Heritage route
Trem do Vinho
Bento Gonçalves → Carlos Barbosa · Brazil
View on the map →Wikipedia (PT) ↗Stations · 3
A 1941 steam engine ambles 23 km through the Serra Gaúcha wine country to a soundtrack of tarantellas and popping corks.
The Italian wine colonies of the Serra Gaúcha finally got their railway in 1919, and after regular traffic faded, tour operator Giordani relit the boiler in 1992 to create Brazil’s most festive steam ride. A 1941 Maria Fumaça takes ninety minutes over the 23 km from Bento Gonçalves to Carlos Barbosa, pausing at Garibaldi while accordions, tarantellas and rounds of local wine and sparkling juice work through the wooden cars.
Stations
- 0 kmTramontina
- 5 kmGaribaldi
- 19 kmBento Gonçalves
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
Along the way
- Bento Gonçalves depot
- Serra Gaúcha vineyards
- Garibaldi station stop
- Onboard Italian folk show
- Carlos Barbosa
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 8821655 — 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 4 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Trem do Vinho?
The Trem do Vinho runs 23 km from Bento Gonçalves to Carlos Barbosa.
How long does the Trem do Vinho take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 30 min for the 23 km. That is an average of 15 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 25 km/h.
Who runs the Trem do Vinho?
Giordani Turismo, with 1941 Maria Fumaça steam train.
How old is the Trem do Vinho?
The line has been in service since 1919. 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.
How often does the Trem do Vinho run?
Most days, 1–3 departures.
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