BRAZIL
URBAN TRANSPORT COMPILATION
Information on all urban public transportation and urban mobility in Brazil
This thread is the internet's top source on public transportation & mobility projects in Brazil in English - current reality and projects.
Informações detalhadas sobre projetos de transporte e mobilidade urbana no Brasil.
updates and contents by MOPC / Maurício Carvalho, with the help of many others.
MAP OF BRAZIL
Overview of main systems - updated January 2022
(click on city to open this page's specific post in new window, or scroll down to find it)
*São Paulo and Rio figures include both metro and their fully electrified suburban rail systems, which in Sao Paulo has free transfer with the metro
**Recife figures includes 40km of electrified metro (29 statios) and 31km of diesel light rail (9 stations)
*** Salvador system length does not include the city's separate electrified suburban rail service.
São Paulo - pop 11 million (metropolitan 20 million) - official thread: Urban Transport (metro, suburban rail, BRT, bus)
Metro (CMSP)
length: 104,4 km - stations: 94 - lines: 6 - daily ridership: 3 million - opening: 1974
Line 1 Blue - 23 stations
Line 2 Green - 14 stations
Line 3 Red - 18 stations
Line 4 Yellow - 11 stations (including Vila Sonia, opened in December 2021)
Line 5 Purple - 17 stations
Line 15 Gray - 11 stations (including Jardim Colonial, opened in December 2021)
Under construction:
Line 17 Brown Monorail - 8 stations - due to open in 2023
Line 6 Orange - 15 stations - due to open in 2025
Line 2 Green extension - 8 stations - due to open in 2025
CPTM
length: 273km - stations: 106 - lines: 7 - daily ridership: 1.8 million - opening: suburban service since mid-20th century. Current state-owned operator CPTM founded in 1992.
Line 8 - 22 stations
Line 7 - 19 stations
Line 9 - 21 stations (including Mendes and Joao Dias, not Varginha)
Line 10 - 13 stations
Line 12 - 13 stations
Line 11 - 15 stations
Line 13 - 3 stations
Bus Corridors
The city has no actual BRT system, but rather a number of organized bus corridors of varying degrees of sophistication, none with pre-paid boarding except main terminals. The São Mateus-Jabaquara corridor (operated by state-owned EMTU) is the largest and spans the south of the metropolitan area, and is electrified. The city-owned (SPTRans) Expresso Tiradentes links the city center with the southeastern Sacomã and Vila Prudente districts, featuring elevated stations. The planned Eastern extension of this corridor was converted to Line 15 Monorail. Several avenues throughout the city feature exclusive bus lanes, also called 'corridors' in most cases. A number of full BRT lines started implementation in 2014, initially only in the East side, but as of 2017 construction is essentially halted/slow.
Rio de Janeiro - pop 5 million (metropolitan 10 million) official thread: metro, suburban rail, tram
Metro Rio
length: 61 km - lines: 3 (plus connective line 1A) - stations: 47 - daily ridership: 840,000 (2014) - opening: 1979
Supervia:
length: 225 km - lines: 7 - stations: 102 - daily ridership: 540,000 - opening: several suburban services existed since early 20th century. Current private operator Supervia Consortium in charge since 1998.
expansion: none, except for renovation of stations, systems and rolling stock.
All 7 supervia lines are electric. A diesel suburban rail (Guapimirim line) is operated by Central, a state company.
BRT
An extensive BRT system exists, including 3 operational lines (TransOeste, TransCarioca and TransOlímpica) plus future TransBrasil. TransOeste system opened partially in mid 2012 and is being expanded, TransCarioca opened in June 2014. TransOlimpica opened in 2016. Total BRT length: 125km as of 2017), 400,000 pax/day on average (200,000= TransOeste; 155,000 = TransCarioca; 30,000 = TransOlimpica)
Other
A Light Rail Tram system with 5 lines is u/c in the port/ downtown area, opened by May 2016, still being expanded. Several gondola systems are either already working or being implemented to serve the hillside districts/favelas. Thread on Bicycle System.
