Anglo Argentine Tramways Co Ltd

Sectors:

  • Transport services Road passenger transport services inc bus, street tram, coach & horse drawn

Notes:

Incorporated 1877 to operate horse drawn tramways in Buenos Aires. Reconstructed 1887. 1899 won concession for conversion to electric tramways. In conversion associated with Argentine Electric Traction Co Ltd, established in 1899 and formed for the purpose. Came to be the largest tramway operator in Buenos Aires, by mid 1930s owned 422 miles of track and 2,200 cars. Late 1930s subsumed into Buenos Aires Transport Corp formed by Argentine government to acquire and operate all tramways in Buenos Aires

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