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Renata Passos

January 7, 2020 | Central/South America

Rumo pushes on despite slow economy

João Alberto Abreu, CEO of Rumo, Brazil, talks to Renata Pasos

November 12, 2019 | Metros

São Paulo Metro Orange line project moves a step closer

THE government of the Brazilian state of São Paulo announced on November 11 that it will evaluate a deal over the next 90 days whereby Acciona, Spain, will take over a public-private partnership (PPP) project to build Metro Line 6-Orange.

October 29, 2019 | Light Rail

Rio de Janeiro LRT Line 3 opens

RIO de Janeiro’s Carioca LRT Line 3 opened on October 26. The 4km line runs from Central do Brasil station to Santos Dumont Airport, with a journey time of approximately 18 minutes.

October 10, 2019 | Central/South America

Loan agreed to complete São Paulo monorail project

THE Latin American Development Bank agreed a Reais 1.2bn ($US 296m) loan to the Brazilian state government of São Paulo on October 7 to complete the first section of monorail Line 17/Gold of the São Paulo Metro.

September 6, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Curitiba diesel commuter plans presented

REPRESENTATIVES of Brazilian Urban Train Company (CBTU) and the governor of Paraná, Mr Ratinho Junior, have presented plans for the first phase of a technical study to introduce a diesel commuter service in Curitiba.

August 6, 2019 | Metros

São Paulo Metro begins studies to build Line 19

THE São Paulo state government has initiated steps to construct metro Line 19-Celeste (sky blue), with São Paulo Metro releasing bidding documents calling for studies and surveys that will outline the basic project.

July 16, 2019 | Central/South America

São Paulo monorail Line 17 E&M tender launched

SÃO PAULO Metro published an international tender on July 12 for a contract to supply electrical and mechanical systems for the 7.7km monorail Line 17 (Gold Line), which will connect Congonhas airport with Morumbi station on Paulista Metropolitan Trains Company (CPTM) Line 9.

June 6, 2019 | Central/South America

São Paulo pushes ahead with metro expansion

BRAZIL’s largest city, São Paulo, has announced plans to reactivate a project to extend metro Line 2-Green, build a monorail at Guarulhos International Airport and resume work on monorail Line 17-Gold.

May 22, 2019 | Central/South America

Construction contract awarded for Salvador metro extension

A consortium led by Camargo Corrêa, Brazil, has been awarded a contract to construct the 4.7km extension of Salvador metro Line 1 from Pirajá to Águas Claras.

March 29, 2019 | Central/South America

Rumo wins North-South Railway concession

BRAZILIAN logistics firm Rumo has won an auction for a 30-year concession to operate the 1537km section of the North-South Railway from Estrela d'Oeste in São Paulo state to Porto Nacional Tocantins.

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