Sao Paulo’s subway has 5 lines ( blue, green, red, yellow and purple ). Blue line was the first one that started operating in 1974. It has a total of 58 stacions, 3 transfer stations and
22 have connections with urban buses. Total extension of the network is 65,3 Kms.

Users demand in 2011 was 811657.

Sao Paulo’s metro network has 900 cars. 672 are working in rush hours. Average interval between trains is 141 seconds. Maximum speed is 100 KM/H while the average speed is 37,5 KM/H

Blue Line: Its length is 20,2 km and 23 stations. It was opened in 1974.

Stations:
Jabaquara, Conceição, São Judas, Saúde, Praça da Árvore, Santa Cruz, Vila Mariana, Ana Rosa,Paraíso,
Vergueiro, São Joaquim, Liberdade, Sé, São Bento, Luz, Tiradentes, Armênia, Portuguesa-Tietê, Carandiru,
Santana, Jardim São Paulo-Ayrton Senna, Parada Inglesa, Tucuruvi.

Green Line: Its length is 14,7 km with 14 stations. It was openend in 1991.

Stations:
Vila Prudente, Tamanduateí, Sacomã, Alto do Ipiranga, Santos-Imigrantes, Chácara Klabin, Ana Rosa,
Paraíso, Brigadeiro, Trianon-Masp, Consolação, Clínicas, S. N. Sra. de Fátima-Sumaré, Vila Madalena
.

Red Line: Its length is 22 km with 18 stations. Red line was opened in 1979.

Stations:
Corinthians-Itaquera, Artur Alvim, Patriarca, Guilhermina-Esperança, Vila Matilde,
Penha, Carrão, Tatuapé, Belém, Bresser-Mooca, Brás, Pedro II, Sé, Anhangabaú, República, Santa Cecília, Marechal Deodoro,Palmeiras-Barra Funda
.

Yellow Line: It’s 6 stations.

Stations:
Luz, República, Paulista, Faria Lima, Pinheiros, Butantã
.

Purple Line: Its length is 8,4 kms in 6 stations.

Stations:
Capão Redondo, Campo Limpo, Vila das Belezas,
Giovanni Gronchi, Santo Amaro, Largo Treze
.

Sao Paulo’s subway schedule:

Almost all the lines start operating at 4.40 a.m to 0.30 from sunday to friday. Saturdays schedule is
from 4.40 a.m. to 1.00.

You can check the exact schedule on itsweb

Tickets, cards and fares

Single ticket: It costs 3$. With it you can make four rides within a period of 3 hours.
Bla Card: Initial cost is 2$. Minimum recharge is 10 rides at 2,5$.

Curiosities

Sao Paulo’s underground has a real time monitoring system where you can check for failures or down times in all the stations.
It is known as “Directo do Metrô” (Direct from the underground). You can download it from
its web site for iPad and for smartphones or you may also use a widget for pc.

Sao Paulo’s metro system also permit the user combine private transport with public transport by providing parking tickets.
It is called E-Fácil.

This metro system also promote the use of ecological transport by intregrating the use of the bicycle almost all along the network.
Though it is not available yet in all the stations. You can find updated information about what lines fully permit the transport of the bicycle and wich ones are conected with bike lanes in this document.

Sao Paulo’s metro system network official site is very complete. You can use a travel simulator
to plan your trip.

• Sao Paulo’s metro in FaceBook
• Sao Paulo’s metro in Twitter
• Sao Paulo’s metro in Flickr

Info number: 0800 770 7722

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Metro Recife

The Metro Recife, opened in 1986, is part of the Sistema Estrutural Integrado (SEI), which is a public transport network system composed by bus lines in addition to the metro lines. All these lines are integrated via terminals specially constructed to allow multimodal travel connections. The SEI is a mass transit system configured by zones arranged in rings. Access from the suburbs to the integration terminals is possible because of the 10 operating companies, responsible for 185 lines serving ten municipalities in the Metropolitan Region of Recife or Greater Recife.

The management of this system corresponds to the Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos (CBTU), a semi-public company created in 1984 and under the supervision of the Ministry of Cities since 2003. Thise compnay is responsible for management of several passenger transport systems in capitals of several regions of Brazil, including Recife Pernambuco state capital.

Recife metro lines and stations

Center Line, electrified, linking Recife with Camaragibe through Jaboatão dos Guararapes. It splits in Coquiral to reach Camaragibe, through Rodoviária Station. Afogados stations, Mud, Cavaleiro, Camaragibe, Jaboatão and Rodoviária are integrated terminals. The Center Line is 25 km long and has 29 stations (15 to Camaragibe and 14 Jaboatão).

South line, also an electrified line corresponds to two municipalities, Recife and Jaboatão dos Guararapes. With 11 operating stations, ranging from Recife to Cajueiro Seco. Integrated Terminals are Joana Bezerra and Aeroporto.

Diesel Line, VLT, serving three municipalities: Recife, Jaboatão dos Guararapes and Cabo de Santo Agostinho and 9 operating stations. The Integrated Terminal is Cabo.

Main stations: Recife station

It is the central metro station in Recife. Located in the São José neighborhood in the old city center, it was opened in 1994 after rehabilitating the old railway station. Near this station there are several tourist attractions such as the House of Culture and the Museu do Trem. From there depart five circular bus routes to access various parts of the city.

Hours and frequency

All electrical lines operate between 5:00 am and 11:00 pm.
The Diesel line runs between 5:00 am and 8:00 pm. On Saturdays until 2:00 pm.

