Santa Teresa Tram
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The Santa Teresa tram in the district of the same name in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil has existed since the 19th century and is a landmark of the South American city. In addition to the Braunschweig tram , it is the last one in the world with a gauge of 1,100 millimeters. Operations were interrupted from 2011 to early 2016. In Brazil, electric trams are known as Bonde or , in a nutshell , Bondinho , the last tram in the country is the Santa Teresa tram to be equated with the expression “Bondinho”.
history
The railway has been in continuous operation since 1877, was initially pulled by horses , but electrified as early as 1896. This makes it the oldest electric train in South America. At first it operated in Santa Teresa between ⊙ Largo do Curvelo in the east and ⊙ Largo da França in the west. In 1890 there was an extension in a westerly direction to the ⊙ Estação Silvestre, in 1896 in an easterly direction over the former aqueduct ⊙ Aqueduto da Carioca from the 18th century (often called "Arcos da Lapa"). In the 1950s, the gradual dismantling of the very extensive tram network in Rio de Janeiro began in its heyday. By 1967 all routes were closed except for the two lines to Santa Teresa.
Most recently, the tram ran from the ⊙ terminus near Praça Felix Laranjeiras in the Centro district over the Carioca aqueduct and via Rua Joaquim Murtinho and Largo do Curvelo to ⊙ Largo do Guimarães. There a short branch line leads to the depot ⊙ Talleres del bondinho de Santa Teresa with the Museu do Bonde, and the line splits. One branch of the route leads northwest to ⊙ Largo das Neves, the other in a south-westerly direction via ⊙ Praça Odilo Costa and ⊙ Largo da França to ⊙ Dois Irmãos.
From the inner city stopping point, you have to pay, on the way you can jump on the car, but you do not have to pay. However, there is no entitlement to a seat, nor to the train stopping when you want to get off.
Due to a serious accident in August 2011 that resulted in six deaths, the tram has since been suspended. In November 2013, a project budgeted for 110 million real started for the procurement of new rolling stock and for the rehabilitation of the line. The plan was to start operating the section from the northern terminus via Carioca-Äquedukt and Rua Joaquim Murtinho to Largo do Curvelo from March 2014 . A second section to Praça Odylo Costa should follow by the start of the soccer World Cup (in Rio de Janeiro from June 15, 2014) , and the last section to Silvestre station by the end of the year . However, the construction work has been delayed to such an extent that at the end of May 2014 it was assumed that regular traffic on the first section of the route would not begin until August at the earliest. After further delays, it was hoped to be able to put the runway back into operation in 2015, in time for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro . After the first test drives at the beginning of 2016, it will probably take until 2017 before the entire route is regularly driven again. Two lines are now in operation. Staff are available at every stop to provide information and assistance.
vehicles
In 2010 there were seven two-axle railcars, two of which are in use each time. The sides of the vehicles, which used to be green and are now brightly yellow, are open, the openings can be closed with brown fabric blinds. The carriages have 32 seats on wooden benches, they draw the traction current via pantographs from an overhead line . The maximum speed of 40 km / h is seldom extended, the vehicles were on average at 20 km / h.
In 2013, 14 historicizing new buildings were ordered from the Brazilian manufacturer T'Trans. At the end of 2014 five (numbers 16 to 20) of these replicas had been delivered.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Solveig Flörke: The yellow one from Rio . In: Tram magazine . No. 3 , 2010, p. 54 ff .
- ↑ Santa Teresa terá bondes de volta em 2014, diz governo. Editora Abril SA, November 8, 2013, accessed June 14, 2014 (Portuguese).
- ↑ Bondes de Santa Teresa voltam a functionar em junho de 2014. Empresa Brasil de Comuicaçao, November 8, 2013, accessed June 14, 2014 (Portuguese).
- ^ Novo bonde de Santa Teresa entra em fase de testes na fábrica. Governo do Rio de Janeiro, May 28, 2014, accessed June 14, 2014 (Portuguese).
- ↑ Bondinho de Santa Teresa passa por testes. In: O Dia . September 29, 2014, accessed October 1, 2014 (Portuguese).
- ^ "Tudo Bem": Return of Rio's popular tourist train. In: tagesschau.de . January 6, 2016, accessed January 6, 2016 .