Line 3 (Rio de Janeiro)

Line 3 is a planned line of the Rio de Janeiro Metro (Metrô Rio) which would connect Rio de Janeiro and Niterói. This is a challenge due to the fact that the line would need to cross the Guanabara Bay, presumably underwater.

Line 3 (Rio de Janeiro)
Overview
StatusProposed
Locale
TerminiAraribóia
Visconde de Itaboraí
Stations18
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemRio de Janeiro Metro
History
Planned openingUnknown
Technical
Line length42 km (26 mi)
Route map

Araribóia
Jansen de Melo
Barreto
Neves
Vila Laje
Paraíso
Parada Quarenta
Zé Garoto
Mauá
Antonina
Nova Cidade
Alcântara
Jardim Catarina
Guaxindiba
Itambi
Visconde de Itaboraí

Background

The plan to build a subway line connecting Rio de Janeiro to its sister municipality, Niterói, has existed since at least 1968.[1] In the 1968 plan, it was estimated that hte line would've been built by 1990.[1] However, that deadline was never met.

Throughout the following years, many more promises were made – and subsequently not kept – by a multitude of governors of Rio de Janeiro regarding the construction of Line 3:

  • In 2002, the project was divided into two parts: part 1, with a length of 6 kilometres (3.7 mi), extending underneath Guanabara Bay from Carioca Station (Rio de Janeiro) to Arariboia Station (Niterói); and part 2, with a length of roughly 21 kilometres (13 mi), extending from Arariboia Station (Niterói) to Guaxindiba (São Gonçalo), with segments above ground.[2][3]
  • In 2006, a seminar called "Rio de Janeiro on Rails – Subway Line 3" (Portuguese: Rio de Janeiro nos Trilhos – Linha 3 do Metrô) was held by the Brazilian Association of the Railway Industry (Portuguese: Associação Brasileira da Indústria Ferroviária, shortened as ABIFER) to discuss the implementation of the project of Line 3.[4]
  • In 2011, the Brazilian Ministry of Works announced that construction on the line would begin that year for a 2014 opening.[5] The line would feature an existing 23 kilometres (14 mi) suburban rail alignment in Niterói, São Gonçalo and Itaboraí being upgraded to metro standard, and a 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) tunnel under Guanabara Bay to Rio de Janeiro.[6] Federal funds for the construction, totalling R$ 1.2 billion, were initially intended to be granted in 2012, but were barred by Congress in late 2011.[7]
  • In September 2013, governor Sérgio Cabral and president Dilma Rousseff announced a partnership between the federal and state governments, with the goal of collecting R$ 2.57 billion in total to be put towards the construction of Line 3.[8]
  • In October 2014, governor Pezão stated his intent in starting the construction of Line 3 before the end of the year.[9] Eight months later, in June 2015, Pezão explained that the state's government didn't have the necessary funds to build it, which had an estimated cost of R$ 3.9 billion.[10] The Director Plan of Urban Transportation of 2015 (Portuguese: Plano Diretor de Transportes Urbanos) estimated that construction of its many projects should be done by 2036, but that it would be ideal for them to be finished by 2021.[11]
  • In July 2019, governor Wilson Witzel guaranteed that, during his administration, the construction of Line 3 would begin.[12] Six months later, in January 2020, Witzel stated that the administration was considering whether building more boat stations would be more effective than building Line 3.[13]

References

  1. Marcolini, Barbara (29 November 2014). "Projeto de 1968 que nunca saiu do papel, metrô até São Gonçalo ainda é um sonho" [1968 project that never became a reality, subway to São Gonçalo is still a dream]. O Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  2. "Relatório de Fiscalização - Sintético" (PDF). Tribunal de Contas da União (in Portuguese). 2010. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  3. "Audiência pública apresentou projeto da Linha 3 do metrô" [Public hearing presented subway's Line 3 project] (in Portuguese). ABIFER. 18 September 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  4. "Rio de Janeiro nos Trilhos discute Presente e Futuro da Linha 3 do Metrô" [Rio de Janeiro on Rails discusses Present and Future of the Subway's Line 3] (in Portuguese). ABIFER. 30 November 2006. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  5. "Work set to begin on Rio de Janeiro Line 3". Metro Report International. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  6. "Brazil to begin construction on Rio de Janeiro metro Line 3 by end of the year". Metro Report International. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  7. Jungblut, Cristiane (22 December 2011). "Congresso suspende repasse federal para a Linha 3 do Metrô" [Congress suspends federal greant for subway Line 3]. Extra (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  8. Mendonça, Alba Valéria (11 September 2013). "Dilma anuncia R$ 2,5 bilhões para projeto da Linha 3 do metrô do RJ" [Dilma announces R$ 2,5 billion to Line 3 project of Rio de Janeiro subway]. G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  9. "Pezão pretende começar obras da Linha 3 do metrô ainda em 2014". G1. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  10. "Pezão diz que estado não tem recursos para fazer Linha 3 do Metrô" [Pezão says state doesn't have the resources to build subway Line 3]. G1 (in Portuguese). 10 June 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  11. Bacelar, Carina; Galdo, Rafael (30 July 2018). "Plano que não começou a sair do papel prevê oito novos trechos de metrô no Rio" [Plan that never became a reality predicts eight new segments for Rio's subway]. O Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  12. Seara, Berenice; Macedo, Aline (24 July 2019). "Witzel promete Linha 3 do Metrô a empresários em Itaboraí" [Witzel promises subway Line 3 to businessmen in Itaboraí]. Extra (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  13. "Witzel diz que estuda implementar Linha 3 ou estações de barcas em São Gonçalo" [Witzel says he's studying whether to implement Line 3 or boat station in São Gonçalo]. Extra (in Portuguese). 24 January 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.


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