This is a list of cities and towns in Central America that have, or once had, town tramway (urban tramway, or streetcar) systems as part of their public transport system.
Costa Rica
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Cartago Animal ? ? Diesel ? ? Guácimo Animal ? ? Diesel ? ? Limón Animal ? ? Penshurst Animal ? ? San José Animal ? ? Electric 9 April 1899 1 August 1950
El Salvador
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes San Salvador Horse ? ? Accumulator (storage battery) ? ? ♦ San Salvador - Santa Tecla Accumulator (storage battery) 15 October 1920 1925 (?) Sonsonate Horse ? ?
Guatemala
Name of system Location Tractiontype Date (from) Date (to) Notes La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción / Guatemala City Horse ? 1917 Petrol (gasoline) 1918 ? Ferrocarril de los Altos San Felipe - Quetzaltenango Electric 30 March 1930 September 1933
Honduras
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Puerto Cortés Petrol (gasoline) ? ?
Nicaragua
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Bluefields Horse ? ? Corinto Horse ? ? Granada Horse ? ? Rivas Horse ? ? San Juan del Norte Horse ? ? Now San Juan de Nicaragua.
Panama
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Colón Horse ? ? Accumulator (storage battery) Construction started ca. 1910, not completed. United Electric Tramways (1893–ca. 1900) Panama Tramways (1913–1917) Panama Electric (1917–1941) Ciudad de Panamá (Panama City) Electric 1 October 1893 1 August 1913 ca. 1900 31 May 1941
See also
List of town tramway systems in Africa List of town tramway systems in Asia List of town tramway systems in Europe List of town tramway systems in North America List of town tramway systems in Oceania List of town tramway systems in South America List of town tramway systems List of tram and light rail transit systems List of metro systems List of trolleybus systems
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