Billetes y tarifas

Fares for Integrated Structural System rings are: A – R $ 2.45, B – R $ 3.35, D – R $ 2.65, G – R $ 1.60.

Optional services:
• 042-Airport, R$3.
• 072 – Candeias,R$ 4,60
• 160 – Gaibu-Barra de Jangada, R$ 4,60
• 195 – Recife-Porto de Galinhas, R$ 12,00

Discounted rates on Sunday, from 5 o’clock in the morning:
A -R$ 1,20, B -R$ 1,70, D -R$ 1,20, G -R$ 1,20.

Single tickets are purchased at the counters of every station. Then you need to validate them in slots when passing to the platforms. With this ticket, plus an integrated one, you can make connections with Integrated System Buses.

International Airport Gylberto Freyre

The station closest to the Airport Recife is the Aeroporto Metro station, which is also an Integrated Terminal. It runs from 5:00 am until 11:00 pm.
The entrace to the metro station is located opposite to gate B6. The ticket costs R$ 2.15 to get downtown.

Metro Recife Video

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Porto Alegre Metro

After the last update (Novo Hamburgo), Trensurb line 1 has a total length of approximately 43.4 kilometers and 5 new stations were added for a total of 22. Most of the route goes ground level and only a small stretch of just over 2 kilometers is elevated. Through this route 20 trains are circulating per hour and direction. Each train has a capacity of 1081 persons, allowing a maximum of 21600 passengers per hour and direction. Line 1 became operational in March 1985 with the section between the stations of Mercado and Sapucaia. It has an average speed of 45km/h and a maximum speed of 90. More than 200,000 people use this transport daily.

Porto Alegre subway connects the city center to the airport and the long distance bus station. Trensurb connects with the 224 lines of Omnibus. With this rate the user can take a metro trip and bus with the same ticket. The metro is a good way to travel in Porto Alegre since the tourist attractions are within walking distance of the subway stations.

Porto Alegre metro is managed by the urban rail company of Porto Alegre, known as Trensurb, in conjunction with the federal government of Brazil and Rio Grande do Sul.

Tensurb: lines and stations

Line 1 of the Porto Alegre metro (trensurb) is 42 kilometers long and has 22 stations. Stations: Novo Hamburgo, Fenac, Industrial, Santo Afonso, Rio dos Sinos, São Leopoldo, Unisinos, Sapucaia, Louis Pasteur, Esteio, Petrobras, São Luis, Mathias Velho, Canoas, Fátima, Niterói, Anchieta, Aeroporto, Farrapos, São Pedro, Rodoviária y Mercado. Travel time from Novo Hamburgo to is 52 minutrs.

Without considering it as a line, there is a connection of only 2 stations and less than 1 kilometer long linking the Trensurb airport metro station to the International Airport Salgado Filho station, Terminal 1.

Metro hours and frequency

It operates from 05:00 to 23:20. Trains run every 5 minutes during rush hour. These time slots are from 6:00 to 8:00 and 17:00 to 19:00.
Every 10 minutes during normal business hours and every 15 minutes before 6:00 and after 20:00. Saturday the frequency of service is a train every 12 minutes in each direction until 13:00. In the evenings and on Sundays, the rate drops to 15 minutes.

Fares and tickets

There is a single integrated rate of 1.70R $
You can make transfers between bus and subway.

Futures expansions

In the map below you can see the planned metro and Aeromóvel lines:

Curious facts

Cycling Trensurb program. Bikes are allowed within predefined hours: Monday to Saturday in off-peak times. Weekends and holidays, all day. Only one bike per user is allowed. Bike can not be ridden at the stations. To enter the bikes to the stations an inspector should be notified to open the entrance gate. Always step in the second wagon with the bikes, never the first one.

Trensurb has available staff for people with disabilities.

There are blue seats called preferential reserved to people with disabilities, elder, pregnat women or people traveling with small children.

Porto Alegre Metro Map

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• Type: Metro/Metropolitan railroad
• Opening: August, 1986
• Lines: 1
• Stations: 20
• Max. speed: 80 km/h
• Average speed: 50 km/h
• Passengers/day: 215 thousand
• Operator: CBTU/Metrô BH

Lines and stations

Belo Horizonte’s metro currently has 1 single line operational. There are a total of 20 stations in 30kms.
This line, the red line, starts in El Dorado and reaches Vilarinho. Stations:
El Dorado, Cidade Industrial, Vila Oeste, Gameleira, Calafate, Carlos Prates, Lagoinha, Central, Santa Efigenia, Santa Tereza, Horto, Santa Ines, Jose Candido de Silveira, Minas Shopping, Sao Gabriel, Primeiro de Maio, Waldomiro Lobo, Floramar, Vilarinho.

Line 2 or pink line. It is a projected line. It will be 16,5 kms length.
It will go from Calafate to Barreiro station and will have 6 stations.

Line 3 or green line. This line is projected.
It is estimated that will be approximately 12.5 kms length . It will go to Pampulha Regional Airport from Savassi.

Schedule and frequency

Line 1 runs every day, between 05:45 and 23:00. Journey time is approximately 30 minutes.
It runs every 5-7 minutes at peak times and 13 minutes off-peak. On weekends the frequency is 15 minutes.

Tickets

• 1 travel (Bilhete unitário): 1.80R$
• 10 travels ticket: 16.20R$

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