CURRENT OPERATIONS
Electric Passenger Transport in Latin America in May 2008
For more information on (most of) the following lines, see index of links at tramz.com/index.html
Allen Morrison

STREET RAILWAYS

ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires 'E2' tramway
Buenos Aires Puerto Madero tramway
Buenos Aires 'Tramway Histórico' in Caballito
Mar del Plata: Parque Camet tramway [intermittent]
Valle Hermoso 'Paseo con Ciencia'

BRAZIL
Belém tourist tram [gas power, Sundays only]
Campinas heritage tramway in Portugal Park
Rio de Janeiro's Santa Teresa tramway
Santos tourist tramway in Valongo (downtown)
São Paulo tram at 'Memorial do Imigrante'

CHILE
Iquique: Paseo Baquedano – horse & battery trams

PERU
Lima: 'Vagón del Recuerdo' heritage tramway in Barranco

LIGHT RAIL, METROS, SUBURBAN RAILWAYS

ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires Tren de la Costa light rail
Buenos Aires metro ('subte')
Buenos Aires suburban railways

BRAZIL
Belo Horizonte metro
Brasília metro
Campos do Jordão - Pindamonhangaba railway
Itatinga hydroelectric line (private)
Porto Alegre metro
Recife metro
Rio de Janeiro metro
Rio de Janeiro suburban railways
Salvador - Paripe suburban line
São Paulo metro
São Paulo suburban railways

CHILE
Concepción suburban railway
Santiago metro
Santiago - Rancagua suburban line
Valparaíso - Limache Merval metro

COLOMBIA
Medellín metro

CUBA
Casa Blanca - Jaruco / Bainoa / Matanzas interurban

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Santo Domingo metro

MEXICO
Guadalajara metro
Mexico City light rail (Xochimilco line)
Mexico City metro - both rubber & steel wheels
Monterrey metro

PERU
Lima metro

PUERTO RICO
San Juan "Tren Urbano"

VENEZUELA
Caracas metro
Caracas - Los Teques railway
Caracas - Cúa railway
Maracaibo metro
Valencia metro

LONG DISTANCE RAILROADS

CHILE
Santiago - San Rosendo - Temuco (700 km)
San Rosendo - Concepción (70 km)

FUNICULARS, COG RAILWAYS, MONORAILS

BOLIVIA
La Paz funicular at Kusillo Museum [closed temporarily...]

BRAZIL
Porto Alegre monorail
Rio de Janeiro cog railway on Corcovado Mountain
Rio de Janeiro 4 funiculars
Rio de Janeiro: Vila Jardim Santa Cecília monorail
Salvador 3 funiculars: Gonçalves, Pilar, Liberdade
Santos funicular on Monte Serrat

CHILE
Santiago funicular on San Cristóbal hill
Valparaíso 14 (!) funiculars
Viña del Mar funicular on Calle Villanelo

COLOMBIA
Bogotá funicular on Monserrate

TROLLEYBUS SYSTEMS

ARGENTINA
Córdoba
Mendoza
Rosario

BRAZIL
Santos
São Paulo (2 networks)

CHILE
Valparaíso

ECUADOR
Quito

MEXICO
Guadalajara
Mexico City

VENEZUELA
Mérida

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