Anglo Argentine Tramways Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Argentine Electric Traction Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sectors:
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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
Publications:
- Capitales extranjeros, poder politico y transporte urbano de pasajeros la compania de tranvias Anglo Argentina Ltda de Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1930-1943 by Heras, Raul Garcia
- El Monopolio Ingles del Transporte en Buenos Aires by Sommi, Luis V
- Foreign business host government relations. The Anglo Argentine Tramways Co Ltd of Buenos Aires, 1930-1966 by Heras, Raul Garcia
- Los Tranvias de Buenos Aires by Gonzalez Podesta, Aquilino
- Transportes, Negocios y Politica. La Compania Anglo Argentina de Tranvias, 1876-1981 by Heras, Raul Garcia
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Argentine Electric Traction Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
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 AiresPublications:
- Capitales extranjeros, poder politico y transporte urbano de pasajeros la compania de tranvias Anglo Argentina Ltda de Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1930-1943 by Heras, Raul Garcia
- El Monopolio Ingles del Transporte en Buenos Aires by Sommi, Luis V
- Foreign business host government relations. The Anglo Argentine Tramways Co Ltd of Buenos Aires, 1930-1966 by Heras, Raul Garcia
- Los Tranvias de Buenos Aires by Gonzalez Podesta, Aquilino
- Transportes, Negocios y Politica. La Compania Anglo Argentina de Tranvias, 1876-1981 by Heras, Raul Garcia