STUDIES of two new lines included in the first phase of Brazil's revised Investment Programme in Logistics (PIL) have been submitted by Triunfo Participações e Investimentos (TPI) to the Ministry of Transport for review and to assist with the preparation of bidding documents.
CAF's third-quarter profits for the period ending September 30 have been adversely affected by unfavourable exchange rate fluctuations and particularly the devaluation of the Brazilian Real against the euro.
THE first LRV to be assembled on Alstom's new €15m Citadis LRV production line at Taubaté in the Brazilian state of São Paulo was officially unveiled on October 21 and is now undergoing tests on the newly-commissioned test track at the facility.
BRAZIL's National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) has approved a Reais 746.5m ($US 212.8m) loan for Rio de Janeiro's 28km Porto Maravilha light rail project.
BRAZIL's Ministry of Cities and Brazilian Urban Trains Company (CBTU) have launched a study into the feasibility of building a light rail line in Campina Grande, a city of more than 350,000 inhabitants in the northeastern state of Paraiba.
BRASILIA's metro operator Metro-DF is planning to open Latin America's first entirely sustainable metro station next month following the installation of photovoltaic panels at Guariroba station on the network's Green Line.
THE government of the Brazilian state of Bahia announced on July 31 that it will begin tendering this month for contracts to build an 18.5km light rail line in the state capital Salvador, which will partially utilise the alignment of the existing suburban rail line from Calçada to Paripe.
BRAZIL's National Bank for Social and Economic Development (BNDES) has announced that it will provide loans totalling Reais 70.5m ($US 21.9m) to finance 19 diesel locomotives ordered by freight operators VLI and Rumo Logistics from GE Transportation.
THE first of 32 Alstom Citadis low-floor LRVs for the 28km Porto Maravilha light rail network was unveiled on July 5 by the mayor of Rio de Janeiro Mr Eduardo Paes.
THE governor of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, Mr Luiz Fernando Pezão, has confirmed an election pledge to build the new Line 3 linking Niterói with São Gonçalo as a metro rather than a bus rapid transit line.
