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====Public transport==== The primary public transport in major cities is the bus. Many cities have a diverse transport system of metro and subway trains, the first of which was the [[Buenos Aires Underground|Buenos Aires subte]], opened 1913.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Guardian|title=A short history of world metro systems – in pictures|last=Lin|first=Luna|location=London|date=10 September 2014|url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2014/sep/10/-sp-history-metro-pictures-london-underground-new-york-beijing-seoul|access-date=18 September 2018|archive-date=18 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918193728/https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2014/sep/10/-sp-history-metro-pictures-london-underground-new-york-beijing-seoul|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Santiago subway]]<ref name="Home">{{cite web|url=http://www.metrosantiago.cl/guia-viajero|title=Guía del Viajero|publisher=Metro de Santiago|language=es|access-date=3 July 2015|archive-date=28 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328043055/http://www.metrosantiago.cl/guia-viajero|url-status=dead}}</ref> is the longest subway network in South America spanning {{convert|103|km|mi|abbr=off}}, while the [[São Paulo subway]] is the most heavily utilised with more than 4.6 million passengers per day.<ref name="2014ridership">{{cite web|url=http://www.metro.sp.gov.br/metro/numeros-pesquisa/demanda.aspx|title=Metro – Passengers|publisher=Companhia Do Metropolitano De São Paulo|language=pt|year=2014|access-date=14 June 2014|archive-date=15 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215094712/http://www.metro.sp.gov.br/metro/numeros-pesquisa/demanda.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Rio de Janeiro]] installed the continent's first railroad in 1854. Today the city has a diversified system of metropolitan trains, integrated with buses and subway. It has a Light Rail System called [[Rio de Janeiro Light Rail|VLT]], with small electrical trams at low speed, while [[São Paulo]] has inaugurated a [[Line 15 (São Paulo Metro)|monorail]]. In Brazil, an express bus system called Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), which operates in several cities, has been developed. [[Mi Teleférico]], also known as Teleférico [[La Paz]]–[[El Alto]] (La Paz–El Alto Cable Car), is an aerial cable car urban transit system serving the La Paz–El Alto metropolitan area in Bolivia.
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