Recife Metro

Recife Metro
Info
Locale	Recife
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	4 (Lines Centre - 1, Centre - 2, South and Diesel Train)
Number of stations	28 (29)
Daily ridership	210,000
Operation
Began operation	1985
Operator(s)	Superintendência de Trens Urbanos de Recife
Technical
System map

The Recife Metro (Portuguese: Metrô do Recife, commonly called Metrô) is operated by CBTU/Metrorec, is currently 28 stations and 39.5 km (24.6 mi) long.

System Characteristics

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

Because of the illiteracy rate in the region (around 10.55% according to the census of 2000 of IBGE), 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 currently has a total of 34.7 km of routes and after the completion of expansion of its network that has been in progress since mid-2005 the system will acquire a total length of 39.5 km in march 2009.^[1]

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.^[2]

System

Metropolitan Metro of Recife.

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[3]	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://www.cbtu.gov.br/acbtu/acompanhia/sistemas/rec/veja/recsist/slide9.jpg
2. ^ http://www.cbtu.gov.br/acbtu/acompanhia/sistemas/rec/recsist_cont.htm
3. ^ http://www.cbtu.gov.br/operadoras/sites/menuprincrec.htm