Porto Alegre Metro

Porto Alegre Metro
Info
Locale	Porto Alegre and Metropolitan area
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	1
Number of stations	17
Daily ridership	170,000[1]
Website	www.trensurb.gov.br
Operation
Began operation	March 2, 1985
Operator(s)	Trensurb
Technical
Track gauge	5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Irish gauge

The Metro de Porto Alegre (Portuguese: Metrô de Porto Alegre, commonly called Trem) is operated jointly by the federal government, the state government of Rio Grande do Sul and the city of Porto Alegre through the company Trensurb (Company of Urban Trains of Porto Alegre SA) and has 20 stations, totaling 33.4 km (17.5 mi) of extension and carries about 170,000 users a day.^[2]

History

Metro in Airport Station.

The Line 1 of the subway built in Porto Alegre was started in 1980, linking the center of Porto Alegre to cities to the north of the metropolitan area, as Canoas, Esteio, Sapucaia do Sul, São Leopoldo and Novo Hamburgo. The choice of path was made to relieve the heavy traffic of highway BR-116, only option before the construction of this line, which already had serious problems with the transit at the time.

The Line 1 was inaugurated on March 2, 1985 between the Central Public Market and Sapucaia do Sul. In December 1997 was extended to Unisinos.

An extension of 2.4 miles São Leopoldo-Museum was added in November 2000, after two months of trial service.

System Characteristics

The Porto Alegre Rapid Transit has an average distance between each station which is 2 km (1.2 mi), hence the speed communication is of 46 km/h (28 mi) maximum speed of the train is 90 km/h (55 mi/h). The gauge is 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) and feeding of trains is done by 3,000 VDC catenary.

Metro lines

Line	Start/End	Founded	Distance (km)	Stations	Time (Min)	Hours
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