Teleférico do Alemão

Teleférico do Alemão
Baiana Station
Overview
Locale Complexo do Alemão
Transit type Gondola lift
Number of lines 1
Number of stations 6
Operation
Began operation 7 July 2011
Operator(s) SuperVia
Number of vehicles 152
Technical
System length 3.5 km (2.2 mi)

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 the withdrawal of state funding. The line operated between Bonsucesso Station and Complexo do Alemão, with a total of six stations along the route.[1] The duration of a single ride from start to finish is 16 minutes.[2]

The service, announced as part of PAC 2 (the Brazilian federal funding program for infrastructure) consisted of a 2.1 mile gondola line running above the Complexo do Alemão group of favelas, and cost 210 million Brazilian reais to build.[3][4] The decision to fund the construction of the line saw heavy criticism, with local media describing it as a vanity project,[5] with the money potentially being better spent elsewhere. The system received 9000 riders daily whilst in operation.[6]

History

The service was inaugurated by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Rio de Janeiro State Governor Sérgio Cabral Filho and Rio de Janeiro City Mayor Eduardo Paes on 7 July 2011.[7] Local residents could apply for a card granting them two free trips a day.[8]

Services were suspended in 2016 because the state couldn't pay the consortium anymore.[9][10]

Services

The line consists of six stations between Bonsucesso Station and Palmeiras Station in the Complexo do Alemão favela. The 152 gondolas take 16 minutes to traverse the 3.5 km route.[1][11]

References

  1. 1 2 "História do Teleférico" (in Portuguese). SuperVia. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Rio de Janeiro's Transit Solution: Cable Cars Over the Favelas". WIRED. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  3. ↑ (www.dw.com), Deutsche Welle. "Rio hits the brakes on controversial favela cable car | DW | 03.02.2017". DW.COM. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  4. ↑ "Plans for Rio Favelas to Get Facelift | The Rio Times | Brazil News". The Rio Times. 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  5. ↑ Arsenault, Chris. "In Rio's oldest favela, a cable car ferries residents - but they're..." U.S. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  6. ↑ Presse, Agence France. "Ride to nowhere: Cable car above Rio favela closed". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  7. ↑ Quaino, Lilian (7 July 2011). "Dilma inaugura teleférico do Alemão". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Teleférico do Complexo do Alemão « The Gondola Project". gondolaproject.com. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  9. ↑ "Teleférico do Alemão, no Rio, é fechado por falta de pagamento". Rio de Janeiro (in Portuguese). 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
  10. ↑ "Novos cabos do teleférico do Alemão chegam em semanas, mas serviço não tem data para retornar". O Globo (in Portuguese). 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  11. ↑ Walters, Nathan M. (28 February 2012). "Favela Tourism Off the Ground in Alemão". The Rio Times. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

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