Brasília - pop 2.6 million (metropolitan 2.8 million) official thread Metro and planned Light Rail/Tram
system: Metrô-DF - Y-shaped full metro, partly underground (mostly in the Eastern part) and at grade/elevated.
length: 42 km - lines: 2 (uniting in East to share tracks forming a Y) - stations: 29 - daily ridership: 150,000 - opening: 2002
expansion: several intermediate stations u/c and/or partly completed. Eastward extension to Asa Norte past Central station. Light rail plans on hold. BRT to the south is already operational since 2014.
Recife - pop 1.5 million (metropolitan 4.1 million)
system: Metrorec - surface suburban metro (city center > outskirts) complemented by a 31-km diesel line (which is being replaced by a diesel light rail tram)
length: metro 40 km (+ 31 km diesel linking East to South) - lines: 2 (one of which Y-branches) - stations: 30 (all at grade) - daily ridership: 260,000 - opening: 1985
expansion: diesel line (31.5 km with 8 station, ridership a few thousand p/day).
Belo Horizonte - pop 2.3 million (metropolitan 5.4 million)
System: surface suburban train, following old railroad alignment in the central part. Connects city center with Western and Eastern suburbs/ outskirts.
length: 28 km - lines: 1 - stations: 19 - daily ridership: 215,000 - opening: 1986
expansion: a second line (12 km - Barreiro-Santa Tereza) is under construction (on hold). A third, underground, line is in advanced planning/funding state.
Porto Alegre - pop 1.4 million (metropolitan 4 million)
system: Trensurb - surface suburban metro (city center > outskirts). Links downtown Porto Alegre with northern suburbs.
length: 44 km - lines: 1 - stations: 22 (at grade and elevated) - daily ridership: 170,000 - opening: 1985
Fortaleza - pop 2.5 million (metropolitan 3.6 million)
Metro system operational and tram/light rail under construction. South Line of the metro opened for tests on June, 2012, the rest remaining 4 underground stations opened on October 2012, but train headway still high as of 2017 because the automated signaling system is not operational yet.
length: 25 km, 20 stations (18 complete now, 2 to be added in future), including 4 underground stations. Other three lines are planned. The fully underground, completely new East Line may start construction still this decade. Line 1 full capacity: circa 600,000 passengers a day. When the signaling system is installed about 350,000 daily passengers are expected to use the system, making it the third busiest in Brazil. There is a suburban diesel train in service. The diesel light rail trams are replacing the old diesel trains (West line).
Salvador - pop 2.6 million (metropolitan 3.9 million)
Line 1 (first 7 km) operational since June, 2014, completed by 2015. Line 2 opened partly by late 2016, completed by late 2017, to have 24km in total, 13 stations.
length: 30km - lines: 2 - 20 stations (2 still under construction as of 2017)
expansion: line 1 to be extended northward by another 6 km, line 2 with 2 more stations after airport, for 2021/2023
Curitiba - pop 1.7 million (metropolitan 3.2 million) official thread
First city in the world with a Bus Rapid Transit system, developed locally, by 1974. The concept has been successfully exported worldwide.
Planned underground metro system, 1 line, 24 stations (official website), with no concrete plans as of 2017.
Maceió Diesel light rail tram opened on October 12, 2011 (capacity: 40,000 p/day, 8 vehicles), to replace parts of the old diesel locomotive system
João Pessoa Diesel suburban
Natal Diesel suburban (10,000 p/day)
Teresina Diesel suburban with elevated central sections/stations. Ridership: 12,000/day.
Juazeiro/Crato (Cariri region) Diesel light rail
São Luís - pop 1.2 million - 1 diesel light rail line under construction, 5 km, but cancelled and abandoned (more info here). Official thread. (Note April 2013: SYSTEM INDEFINITELY POSTPONED/CANCELLED)
Manaus - pop 1.7 million - Monorail plans for World Cup cancelled. BRT in advanced planning stage.
Belém - pop 1.6 million - BRT system (1 line, 60 km, projected ridership 600,000/day) partly functioning sinc 2016. Official thread. Official website.
Cuiabá - pop 550,000 (metropolitan 880,000) - Electric Light Rail system under construction, 2 lines, low floor, construction halted at 50% by late 2014 due to lack of funds and inadequate projects. No date for completion is certain by 2017, perhaps 2019/2020.
