AGEO Terminais Enables Historic Return of Trolleybus to Santos After 30 Years
AGEO Terminais was responsible for the entire operation of rescuing and transporting trolleybus 625—the last complete example of Santos’ original electric fleet—back to the city after three decades. The initiative reinforces the company’s role in projects with social, cultural, and sustainable impact, integrating the vehicle into the collection of the future Santos Railway Museum.
AGEO Terminais played a leading role in a significant historical and cultural rescue operation by enabling the return of trolleybus 625 to the city of Santos after nearly 30 years. The vehicle, manufactured in 1963 and the last complete example of the city’s original electric fleet, will be one of the main attractions of the future Santos Railway Museum.
Decommissioned in 1994, the trolleybus had been preserved in the interior of São Paulo. Through a TRIMMC (Term of Responsibility for the Implementation of Mitigating and Compensatory Measures), AGEO Terminais took on the mission of bringing the vehicle back to the city, facing significant logistical challenges.
The operation, carried out last week, involved a complex removal and transportation process, taking over four hours to extract the vehicle, five hours of travel, and nearly two hours to unload it in Santos. All of this was done with extreme care, as the trolleybus is not capable of moving on its own.
According to Thales Veiga, coordinator of the Railway Museum and technical advisor to the Historical Heritage Section of Santos, “the return of the trolleybus represents a 20-year dream come true and is the result of a collective effort that was only possible thanks to AGEO’s commitment to the city’s history and heritage.”
The initiative aligns with AGEO Terminais’ commitment to cultural and urban development in the region and with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, especially SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure).
The vehicle’s restoration will be based on technical studies conducted by CET-Santos, and the trolleybus will become a permanent part of Santos’ historical collection, serving as a symbol of the memory of sustainable public transportation.
