Classic route
Trem Vitória a Minas
Vitória → Belo Horizonte · Brazil
Brazil’s busiest long-distance train: daily along the Rio Doce, sharing metre-gauge tracks with 200-plus-wagon iron-ore trains.
How this line was checked
- The 648 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 7754552 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within 128 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 97.5% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 40 m); the longest stretch away from it is 11.5 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Vale — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- 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 Vitória a Minas?
The Trem Vitória a Minas runs 664 km from Vitória to Belo Horizonte.
How long does the Trem Vitória a Minas take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 13 h 30 min for the 664 km. That is an average of 49 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 80 km/h.
Who runs the Trem Vitória a Minas?
Vale.
How old is the Trem Vitória a Minas?
The line has been in service since 1904. 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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