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The Corcovado Train ((ポルトガル語:Trem do Corcovado)) is a rack railway in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, from Cosme Velho to the summit of the Corcovado Mountain at an altitude of . The summit is known for its statue of Christ the Redeemer and its views over the city and beaches of Rio. The line is long. It is a gauge rack railway using the Riggenbach rack system. The line was opened by Emperor Dom Pedro II on 9 October 1884. Initially steam hauled, the line was the first railway to be electrified in Brazil in 1910, and was re-equipped in 1980 with trains built by SLM of Winterthur in Switzerland. It is one of the few remaining railways using three-phase electric power with two overhead wires, at 800 V 60 Hz. There are four trains, each of two cars. Three of them are used simultaneously. The trip takes approximately 20 minutes and departs every 20 minutes, giving a capacity of 540 passengers per hour. Due to this limited capacity the wait at the entry station can be several hours. The line operates from 08:30 to 18:30. The line has been ridden by many famous people, including Pope Pius XII, Pope John Paul II, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Albert Einstein and Diana, Princess of Wales. == References == *Article "Rio de Janeiro: City of contrasts, quality metro" by C. J. Wansbeck, in ''Tramways & Urban Transit'' magazine, March 2005, published by the Light Rail Transit Association. *Web page ''http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~efbrazil/efcorc.html'' and descendants, retrieved 2 March 2005, 2100 GMT. *Web page ''http://web.archive.org/web/20061008210035/http://www.corcovado.com.br/principal.asp?lingua=English'' and descendants, retrieved 2 March 2005, 2100 GMT. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Corcovado Rack Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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