One of the trains on the light rail system, known as the VLT, which connects Rio's Santos Dumont airport to downtown, lost power and came to a halt at around 3 p.m. local time, City Hall said in a statement. Passengers were forced to disembark and continue their journey on foot.
"The service was re-established in nearly 20 minutes, without further interruptions," City Hall said.
The breakdown raises fresh concerns over the quality of Rio's Olympic projects, which have been built on a tight deadline ahead of the August 5 start and during a deep recession.
In April, two people died when a new bike lane, built as part of a wider revitalization linked to the Olympics fell into the ocean.
The VLT covers 28 kilometres (17 miles)in central Rio and has 32 stops. It cost about 1.2 billion reais ($344 million).
($1 = 3.488 reais)
(Reporting by Stephen Eisenhammer; Editing by Dan Grebler)
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