Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: [ˈʁi.u d(ʒi) ʒɐˈne(j)ɾu] ), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the second-most-populous city...
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neighborhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is located on top of the Santa Teresa hill, by the centre of Rio, and is famous for its winding...
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Rio de Janeiro Light Rail (Portuguese: VLT Carioca) is a modern light rail system serving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The system is among several new public...
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Santa Teresa Tram (redirect from Trams in Rio de Janeiro)
Teresa Tram, or Tramway (Portuguese: Bonde de Santa Teresa, IPA: [bõˈdʒi dʒi ˈsɐ̃tɐ teˈɾezɐ]), is a historic tram line in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It connects...
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Sugarloaf Cable Car (redirect from Rio de Janeiro cable car)
Sugarloaf Cable Car (Portuguese: Bondinho do Pão de Açúcar) is a cableway system in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The first part runs between Praia Vermelha...
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Rail transport in Brazil (redirect from Estrada de Ferro Rio d'Ouro)
List of light rail transport (LRT) or tramway systems in Brazil: VLT Carioca in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Salvador LRT in Salvador, Bahia Baixada...
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Vila Isabel (redirect from Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro)
Vila Isabel is a middle-class neighbourhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Known for being one of the cradles of samba in Brazil, it is located...
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infrastructure in Rio de Janeiro was originally developed in the first half of the 20th century by the Rio de Janeiro Tramway, Light and Power Company...
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Niterói (redirect from Niterói, Rio de Janeiro)
of Rio de Janeiro, in the southeast region of Brazil. It lies across Guanabara Bay, facing the city of Rio de Janeiro and forming part of the Rio de Janeiro...
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Carioca Aqueduct (category Buildings and structures in Rio de Janeiro (city))
the Santa Teresa Tramway that connects the city centre with the Santa Teresa neighbourhood uphill. In the early history of Rio de Janeiro, the nucleus of...
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Heritage streetcar (redirect from Museum tramway)
Portugal since 1972. Rio de Janeiro: The Santa Teresa Tramway, which has operated in the Santa Teresa district of Rio de Janeiro since the 19th century, is...
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town tramway systems List of town tramway systems in South America List of light-rail transit systems List of rapid transit systems Rio de Janeiro (2)...
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Complexo do Alemão (redirect from Complexo do Alemão, Rio de Janeiro)
(low-income historically informal neighborhoods) in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. An article published by O Globo in 2007 revealed the origin...
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Morro da Babilônia (category Geography of Rio de Janeiro (city))
Copacabana and Leme, as well as the tramway in the two neighbourhoods, as part of the once extensive Rio de Janeiro tramway system. The occupation of the favela...
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The 1918 Rio de Janeiro anarchist insurrection was an unsuccessful attempt at overthrowing the federal government and the establishment of a self-managed...
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ghetto, was first used in the Slum of Providência in the center of Rio de Janeiro in the late 19th century, which was built by soldiers who had lived...
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Light S.A. (category Companies based in Rio de Janeiro (city))
public utility company of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in 1904 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada by The Rio de Janeiro Tramway, Light and Power Co. Ltd....
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São João Marcos (category Geography of Rio de Janeiro (state))
São João Marcos was a former municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It was depopulated and demolished in the 1940s due to the formation...
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SuperVia (redirect from Concessionária de Transporte Ferroviário S.A.)
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in November 1998. It carries around 750,000 passengers a day on a railroad network comprising 104 stations in 12 cities: Rio de...
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Corcovado Rack Railway (category Transport in Rio de Janeiro (city))
Railway (Portuguese: Trem do Corcovado) is a mountain rack railway in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from Cosme Velho to the summit of Corcovado at an elevation...
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Revista do Arquivo Geral da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro". wpro.rio.rj.gov.br. Retrieved 2024-07-16. "A maior enchente de São Paulo aconteceu em 1929 - São Paulo...
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List of largest tram and light rail transit systems ever (redirect from List of largest defunct town tramway systems)
Market Street Railway. Arcadia Publishing. p. 4. ISBN 9780738529677. "Rio de Janeiro 1958". www.tundria.com. Retrieved 28 December 2019. "History". DC Streetcar...
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Teleférico do Alemão (redirect from Rio de Janeiro favela cablecar)
Teleférico do Alemão was a gondola lift service operating in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The service opened on 7 July 2011 and closed in September 2016, following...
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Transport in Brazil (section Tramways)
a hundred tramway systems. Currently, there are vintage tramways operating in Belém, Campinas, Campos do Jordão, Itatinga, Rio de Janeiro and Santos...
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acquired in 1905 by the Canadian-owned Rio de Janeiro Tramway, Light and Power Company and was renamed Rio de Janeiro Telephone Company in 1907. In 1897,...
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Alstom Citadis (section Urban tramway vehicles)
sections, 100% low floor (Bordeaux, Grenoble, Lyon, Paris T3, Dubai, Rio de Janeiro, Oran, Constantine) Citadis 502 – nine sections, 100% low floor (Dublin...
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An aerial tramway, aerial tram, sky tram, aerial cablecar, aerial cableway, telepherique, or seilbahn is a type of aerial lift which uses one or two stationary...
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Bondé, a village in Burkina Faso Bonde ('tramway'), any of the old Brazilian trams, such as the Rio de Janeiro's Santa Teresa Tram Boondi, an Indian dessert...
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Salvador, Bahia (redirect from São Salvador de Bahia de Todos os Santos)
was divided into the separate governorates of Bahia in the north and Rio de Janeiro in the south. These were reunited as Brazil six years later, then redivided...
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de Serra. Teresopolis and Petropolis railways, both out of service, near Rio de Janeiro. Arica–La Paz railway, Arica–La Paz Santa Lucía Hill tramway (Abt...
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