©rida â». In addition, YucatĂĄn also had approximately 3,000 km (1,900 mi) of hacienda tramways. These were built to transport henequen crops from plantation fields to railway stations â». Some henequen plantations closed because of the Great Depression, and the hacienda tramways were handed to railway companies or other enterprises. Many hacienda tramways were eventually abandoned. But tracks remained in use by local residents â». A few hacienda tramways continued in operation after 2000.
Zacatecasâ»
Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ConcepciĂłn del Oro (El Oro) | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Fresnillo | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Jerez | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Sombrerete | Horse | ? | ? | ||
Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
Zacatecas | Horse | ? | ? | ||
⊠Zacatecas â Ojocaliente | Horse | ? | ? |
Referencesâ»
- ^ Best, Gerald M. (1968). Mexican Narrow Gauge. Howell-North. pp. 75â78.
- ^ "News of the Town". Arizona Republican. 30 August 1902. p. 5. Retrieved 17 December 2019.