Old Medellín tram, Jardín Museo El Castillo

Behind El Castillo, inside one of Medellín’s prettiest gardens, you can find an old tram carriage. The garden is already worth visiting on a sunny day, but the tram adds a nice mobility-nerd detail. This tram actually represents a deeper transport history. Medellín had an electric tram network from 1921 to 1951, long before the modern Metro or the Ayacucho Rubber Tire Tram brought rail back into the streets in 2015. The exact reason why this carriage ended up here is not obvious, but it works well as a small heritage marker: a reminder that Medellín’s urban rail story is older than many visit…