Santos - pop 415,000 (metropolitan 1.6 million) - 11km electric Light Rail system under construction since May 29, 2013, phase I opened in 2015 partly, and was completed with extension to Porto station in January 2017, completing Phase I. A line 2 from Conselheiro Nebias to City Center is in plannng stage as of 2017. Official PDF.
São José dos Campos - pop 630,000 - electric light rail system proposed, but by 2014 it is being replaced with plans for a BRT system. More here. Official Thread.
Interesting website on Urban Mobility in Brazil: Mobilize Brasil
Website on BRT systems in Brazil - BRT Brasil
BRTs - international website on BRT statistics:
Global BRTData - Brazil's BRTs
Please visit Robert Schwandl's UrbanRail.net - the world's best website about metros, subways, light rail and trams!
Allen Morrison's Historical Trams of Brazil and Latin America page - the world's most comprehensive source on the subject.
BRAZILIAN URBAN TRANSPORTATION OVERVIEW & STATISTICS
By Maria Fernanda Cavalcanti
April 4, 2013
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URBAN TRANSPORT COMPILATION
Information on all urban public transportation and urban mobility in Brazil
This thread is the internet's top source on public transportation & mobility projects in Brazil in English - current reality and projects.
Informações detalhadas sobre projetos de transporte e mobilidade urbana no Brasil.
updates and contents by MOPC / Maurício Carvalho, with the help of many others.
MAP OF BRAZIL
Overview of main systems - updated January 2022
(click on city to open this page's specific post in new window, or scroll down to find it)
- São Paulo............ 378 km -199 stations* - 4.2 million/day (NOTE: São Paulo updates are posted on specific thread)
- Rio de Janeiro..... 297 km -155 stations* - 1.3 million/day
- Recife.................... 71 km - 38 stations** - 600k/day
- Salvador ................33 km - 20 stations*** - 350k/day
- Brasília.................. 42 km - 30 stations - 150k/day
- Belo Horizonte...... 29 km - 19 stations - 215k/day
- Porto Alegre.......... 44 km - 22 stations - 170k/day
- Fortaleza .............. 25 km - 20 stations - 23k/day
- Curitiba (extensive BRT system, planned metro)
- Other Northeast cities (minor suburban rail)
- Other cities
*São Paulo and Rio figures include both metro and their fully electrified suburban rail systems, which in Sao Paulo has free transfer with the metro
**Recife figures includes 40km of electrified metro (29 statios) and 31km of diesel light rail (9 stations)
*** Salvador system length does not include the city's separate electrified suburban rail service.
São Paulo - pop 11 million (metropolitan 20 million) - official thread: Urban Transport (metro, suburban rail, BRT, bus)
Metro (CMSP)
length: 104,4 km - stations: 94 - lines: 6 - daily ridership: 3 million - opening: 1974
Line 1 Blue - 23 stations
Line 2 Green - 14 stations
Line 3 Red - 18 stations
Line 4 Yellow - 11 stations (including Vila Sonia, opened in December 2021)
Line 5 Purple - 17 stations
Line 15 Gray - 11 stations (including Jardim Colonial, opened in December 2021)
Under construction:
Line 17 Brown Monorail - 8 stations - due to open in 2023
Line 6 Orange - 15 stations - due to open in 2025
Line 2 Green extension - 8 stations - due to open in 2025
CPTM
length: 273km - stations: 106 - lines: 7 - daily ridership: 1.8 million - opening: suburban service since mid-20th century. Current state-owned operator CPTM founded in 1992.
Line 8 - 22 stations
Line 7 - 19 stations
Line 9 - 21 stations (including Mendes and Joao Dias, not Varginha)
Line 10 - 13 stations
Line 12 - 13 stations
Line 11 - 15 stations
Line 13 - 3 stations
Bus Corridors
The city has no actual BRT system, but rather a number of organized bus corridors of varying degrees of sophistication, none with pre-paid boarding except main terminals. The São Mateus-Jabaquara corridor (operated by state-owned EMTU) is the largest and spans the south of the metropolitan area, and is electrified. The city-owned (SPTRans) Expresso Tiradentes links the city center with the southeastern Sacomã and Vila Prudente districts, featuring elevated stations. The planned Eastern extension of this corridor was converted to Line 15 Monorail. Several avenues throughout the city feature exclusive bus lanes, also called 'corridors' in most cases. A number of full BRT lines started implementation in 2014, initially only in the East side, but as of 2017 construction is essentially halted/slow.
