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The Federal District Metro (Portuguese: Metrô do Distrito Federal, commonly called Metrô DF) is the rapid transit system of the Federal District, in Brazil. It is operated by Companhia do Metropolitano do Distrito Federal and was opened in 2001.
The six lines in the metro system operate on 104.4 kilometres (64.9 mi) of route, serving 89 stations. [1] The metro system carries about 4,300,000 passengers a day. [4] Metro itself is far from covering the entire urban area in the city of São Paulo and only runs within the city limits.
Transport in Brazil. Transport infrastructure in Brazil is characterized by strong regional differences and lack of development of the national rail network. [1] Brazil's fast-growing economy, and especially the growth in exports, will place increasing demands on the transport networks. [2]
The Rio de Janeiro Metro (Portuguese: MetrôRio, Portuguese pronunciation: [meˌtɾo ˈʁi.u]), commonly referred to as just the Metrô (Portuguese pronunciation:) is a rapid transit network that serves the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Line 15 (Silver) ( Portuguese: Linha 15–Prata) is one of the six lines that make up the São Paulo Metro and one of the thirteen lines that make up the Metropolitan Rail Transportation Network. It is South America's first mass-transit monorail and is the first system in the world to use the Bombardier Innovia Monorail 300.
Rapid transit in Brazil consists of seven metro systems, one hybrid metro-suburban system, and several tram/light rail systems.
Overall, Brazil has the largest number of metros, with 12 such systems, followed by Venezuela with 4 metro systems. The Mexico City Metro has the highest passenger ridership from a single operator in Latin America, and second in the Americas, after the New York City Subway.
Brazil is the fifth-largest country in the world and had a hundred tram systems, almost as many as all the other Latin American countries combined. It had one of the world's first tramways: an 1859 system in Rio de Janeiro pre-dates street railway experiments in all European countries except France.
Belo Horizonte Metro (Portuguese: Metrô de Belo Horizonte) is a rapid transit system serving the city of Belo Horizonte, in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. The system has one 28.1-kilometre (17.5 mi) line which serves 19 stations. The Metro carried 54.4 million passengers in 2019, or approximately 150,000 passengers per day.
The Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) (English: São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Company) is a rapid transit and commuter rail company owned by the São Paulo State Department for Metropolitan Transports.