Scenic route
Bonde de Santa Teresa
Rio de Janeiro (Carioca) → Dois Irmãos · Brazil
- Distance
- 6 km
- Fastest time
- 23 min
- Top speed
- 30 km/h
- Operator
- CENTRAL (Rio de Janeiro State)
- Train
- Yellow open-sided trams (1,100 mm gauge)
- Countries
- Brazil
- In service since
- 1896
Page last updated 2026-07-22 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
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.
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