The street car
| Once covering many areas of Rio, the street car nowadays runs on only two lines: the departure is common, in the financial district. The line crosses the Lapa district on top of an old aqueduct converted to a bridge and then begins ascending while following crooked, cobblestone covered streets. At some point, near an old commercial zone, the lines split. Either way, the route will continue by coquette villas, parks and, occasionally, observation points. The roads are so narrow that some times other vehicles have to reverse in order to allow the tram to pass. The shorter line ends in a roundabout next to a church while the longer one continues through the forest towards the Corcovado Mountain and the station of the train to Christ the Redeemer. However, the last portion of that line is abandoned, being damaged by a mudslide.
In the last picture you can see Laura shouting me a pole was coming while I was hanging outside of the street car to take better pictures 🙂
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