Recife Metro

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Recife Metro
Background
Locale Recife
Transit type Rapid transit
Number of lines 4 (Lines Centre - 1, Centre - 2, South and Diesel Train)
Number of stations 30
Daily ridership 285,000[1] (2012)
Operation
Began operation 1985
Operator(s) Superintendência de Trens Urbanos de Recife
Technical
System length 44.2 km (27.5 mi)
System map

The Recife Metro (Portuguese: Metrô do Recife, commonly called Metrô) is operated by CBTU/Metrorec, is currently 28 stations and 44.2 km (27.5 mi) long. Recife Metro is the second largest in Brazil, after São Paulo.[2]

System Characteristics

Recife Metro is currently formed by the Central Line (further divided into two lines) and the South line.

The stations were designed with a caution to include various forms of identification. Besides the service of audio messages announcing the name of the stop, there is a different colour used on the walls of every station and their signs are equipped with graphical symbols next to the name which always accompany the maps spread in the buildings.

Trains of the Center Line leaving the station Recife have two distinct destinations: the cities of Camaragibe and of Jaboatão dos Guararapes. This is due to the fact that lines Center-1 (Camaragibe) and Center-2 (Jaboatão) share the part of the railway between Recife and Coqueiral stations, reusing the route of an old railway track where the metro system was built.

In Lines of Metrorec the average distance between stations is of 1.2 kilometers, hence the typical speed of the train is 40 km/h, while the maximum speed is 80 km/h [citation needed]. The gauge is 1600 mm and energy supply for trains is done through aerial catenary.

The system had a total of 25.2 km of routes and, and after completion of the expansion of its network that occurred from February 2005 to March 2009 - it grew to the current 39.5 km. there is also 31.5 km of line for Diesel locomotives, totaling 71 km.[citation needed]

This system also has several bus lines linked from the terminals of bus/metro integration designated S.E.I (Sistema Estrutural Integrado - Integrated Structural System ), through which a passenger can continue their travel on the same ticket.[3]

System

Line Terminals Start date length (km) Stations Duration (min) Schedule
Center - 1 Recife ↔ Camaragibe 11 of March, 1985 --- 15*(1) 28 Daily, 5 AM to 11 PM
Center - 2 Recife ↔ Jaboatão 29 of August, 1987 --- 14 24 Daily, 5 AM to 11 PM
South Recife ↔ Cajueiro Seco 28 of February, 2005 14,3 13 25[4] Daily, 5 AM to 11 PM
Recife Metro Total (C1+C2+S) 11 of March, 1985 39.5 29*(1)** --- ---
Diesel Train*** Cabo ↔ Curado in Recife Since 1988 31,5 9 54 Monday to Saturday, 5 AM to 8 PM

(*) Under construction Stations, (**) The system has overlapping stations, (***) The diesel train isn't included in the metro service, even under the same administration company

Stations

Nº Center - C1 Center - C2 South Line - S Diesel Train - DT
1 Recife SEI Recife SEI Recife SEI Curado C1
2 Joana Bezerra* SEI Joana Bezerra* SEI Joana Bezerra* SEI Jorge Lins
3 Afogados SEI Afogados SEI Largo da Paz SEI Marcos Freire
4 Ipiranga Ipiranga Imbiribeira Cajueiro Seco SEI, S
5 Mangueira Mangueira Antonio Falcão Ângelo de Souza
6 Santa Luzia SEI Santa Luzia SEI Shopping Center Recife Pontezinha
7 Edgar Werneck Edgar Werneck Tancredo Neves SEI Ponte dos Carvalhos
8 Barro SEI Barro SEI Aeroporto - Airport SEI Santo Inácio
9 Tejipió Tejipió Porta Larga Cabo SEI
10 Coqueiral** Coqueiral** Monte dos Guararapes
11 Alto do Céu Cavaleiro SEI Prazeres SEI
12 Curado DT Floriano Cajueiro Seco SEI, DT
13 Rodoviária-Coach station Engenho Velho
- Cosme e Damião***
14 Camaragibe SEI Jaboatão

OBS.: SEI means integration with local buses; (*)C1, C2 and S runs in the some line until J. Bezerra; (**) C1 e C2 runs in the some line until Coqueiral; (***)under construction

See also

  • List of rapid transit systems

External links

  • Official website
  • Parent company CBTU's website; Contains links to other Brazilian urban rail systems
  • The three Lines' (Centro, Sul & Diesel) map at the official site
  • Photographic gallery for the Diesel line (pictures taken at a "photographical excursion" involving several photo artists at 19 August 2009)

References

  1. ↑ http://www2.cbtumetrorec.gov.br/caracteristicas.php
  2. ↑ Qual é o maior metrô do Brasil? (Portuguese)
  3. ↑ http://www.cbtu.gov.br/acbtu/acompanhia/sistemas/rec/recsist_cont.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.cbtu.gov.br/operadoras/sites/menuprincrec.htm
Brazil Urban public transport networks and systems in Brazil
Metropolitan area
commuter rail
Rapid transit
Light rail
Trolleybuses
Ticketing systems
(*) Under Construction (**) Planning

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