Santos Tourist Tram in Brazil

wesp · **Posted:** Tue Jul 09, 2024 1:39 pm

Is anyone familiar with the Santos Tourist Tram in Santos, Brazil?

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The Tourist Streetcar ride offers a true voyage back in time via 40 points of historical and cultural interest. With departures from Valongo station – built in 1867 for the first railroad in São Paulo – the electric streetcars from the 19th and 20th centuries travel through the Historic Center, accompanied by a tour guide.

They are original vehicles, originating in Scotland, Portugal and Italy, making Santos the first Living Streetcar Museum in Latin America. Drivers and conductors wear replicas of the original uniform from the time when the streetcars were the city’s main means of transport.

Here is a link to the website.

Wesley

70000 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 10, 2024 12:21 am

Not a Country I've ever been to, but there is a page and a half sized article on that operation in the July 2024 edition of Tramways & Urban Transit published in the UK by the Light Rail Transit Association.
One of the members visited the place last November so the info is fairly up to date.

They have 9 cars - 3 built by Hurst, Nelson (Scotland), one car from Nagasaki (Japan), two from Torino (Italy) and three from Porto (Portugal)
The Hurst , Nelson ones were actually built for the Santos system back in 1911.