The Santa Teresa Tram is a historic tram line connecting downtown Rio de Janeiro to the Santa Teresa neighborhood along a a 3.7 mile long route. It ran continuously from 1877 until 2011 and was electrified in 1896, making it the oldest electric railway of any kind in Latin America. It was Rio's only tram line after 1967; the city had an extensive tram network prior to then. Service was suspended in 2011 following a serious, fatal accident. Service was restored to about 1.2 miles of the current 3.7 mile route in July 2015.  New replica trams were delivered in 2015, leaving the older trams to an undetermined fate as of early 2018.