Scenic route
Bonde de Santa Teresa
Rio de Janeiro (Carioca) → Dois Irmãos · Brazil
Latin America’s oldest electric tramway (1896) rattles across the Carioca Aqueduct’s arches and up Santa Teresa’s cobbled lanes high above downtown Rio.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 19704294 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 2 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Bonde de Santa Teresa?
The Bonde de Santa Teresa runs 6 km from Rio de Janeiro (Carioca) to Dois Irmãos.
How long does the Bonde de Santa Teresa take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 23 min for the 6 km. That is an average of 16 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 30 km/h.
Who runs the Bonde de Santa Teresa?
CENTRAL (Rio de Janeiro State), with Yellow open-sided trams (1,100 mm gauge).
How old is the Bonde de Santa Teresa?
The line has been in service since 1896. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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