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The Cuiabá Light Rail (Portuguese: VLT de Cuiabá) is an abandoned light rail in the Brazilian city of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso. Work on the line was suspened in 2015 due to suspicion of bidder fraud.[1] The project was officially canceled in 2020.[2] As of 2021, there is no intention to finish the construction and the system is to be replaced by BRT.[3]

NativenameVLT de Cuiabá
LocaleCuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
TransittypeLight rail
Number of lines
0 (2 planned)
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Cuiabá Light Rail
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Native nameVLT de Cuiabá
LocaleCuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Transit typeLight rail
Number of lines
0 (2 planned)
Number of stations
0 (33 planned)
Daily ridership
120,000 (projected)
Technical
System length0 (22 km (14 mi) planned)
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CPA
Batalhão
Morada do Ouro
Praça das Bandeiras
Avenida Juliano Costa Marques
Rua Luis Felipe
Avenida Senegal
Rua Cereja
Rua Trigo de Loureiro
Avenida Mato Grosso
Centro
Praça dos Bandeirantes
Praça dos Motoristas
Rua Flamengo
Rua Capitão Iporá
Rua Haiti
Rua Alziro Zarur
Avenida Carmindo de Campos
Rua Professor Filogônio
Rua Antônio Dorileo
Rua Pau Brasil
Coxipó
Praça Bispo Dom José
Igreja Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora
Rua Caetano Santana
Travessa Tuffic Affi
Cuiabá
Várzea Grande
Rua Vila Mariana
Rua Vereador Abelardo Azevedo
Avenida Dom Orlando Chaves
Secretaria Municipal dos Transportes
Auto Shopping Fórmula
Avenida Couto Magalhães
Aeroporto
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The light rail system was designed to connect Cuiabá with Cuiabá International Airport in the city of Várzea Grande.[4]

In 2012, 40 CAF Urbos 3 trams were ordered for operation on the system.[5] All 40 trams had been delivered by the time the project was cancelled, and the fleet was initially mothballed.[2] In August 2024, however, the state of Bahia signed an agreement for the purchase of all 40 vehicles for use on the under-construction Salvador light rail system.[5][6] As of October 2025, the fleet is currently undergoing refurbishment and modernization works at the CAF factory in Hortolândia.[7]

Planned system

The light rail network was planned to be 22 kilometres (14 mi) in length,[8] operating on two lines:

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Line Termini Length (km) Stations
1 Airport ↔ Centro Político Administrativo (CPA) 15 22
2 Centro ↔ Coxipó 7.2 11
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