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Ayacucho Tram (or Medellín Tram)

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The only rubber-tired tram or otherwise in Colombia is the Ayacucho Tram in Medellin.

This system, which opened in 2015, features 9 stations with 3 stations allowing connections to the Medellin Metro and the Metro Cable (gondola network). It is 4.3km in length.

What makes it unique, other than the rubber-tires, is that it runs on open city streets, much like a streetcar, with overhead wire supplied power, but guided by a centre rail, rather than the typical twin rail system used in most rail systems.

Quite an interesting system. Here is a video of it in operation (showing the exterior, interior and the cars themselves).

 

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