Lima Tramway

Lima Urban Tramway
A tram passing by Neptune's Gate in the Park of the Exhibition, c. 19th century
A tram passing by Neptune's Gate in the Park of the Exhibition, c. 19th century
Overview
Native nameTranvía Urbano de Lima
OwnerCompañía Nacional de Tranvías S.A. (CNT)[a]
Line number4
Daily ridership150 (early 20th century)
Operation
Began operationMarch 24, 1878[2]
Ended operationOctober 1965
Number of vehicles67 (c. 1900)
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Average speed30 km/h (19 mph)[3]

The Lima Tramway (Spanish: Tranvía de Lima) was a mass transportation system that serviced the city of Lima, as well as then neighbouring Callao, Magdalena del Mar, Miraflores, Barranco and Chorrillos, inaugurated in 1878 and closed in 1965.[4]

In 1826 the Peruvian government facilitated the construction of a railway network, becoming the first country in South America with this type of transport.[5] Years later, the steam railway, which began its activities in 1851,[1] between Lima and Callao was the second in South America, after Guyana, built in 1848.

History

Horsecar era

The first proposal to implement a tramway system in Lima was proposed by business partners Manuel Magán and Santiago Coloy in October 1862, being rejected due to both requested an exclusive privilege over the system. On September 29, 1876, a new proposal for the construction of a Horsecar by Mariano Antonio Borda was approved, with a contract being signed with the Municipality of Lima on the same year.[6]

The system was serviced by twenty trolleys distributed in four routes:[6]

Number Route
1 Descalzos - Exposición
2 Matienzo - Santa Clara
3 Monserrate - Cercado
4 Pampilla - San Cristóbal

Electric era

The tramway started its conversion to electric traction from 1902 to 1906, with two more lines being built starting in Lima and ending in Callao and Chorrillos.[6] The latter was inaugurated by president Manuel Candamo on February 17, 1904,[3][7][8] at that time not yet reaching Chorrillos, but Barranco.[6]

In 1910 four urban tram lines in Lima were reopened and the existing network was extended as follows:[9]

Number Route Length
1 Desamparados - Malambo 2,5 km
2 Monserrate - Cinco Esquinas 7,4 km
3 Camal - Santa Rosa 2,8 km
4 Matienzo - Santa Clara 2,5 km
5 Malambito - Cocharcas 7,0 km
6 Exposición - Puente Balta 5,4 km
7 La Victoria - Viterbo 2,5 km
8 Santo Domingo - Colmena 1,6 km

In October 1924, during the second government of Augusto B. Leguía, a strike took place that temporarily paralyzed the system.[10]

End of service

The service began to collapse in the 1960s, as the number of trolleys had been steadily decreasing for at least a decade.[6][11] The system had also been the target of a negative press campaign by local newspaper, La Prensa de Lima, who accused the CNT of mismanaging the tram system.[6] A strike took place on September 18, 1965, which was one of the final events in the company's history, as it dissolved soon after.[6][8]

Wagons in display

The trolley in Barranco.

A Remembrance Wagon was officially inaugurated by Prime Minister Alberto Pandolfi, on the Avenida Pedro de Osma [es], in Barranco, on the night of August 22, 1997, when a group of workers from the former CNT started it up, immediately carrying out the first trip.[7] The project was carried out by the Museum of Electricity in coordination with the Municipality of Barranco.[7]

Another trolley built in 1870 that began its service on September 10, 1909, being part of the Lima–Guadalupe route, was auctioned off in 2001 by the Empresa Nacional de Ferrocarriles del Perú and bought by José Jaime Elías Pérez, who converted the wagon into the Expreso Virgen de Guadalupe restaurant, currently located close to the Municipality of Barranco and the main square of the district.[12]

After the wagon's contract renewal was rejected, it was put up for sale in 2020, becoming another business financially affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru.[12]

  • The electric trolley during its inauguration on June 1, 1906.
    The electric trolley during its inauguration on June 1, 1906.
  • A trolley that would be later used in the Lima–Magdalena del Mar route.
    A trolley that would be later used in the Lima–Magdalena del Mar route.
  • John Stephenson Co. brand trolley in the Jirón de la Unión, circa 1910.
    John Stephenson Co. brand trolley in the Jirón de la Unión, circa 1910.
  • A trolley driving past the former Government Palace in 1932.
    A trolley driving past the former Government Palace in 1932.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Formerly:
    • Empresa del Tranvía de Lima (1878–1898)
    • Compañía del Ferrocarril Urbano de Lima Limitada (1898-1934)[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Los inicios del transporte público en Lima: cómo se movilizaba la gente en 1850". Infobae. 2022-10-21.
  2. ^ "Tranvías Limeños: Historia de los tranvías en Lima". Criollos Peruanos.
  3. ^ a b Batalla, Carlos (2022-09-23). "Tranvías en Lima: cuando la vida andaba a 30 km. por hora". El Comercio.
  4. ^ Middendorf, Ernst W. (1893). "El tranvía". Perú: Observaciones y estudios del país y sus habitantes durante una permanencia de 25 años (More, Ernesto, trad.) (in Spanish). Dirección Universitaria de Biblioteca y Publicaciones de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. pp. 342–344.
  5. ^ "Historia de los Tranvías en Lima". Museo de la Electricidad. Archived from the original on 2010-01-05.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Pino, David (2011-09-10). "El Tranvía de Lima". Lima La Única.
  7. ^ a b c "¿Por qué dejaron de circular los tranvías, el medio de transporte que antecedió al Metro de Lima?". La República. 2022-09-27.
  8. ^ a b Batalla, Carlos (2009-07-31). "De cuando Lima iba en Tranvía" (PDF). El Comercio. pp. A14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-20.
  9. ^ Laos, Cipriano A. (1927). Lima "La ciudad de los virreyes": (el libro peruano) (in Spanish). Editorial Perú. pp. 105–110. OCLC 55387767.
  10. ^ Batalla, Carlos (2023-01-27). "Marchas en Lima: ¿cómo era una huelga de tranvía durante el 'oncenio' de Leguía?". El Comercio.
  11. ^ Orrego, Juan Luis (2011-07-05). "El transporte público en Lima, siglo XX: los tranvías". Blog PUCP.
  12. ^ a b "¿Por qué se puso en venta este tradicional vagón de Barranco?". Vamos. 2020-09-11.

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