South America

This list has been compiled by Allen Morrison

and supplemented by Leo Sullivan

Brazil | Chile | Columbia |

 

 Country  City  Opened

 Chronological

order
 Closed  Roster
           
 Argentina  Mendoza #1          1913  1           1915?  1 Cédès-Stoll
   Buenos Aires  4 JN 1948  9  30 AP 1966  830: Wes, MB, Hen, MAN
   La Plata  -- DE 1954  17  12 DE 1966  15 MB
   Bahía Blanca         (1954)              (1954)  (System built, but it never operated.)
   Tucumán  23 AU 1955  18  28 MY 1962  22 Henschel
   Mar del Plata              1956  19  1965?  25 MB
   Mendoza #2  14 FE 1958  20  (operating)  MB, Tosh, ZIU, Krupp
   Rosario #1  24 MY 1959  22  31 DE 1992  22 MAN, 40 Fiat, 25 MB, 5 ZIU 
   Córdoba  7 MY 1989  35  (operating)   ZIU
   Rosario #2  25 JA 1994  37  (operating)   20 Marcopolo ex-BHs
 Brazil  São Paulo CMTC 22 AP 49  10  (operating)  (various)
   Belo Horizonte 30 MY 53  15  22 JA 69  4 Twins, 50 MHs
   Niterói 21 NO 1953  16  10 NO 1967  45 Vétras
   Campos  29 JN 1958  21  17 JN 1967  
   Salvador  15 NO 1959  23  JN 1968  50 Alfa-Romeos
   Araraquara  27 DE 1959  24  2000 or 2001  (Various Brazilian etbs). Closed due to high cost of renewing overhead.
   Recife  15 JN 1960  25  (operating)  Twins, MHs, Vil, Mas, Cif.
   Rio de Janeiro (south) 3 SE 1962  26  JL 1968?  199 Fiats
   Rio de Janeiro (north)  AP 1965  29  19 AP 1971?  60 Fiats
   Santos  12 AU 1963  27  (operating)  ARs, Fiats, MPs, Mafersas
   Porto Alegre  12 JN 1963  28  19 MY 1969  9 Massaris
   Fortazela  29 JN 1958  30  FE 1972  9 Massaris
   Ribeirão Preto  24 JL 1982  33   2 JL 1999  Closed to due high power rates. 22 Villares on property at closure. Last vehicles returned to the garage early Saturaday morning on the 3rd of July.
   Rio Claro  9 MY 1986  34  July? 1993  10 UH ex São Paulo.
   São Paulo (EMTU)  3 DE 1988  35   (operating)  30 Cobrasmas
 Chile  Santiago #1       ---  1940  5  19--  homemade 1-pole
   Santiago #2  31 OC 1947  7 18 JU 1978  100 Pullmans, 100 Vétra
   Valparaíso #1 31 DE 1952  14  30 NO 1981 30 Pullmans +
   Valparaíso #2  26 AP 1982  31  (operating) 40 Pul lmans+
   Santiago #3  24 DE 1991  36  9 AU 1994  Pullman, Shenfeng et al.
 Colombia  Medellín  12 OC 1929  3  1950  4 Ransommes, 5 homemade
   Bogotá  12 April 1948  8  15 AU 1991  Br, Pullman, MH, ZIU, DAC
 Ecuador  Quito  18 DE 1995  38  (operating)  High loading platforms only.
 Peru  Lima  1928  2  1931  6 Garrett [ rebuilt from streetcars]
 Uruguay  Montevideo  28 MR 1951  12  26 JA 1992  18 BUT, 340 AR/Fiat
 Venzuela  Caracas       JL 1937  4   1945?  11 rebuilt GM diesels
           
 Note: There are two cities in Columbia which are controversial whether they ever opened: Cali and Palmira

 

This page last updated 7 MR 2001.