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UEC Preston
🇦🇷 Argentina ·built by United Electric Car Company· from 1913· tram in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tallerpolverin4: Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires· CC BY 2.5 ar
- 2. Coche Preston número 2: Dario Alpern· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Preston-3-2: Mauricio V. Genta· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Preston-3-4: Mauricio V. Genta· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Preston-3-6: Mauricio V. Genta· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Preston-3-8: Mauricio V. Genta· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. Preston 3 (AAT): Mauricio V. Genta· CC0
- 8. United Electric-Preston en 1925: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 9. Coche Preston @ Taller Polvorin, noche de los museos 2K16: Juandedeboca· CC0
- 10. Frente coche Preston @Taller Polvorín, noche de los museos 2K16: Juandedeboca· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The UEC Preston is a tram/subway car built by the British manufacturer United Electric Car Company for the Anglo-Argentine Tramways Company (AATC) in 1912 for use on its then newly built underground tramway in Buenos Aires, which was later to become Line A of the Buenos Aires Underground. Only 4 trams were built and they served on the line up until their retirement in 1977.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 113 years ago, in 1913.
- Served for 64 years (1913–1977).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1913
- in service from
- 1913
- retired
- 1977
- status
- retired
- number built
- 4
- kind
- tram / light rail
- origin
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- builders
- United Electric Car Company
- operators
- Anglo-Argentine Tramways Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 1-4
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q23926693, Wikipedia: UEC Preston (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.