Tag: Central do Brasil
By Lisa Flueckiger, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Another two new trains will start circulating in the SuperVia train system in Rio de Janeiro. The trains bought in China by Rio's government are part of a rejuvenation...
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Expected to integrate and reinvigorate both Rio de Janeiro's Centro region and the Região Portuária (Port Zone), work on the Veículo Leve sobre Trilhos (the Light Vehicle on Tracks)...
By Maria Lopez Conde, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Poor track maintenance may have been behind three SuperVia train derailments in the last two weeks, the rail network’s concessionaire admitted in a press release last Friday. SuperVia also...
By Julia Averbuck, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After announcing the exoneration of the head of the UPP (Policy Pacifying Unit) in Morro da Providência, Captain Glauco Schorcht, the command at the Polícia Militar (Military Police, PM) decided...
By Patricia Maresch, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In celebration of International Dance Day (April 29th), Rio's central train station Central do Brasil, hosted a special presentation by the classical ballet youth company Dançar a Vida...