Rio de Janeiro - pop 5 million (metropolitan 10 million) official thread: metro, suburban rail, tram
Metro Rio
length: 61 km - lines: 3 (plus connective line 1A) - stations: 47 - daily ridership: 840,000 (2014) - opening: 1979
Supervia:
length: 225 km - lines: 7 - stations: 102 - daily ridership: 540,000 - opening: several suburban services existed since early 20th century. Current private operator Supervia Consortium in charge since 1998.
expansion: none, except for renovation of stations, systems and rolling stock.
All 7 supervia lines are electric. A diesel suburban rail (Guapimirim line) is operated by Central, a state company.
BRT
An extensive BRT system exists, including 3 operational lines (TransOeste, TransCarioca and TransOlímpica) plus future TransBrasil. TransOeste system opened partially in mid 2012 and is being expanded, TransCarioca opened in June 2014. TransOlimpica opened in 2016. Total BRT length: 125km as of 2017), 400,000 pax/day on average (200,000= TransOeste; 155,000 = TransCarioca; 30,000 = TransOlimpica)
Other
A Light Rail Tram system with 5 lines is u/c in the port/ downtown area, opened by May 2016, still being expanded. Several gondola systems are either already working or being implemented to serve the hillside districts/favelas. Thread on Bicycle System.
Brasília - pop 2.6 million (metropolitan 2.8 million) official thread Metro and planned Light Rail/Tram
system: Metrô-DF - Y-shaped full metro, partly underground (mostly in the Eastern part) and at grade/elevated.
length: 42 km - lines: 2 (uniting in East to share tracks forming a Y) - stations: 29 - daily ridership: 150,000 - opening: 2002
expansion: several intermediate stations u/c and/or partly completed. Eastward extension to Asa Norte past Central station. Light rail plans on hold. BRT to the south is already operational since 2014.
Recife - pop 1.5 million (metropolitan 4.1 million)
system: Metrorec - surface suburban metro (city center > outskirts) complemented by a 31-km diesel line (which is being replaced by a diesel light rail tram)
length: metro 40 km (+ 31 km diesel linking East to South) - lines: 2 (one of which Y-branches) - stations: 30 (all at grade) - daily ridership: 260,000 - opening: 1985
expansion: diesel line (31.5 km with 8 station, ridership a few thousand p/day).
Belo Horizonte - pop 2.3 million (metropolitan 5.4 million)
System: surface suburban train, following old railroad alignment in the central part. Connects city center with Western and Eastern suburbs/ outskirts.
length: 28 km - lines: 1 - stations: 19 - daily ridership: 215,000 - opening: 1986
expansion: a second line (12 km - Barreiro-Santa Tereza) is under construction (on hold). A third, underground, line is in advanced planning/funding state.
Porto Alegre - pop 1.4 million (metropolitan 4 million)
system: Trensurb - surface suburban metro (city center > outskirts). Links downtown Porto Alegre with northern suburbs.
length: 44 km - lines: 1 - stations: 22 (at grade and elevated) - daily ridership: 170,000 - opening: 1985
Fortaleza - pop 2.5 million (metropolitan 3.6 million)
Metro system operational and tram/light rail under construction. South Line of the metro opened for tests on June, 2012, the rest remaining 4 underground stations opened on October 2012, but train headway still high as of 2017 because the automated signaling system is not operational yet.
length: 25 km, 20 stations (18 complete now, 2 to be added in future), including 4 underground stations. Other three lines are planned. The fully underground, completely new East Line may start construction still this decade. Line 1 full capacity: circa 600,000 passengers a day. When the signaling system is installed about 350,000 daily passengers are expected to use the system, making it the third busiest in Brazil. There is a suburban diesel train in service. The diesel light rail trams are replacing the old diesel trains (West line).
