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Country profileBrazil: major rail developments - project map
Brazil: major rail developments – project map
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NewsSanta Catarina approves two lines
BRAZIL: The state of Santa Catarina is to build two railways to handle agricultural and industrial traffic.
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ViaMobilidade
Concessionaire for several of São Paulo’s metro and suburban routes. See São Paulo network map. On August 4 2018 ViaMobilidade took over as concessionaire for metro Line 5 (lilac) for a 20-year term awarded in January 2018. It has also been selected as operator for the future Line 17 (gold) ...
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Recife Metro (Metrorec)
First line opened 1985; now two routes with branch, serving 29 stations. Linha Centro was opened from the city centre to Werneck in March 1985, and extended to Coqueiral in August 1986. The line was then continued north from Coqueiral to Rodoviária in September 1986 (3·8 km), extended 4·8 km ...
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Santos Light Rail
Opened 2015; single route with 15 stops. The VLT RMBS consortium began full service on this west-east route acrosss the Ilha de São Vicente from Barreiros to Porto on January 31 2017 (11 km, 14 stops). Test running began in May 2015 and a limited public service on January 31 ...
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VLT Cuiabá
Plans for a 22·2 km two-line tramway are under review, following cancellation of the turnkey contract with VLT Cuiabá consortium (which comprised CAF Brasil, CR Almeida and Santa Bárbara). It was due to open for the 2014 FIFA World Cup but construction has stalled. The original plan was for Line ...
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Metrô do Cariri
This diesel-powered light rail line, linking Juazeiro do Norete and Crato in Ceara state, opened in December 2009 and is operated by Metrofor. AddressMetrô de Fortaleza24 Maio 60CEP 60020-001 FortalezaBrazilPhone+85 3101 7100Fax+85 3101 4744Emailcomunicacao@seinfra.ce.gov.brWebsitewww.metrofor.ce.gov.br Network data Gauge1000 mmLength14 kmRolling stock4 DMU cars
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Ministry of Infrastructure, Brazil
The Ministry is responsible for formulating, implementing and monitoring national transport policy and planning. It is responsible for railways, roads merchant marine, inland waterways and inland ports. Its agencies include: National Transport Infrastructure Department (DNIT), National Land Transport Agency (Agência Nacional de Transportes Terrestres, ANTT), National Water Transport Agency (ANTAQ), ...
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Companhia do Metropolitano do Distrito Federal (Metrô-DF, Brasília)
First line opened 2001; network comprises 2 lines with 25 stations. The metro was inaugurated on March 31 2001. Extensions to all branches of the ‘Y’-shaped network are projected, along with four infill stations. Work on a metre-gauge light rail route linking the airport to a metro interchange at Asa ...
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Trem Metropolitano de Belo Horizonte SA (MetroBH)
Opened 1986; single line serving 19 stations. The initial section of a network of regional metro lines being created from existing suburban routes was opened on August 1 1986 from Eldorado west to Lagoinha. The line was slowly extended from here northwards as far as Minas during the 1990s, and ...
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Empresa de Trens Urbanos de Porto Alegre SA (Trensurb)
Opened 1985; single route serving 22 stations. This regional metro is run by a government-owned company; opened on March 2, 1985, and extended 1997, 2000 and 2012. A further extension to Novo Hamburgo (5 km, 3 stations) opened on May 8 2014. A peoplemover opened in 2013 provides interchange from ...
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Infra SA
State agency responsible for transport planning and logistics; also a partner in the country’s high speed rail project. Infra SA has been formed by the merger of the former agencies Empresa de Planejamento e Logistíca (EPL) SA and Valec Engenharia, Construções e Ferrovias SA at the turn of 2022-23. AddressLote ...
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Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM)
Suburban mainline network, comprising 7 routes with 94 stations. See São Paulo network map. CPTM was created in 1992 to run São Paulo’s suburban services. It inherited 78 km of former Fepasa (state railway) suburban routes, and in 1994 took over operation of the 198 km of lines formerly run ...