page_title: Santa Teresa Tram
hierarchical_section_title: Santa Teresa Tram
caption_attribution_description: English: Head-on view of car 10 of Rio de Janeiro's Santa Teresa tramway, outbound on the line (headed for Dois Irmãos), here running southeastwards along Rua Joaquim Murtinho, just northwest of the intersection with Rua Dias de Barros and the beginning of Rua Almirante Alexandrino. (Note: The information on the associated Flickr page was taken from an old version of the English Wikipedia article about the line.)
context_page_description: The Santa Teresa Tram is a historic tram line in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It connects the city centre with the primarily residential, inner-city neighbourhood of Santa Teresa, in the hills immediately southwest of downtown. It is mainly maintained as a tourist attraction and is nowadays considered a heritage tramway system, having been designated a national historic monument in 1985. The line has a very unusual gauge: 1,100 mm. The main line is 6.0 kilometres long.
  Having run continuously since its opening in 1877, it is one of the oldest street railway lines in the world and having been electrically powered since 1896, it is the oldest electric railway in all of Latin America. It is also the only remaining metropolitan tram system in Brazil. The only other original tram systems in the country to have survived past 1971 are the Campos do Jordão interurban tram/light rail line, which continues to operate today, and the Itatinga line, a rural and non-public tram line which had ceased operation as a tramway by 2017.
context_section_description: The Santa Teresa Tram (Portuguese: Bonde de Santa Teresa, IPA: [bõˈdʒi dʒi ˈsɐ̃tɐ teˈɾezɐ]) is a historic tram line in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It connects the city centre with the primarily residential, inner-city neighbourhood of Santa Teresa, in the hills immediately southwest of downtown. It is mainly maintained as a tourist attraction and is nowadays considered a heritage tramway system, having been designated a national historic monument in 1985. The line has a very unusual gauge: 1,100 mm (3 ft 7 ⁵⁄₁₆ in). The main line is 6.0 kilometres (3.7 miles) long.
  Having run continuously since its opening in 1877 (except for a 2011–15 suspension), it is one of the oldest street railway lines in the world and having been electrically powered since 1896, it is the oldest electric railway in all of Latin America. It is also the only remaining metropolitan tram system in Brazil. The only other original tram systems in the country to have survived past 1971 are the Campos do Jordão interurban tram/light rail line, which continues to operate today, and the Itatinga line (near Bertioga), a rural and non-public tram line which had ceased operation as a tramway by 2017. All other cities closed their systems by 1971 (Santos being the last), but since that time, three towns, Belém, Campinas and Santos, have reinstated trams as heritage services, and Rio de Janeiro opened a modern light rail/tram system in 2016.
  All service on the line was suspended starting in August 2011, as a result of a serious accident, but limited service resumed in July 2015, with new tramcars, and with passengers no longer allowed to stand on the running boards. Following studies after the 2011 suspension, it was decided to buy new trams that would be replicas of the vintage previous fleet, and an order for 14 such cars was placed in 2012. Rebuilding of the line then commenced, and was continuing in late 2014, at which time reopening was projected for 2015, in time for the 2016 Summer Olympics.  In July 2015, limited service resumed between Estação Carioca (Carioca Station) and Largo do Curvelo, and was extended from the latter point to Largo do Guimarães in December 2015, making the length of route in operation about 2 km (1.2 mi). 
  Work continued slowly, and at times intermittently, on restoration of additional sections of the main route to Dois Irmãos.  In February 2018, just five trips per day were extended from Largo Guimarães to Praça Odylo, and then on 22 October 2018 all service was extended to Largo do França. The full 6-kilometre (4 mi) route between Largo da Carioca and Dois Irmãos was finally restored to operatio and passenger service in January 2019.
caption: Tram on cobblestone-paved section of Rua Joaquim Murtinho in 2009
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