Rapid transit in Brazil

There are currently eight metro systems in Brazil, located in the cities of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Recife, Fortaleza, Salvador. Currently, in addition to metro systems, Brazil also has eight light rail transit systems, the Teresina Light Rail, Sobral Light Rail, Maceió Urban Train System, Cariri Light Rail, Baixada Santista Light Rail, VLT Carioca, João Pessoa Urban Train System, and Natal Urban Train System.

There also was one suburban rail system in Pindamonhangaba, operated by the Campos do Jordão Railway, but it has had its operations paused since 2021.^[1]

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City	System	Start of operations	System length	Lines	Stations	Gauge	Operator
Belo Horizonte	Belo Horizonte Metro	1986^[2]	29.8 km (18.5 mi)	1	20	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)	Metrô BH
Brasília	Federal District Metro	2001^[3]	42.4 km (26.3 mi)	2	27	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)	Companhia do Metropolitano do Distrito Federal (Metrô-DF)
Porto Alegre	Porto Alegre Metro	1985^[4]	43.8 km (27.2 mi)
1	22	Santo Ângelo	Santo Ângelo Metro	2026^[5]	43.8 km (27.2 mi)
4	41	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)	Empresa de Trens Urbanos de Porto Alegre (TRENSURB)
Recife	Recife Metro	1985^[6]	39.5 km (24.5 mi)	3	37	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)	Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos (CBTU)
Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro Metro	1979^[7]	58 km (36 mi)	3	41	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)	Concessão Metroviária do Rio de Janeiro (MetrôRio)
Salvador	Salvador Metro	2014^[8]	38 km (24 mi)	2	21	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Companhia do Metrô da Bahia (CCR Metrô Bahia)
Fortaleza	Fortaleza Metro	2012	24.1 km (15.0 mi)	3	20	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)	Companhia Cearense de Transportes Metropolitanos (METROFOR)
São Paulo	São Paulo Metro	1974^[9]	110.9 km (64.8 mi)	7	98	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in), 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo (Lines 1–3, 15) ViaQuatro (Line 4) ViaMobilidade (Line 5)

City	System	Start of operations	System length	Lines	Stations	Gauge	Operator
Curitiba	Curitiba Metro	Proposed^[10]	17.6 km (10.9 mi)	1	14	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Manaus	Manaus Monorail	Planned	20 km (12.0 mi)	1	9	None

City	System	Start of operations	End of operations	System length	Lines	Stations	Gauge	Operator
Poços de caldas	Poços de Caldas Monorail	2000^[11]	2003^[11]	8 km (4.9 mi) constructed, 30 km (18.6 mi) planned^[12]	1	11^[13]	None	Municipal Government of Poços de Caldas
Campinas	Campinas Light Metro	1990^[14]	1995^[14]	7.9 km (4.5 mi)^[14]	1	11 stations planned, 8 stations constructed^[14]	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)	Ferrovia Paulista (FEPASA)

City	System	Start of operations	System length	Lines	Stations	Gauge	Operator
Sobral	Sobral Light Rail	2014	13.9 km (8.6 mi)	2	12	1000mm (3 ft 3.4 in)	Companhia Cearense de Transportes Metropolitanos (METROFOR)
Crato, Juazeiro do Norte	Cariri Light Rail	2009	13.9 km (8.5 mi)^[15]	1	9^[15]	1000mm (3 ft 3.4 in)^[15]	Companhia Cearense de Transportes Metropolitanos (METROFOR)
Santos, São Vincente	Baixada Santista Light Rail	2015^[16]	11,5 km (7,15 mi)^[17]	1	15^[16]	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	BR Mobilidade Consortium (supervised by ARTESP, the São Paulo State regulatory body for transportation)
Rio de Janeiro	VLT Carioca	2016^[18]	28 km (17,4 mi)^[18]	4^[19]	30^[18]	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	VLT Carioca
Metropolitan Area of Salvador	VLT do Subúrbio	2027-2028	37 km (22.9 mi)^[20]	3^[20]	34^[20]	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	To be determined by the government
Teresina	Teresina Metro	1991^[21]	16 km	1	12	1000 mm (3 ft 3.4 in)	Companhia Ferroviária e de Logística do Piauí (CFLP)

City	System	Start of operations	System length	Lines	Stations	Gauge	Operator
São Paulo	São Paulo Metropolitan Trains	1889	280 km	7^[25]^[26]^[27]	96^[25]^[26]^[27]	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)	Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (Lines 7, 10, 11, 12, 13)^[25] ViaMobilidade (Lines 8 and 9)^[26]^[27]
João Pessoa	João Pessoa Urban Train System	1985	30 km (18.6 mi)^[28]	1	9^[29]	1000mm (3 ft 3.4 in)	Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos (CBTU)
Rio de Janeiro	Urban Trains of Rio de Janeiro	1852	270 km^[30]	8^[31]	104^[32]	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)^[33]	Supervia
Campos do Jordão	Campos do Jordão Railway	1914	47 km	1	40	1000mm (3 ft 3.4 in)	Estrada de Ferro Campos do Jordão (EFCJ)
Natal	Natal Urban Train System	1984	77.5 km (48.1 mi)^[34]	2^[34]	13^[34]	1000mm (3 ft 3.4 in)^[34]	Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos (CBTU)
Maceió	Maceió Urban Train System	2011	34.7 km (21,2 mi)^[35]	2	15^[35]	1000mm (3 ft 3.4 in)^[35]	Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos (CBTU)

Rapid transit in Brazil

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List of Light Rail Systems in Brazil

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Suburban Rail

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City	System	Start of operations	End of operations	System length	Lines	Stations	Gauge	Operator
Belo Horizonte	Metropolitan Area of Belo Horizonte Suburban Train	1957^[36]	1988^[36]	321 km^[36]	7^[36]	21^[36]	1 600 mm (5 ft 3 in)	Rede Ferroviária Federal (1957-1984), Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos (1984-1992)
Bauru	Bauru Urban Train	1973, 1988	1982, 1990	10.0 km (6.21 mi)	2	9	1000mm (3 ft 3.4 in), 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)	Ferrovia Paulista (FEPASA), Rede Ferroviária Federal (RFFSA)