List of Town Tramway Systems in Brazil - Pernambuco

Pernambuco

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Afogados da Ingazeira Horse 1895 ca. 1914
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 5 January 1867 1922 ,
Mule 22 September 1871 ? ,
Electric 13 May 1914 Mar 1954. , 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 10 October 1915 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.

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