Teleférico do Alemão explained

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Teleférico do Alemão
Type:Gondola lift
Locale:Complexo do Alemão, Rio de Janeiro
Status:Suspended
First:7 July 2011
Last:14 October 2016
Operator:Rio Teleféricos
Formeroperator: SuperVia
Ridership:10,000 passengers/day (2012)[1]
Start:Bonsucesso
Stops:4
End:Palmeiras
Distance:3.5km (02.2miles)
Journeytime:16 minutes
Owners: Government of Rio de Janeiro

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 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 and Palmeiras Station in the Complexo do Alemão favela. The 152 gondolas took 16 minutes to traverse the 3.5 km route.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Construído por R$ 210 mi, teleférico do Alemão custa R$ 6,70 por viagem. Último Segundo. pt. Raphael. Gomide. 8 March 2012. 30 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20120310233620/http://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br:80/brasil/rj/construido-por-r-210-mi-teleferico-do-alemao-custa-r-670-ao-rio/n1597668033588.html. 10 March 2012.
  2. Web site: História do Teleférico . SuperVia . 3 November 2014 . Portuguese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140924034523/http://www.supervia.com.br/teleferico.php . 24 September 2014 . dmy-all .
  3. Rio de Janeiro's Transit Solution: Cable Cars Over the Favelas. WIRED. 2018-03-30. en-US.
  4. Web site: Rio hits the brakes on controversial favela cable car DW 03.02.2017. (www.dw.com). Deutsche Welle. DW.COM. en. 2018-03-30.
  5. News: Plans for Rio Favelas to Get Facelift The Rio Times Brazil News. 2010-12-14. The Rio Times. 2018-03-30. en-US.
  6. News: In Rio's oldest favela, a cable car ferries residents - but they're.... Arsenault. Chris. U.S.. 2018-03-30. en-US.
  7. News: Ride to nowhere: Cable car above Rio favela closed. Presse. Agence France. ABS-CBN News. 2018-03-30. en-US.
  8. News: Dilma inaugura teleférico do Alemão . G1 . 7 July 2011 . 3 November 2014 . Quaino, Lilian . Portuguese.
  9. Web site: Teleférico do Complexo do Alemão « The Gondola Project. gondolaproject.com. 27 October 2011 . en-US. 2018-03-30.
  10. News: Teleférico do Alemão, no Rio, é fechado por falta de pagamento. 2016-10-18. Rio de Janeiro. pt-BR. 2016-12-16.
  11. News: Novos cabos do teleférico do Alemão chegam em semanas, mas serviço não tem data para retornar. 2017-12-22. O Globo. 2018-03-30. pt-BR.
  12. News: Favela Tourism Off the Ground in Alemão . The Rio Times . 28 February 2012 . 3 November 2014 . Walters, Nathan M. .

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