Salvador - pop 2.6 million (metropolitan 3.9 million)
Line 1 (first 7 km) operational since June, 2014, completed by 2015. Line 2 opened partly by late 2016, completed by late 2017, to have 24km in total, 13 stations.
length: 30km - lines: 2 - 20 stations (2 still under construction as of 2017)
expansion: line 1 to be extended northward by another 6 km, line 2 with 2 more stations after airport, for 2021/2023
Curitiba - pop 1.7 million (metropolitan 3.2 million) official thread
First city in the world with a Bus Rapid Transit system, developed locally, by 1974. The concept has been successfully exported worldwide.
Planned underground metro system, 1 line, 24 stations (official website), with no concrete plans as of 2017.
Maceió Diesel light rail tram opened on October 12, 2011 (capacity: 40,000 p/day, 8 vehicles), to replace parts of the old diesel locomotive system
João Pessoa Diesel suburban
Natal Diesel suburban (10,000 p/day)
Teresina Diesel suburban with elevated central sections/stations. Ridership: 12,000/day.
Juazeiro/Crato (Cariri region) Diesel light rail
São Luís - pop 1.2 million - 1 diesel light rail line under construction, 5 km, but cancelled and abandoned (more info here). Official thread. (Note April 2013: SYSTEM INDEFINITELY POSTPONED/CANCELLED)
Manaus - pop 1.7 million - Monorail plans for World Cup cancelled. BRT in advanced planning stage.
Belém - pop 1.6 million - BRT system (1 line, 60 km, projected ridership 600,000/day) partly functioning sinc 2016. Official thread. Official website.
Cuiabá - pop 550,000 (metropolitan 880,000) - Electric Light Rail system under construction, 2 lines, low floor, construction halted at 50% by late 2014 due to lack of funds and inadequate projects. No date for completion is certain by 2017, perhaps 2019/2020.
Santos - pop 415,000 (metropolitan 1.6 million) - 11km electric Light Rail system under construction since May 29, 2013, phase I opened in 2015 partly, and was completed with extension to Porto station in January 2017, completing Phase I. A line 2 from Conselheiro Nebias to City Center is in plannng stage as of 2017. Official PDF.
São José dos Campos - pop 630,000 - electric light rail system proposed, but by 2014 it is being replaced with plans for a BRT system. More here. Official Thread.
Interesting website on Urban Mobility in Brazil: Mobilize Brasil
Website on BRT systems in Brazil - BRT Brasil
BRTs - international website on BRT statistics:
Global BRTData - Brazil's BRTs
Please visit Robert Schwandl's UrbanRail.net - the world's best website about metros, subways, light rail and trams!
Allen Morrison's Historical Trams of Brazil and Latin America page - the world's most comprehensive source on the subject.
BRAZILIAN URBAN TRANSPORTATION OVERVIEW & STATISTICS
By Maria Fernanda Cavalcanti
April 4, 2013
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[B]% of city buses accessible to the disabled[/B]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/39PM9QB.png?1[/IMG]
[B]fatalities in traffic accidents (per 100,000 inh.)[/B]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/i9xcuif.png?1[/IMG]
[B]extension of roads accessible to bicycles in relation to overall road system[/B]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/3DqLx0L.png?1[/IMG]
[B]proportion between average monthly income and simple city bus fare*[/B]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/GKLaiwt.png?1[/IMG]
source: simple city bus fare: ANTP (Jan/2013); average monthly income: IBGE (2010)
*number of tickets that can be purchased with one average monthly salary
[B]proportion between automobile and public transport usage[/B]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/rGdKDQF.png?1[/IMG]
[B]metro/ subway[/B]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/TkkTK7F.png?1[/IMG]
[B]suburban rail(região metropolitana)[/B]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/sGnmWLy.png?1[/IMG]
[B]bicycle paths[/B]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/KIbTboA.png?1[/IMG]
[B]transportation sector emissions (millions of tons/year CO2 eq)[/B]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Rf2MOkr.png?1[/IMG]
[B]households with sidewalks around them[/B]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/YMHSmCA.png?1[/IMG]
[B]households with wheelchair accessibility ramps in their vicinity[/B]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/bpyYf2m.png?1[/IMG]
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