Teleférico do Alemão
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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 [pt] and Complexo do Alemão, with a total of six stations along the route.[2] The duration of a single ride from start to finish was 16 minutes.[3]
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.[4][5] The decision to fund the construction of the line saw heavy criticism, with local media describing it as a vanity project,[6] with the money potentially being better spent elsewhere. The system received 9000 riders daily whilst in operation.[7]
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.[8] Local residents could apply for a card granting them two free trips a day.[9]
Services were suspended in 2016 because the state couldn't pay the consortium anymore.[10][11]
Services
The line consisted of six stations between Bonsucesso Station [pt] and Palmeiras Station in the Complexo do Alemão favela. The 152 gondolas took 16 minutes to traverse the 3.5 km route.[2][12]
References
- ^ Gomide, Raphael (8 March 2012). "Construído por R$ 210 mi, teleférico do Alemão custa R$ 6,70 por viagem". Último Segundo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ a b "História do Teleférico" (in Portuguese). SuperVia. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ "Rio de Janeiro's Transit Solution: Cable Cars Over the Favelas". WIRED. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ (www.dw.com), Deutsche Welle. "Rio hits the brakes on controversial favela cable car | DW | 03.02.2017". DW.COM. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Plans for Rio Favelas to Get Facelift | The Rio Times | Brazil News". The Rio Times. 14 December 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ Arsenault, Chris. "In Rio's oldest favela, a cable car ferries residents - but they're..." U.S. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ Presse, Agence France. "Ride to nowhere: Cable car above Rio favela closed". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ Quaino, Lilian (7 July 2011). "Dilma inaugura teleférico do Alemão". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ "Teleférico do Complexo do Alemão « The Gondola Project". gondolaproject.com. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "Teleférico do Alemão, no Rio, é fechado por falta de pagamento". Rio de Janeiro (in Brazilian Portuguese). 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ "Novos cabos do teleférico do Alemão chegam em semanas, mas serviço não tem data para retornar". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 22 December 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ Walters, Nathan M. (28 February 2012). "Favela Tourism Off the Ground in Alemão". The Rio Times. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
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