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. The system was serviced by twenty trolleys distributed in four routes: at that time not yet reaching Chorrillos, but
Barranco. In October 1924, during the
second government of
Augusto B. Leguía, a
strike took place that temporarily paralyzed the system.
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. 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. 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. ==Gallery==