Belo Horizonte Metro

Belo Horizonte Metro (Portuguese: Metrô de Belo Horizonte) is a rapid transit system serving the city of Belo Horizonte, in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. The system has one 28.1-kilometre (17.5 mi) line[4] which serves 19 stations.[1] The Metro carried 58.4 million passengers in 2018,[2] or approximately 160,000 passengers per day. The system is operated by Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos (CBTU). Two more lines are planned.

Belo Horizonte Metro
Overview
Native nameMetrô de Belo Horizonte
Owner
LocaleBelo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Transit typeRapid transit
Number of lines1[1] (3 planned)
Number of stations19[1] (2 planned)
Annual ridership58.4 million[2]
WebsiteTrens Urbanos
de Belo Horizonte
Operation
Began operation1 August 1986 (1986-08-01)[3]
Operator(s) Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos
Number of vehicles
  • 100 CCTU/Cobrasma/Francorail/ADtranz/Alstom Series 900/915 (25 trains)
  • 40 CAF/Alstom Series 1000 (10 trains)
Technical
System length28.1 km (17.5 mi)[4]
Track gauge1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Electrification3,000 V DC catenary
Average speed40 km/h (25 mph)
Top speed80 km/h (50 mph)[4]
System map

 Vilarinho
Av. Cristiano Machado
 Floramar
Av. Dep. Último de Carvalho
Waldomiro Lobo
Av. Cristiano Machado
 Primeiro de Maio
Av. Risoleta Neves
 São Gabriel
Anel Rodoviário Celso Mello Azevedo
R. Angola
R. Angaturama
 Minas Shopping
Av. José Cândido da Silveira
José Cândido da Silveira
R. Minduri
 Santa Inês
R. Conceição do Pará
MRS rail yard
 Horto
Av. Silviano Brandão
R. Paraisópolis
 Santa Tereza
 Santa Efigênia
Av. do Contorno
Viaduto Francisco Sales
Av. Assis Chateaubriand
 Central
Av. do Contorno
R. Varginha
Viaduto Leste
 Lagoinha
Viaduto Oeste
Al. Ver. Geraldo Silva de Oliveira
 Carlos Prates
Viaduto Itamar Franco
R. Santa Quitéria
 Calafate
Av. Silva Lobo
Av. Tereza Cristina
 Gameleira
 Vila Oeste
BR-262 (Rodovia Fernão Dias)
R. Tantalita
 Cidade Industrial
Av. Babita Camargos
 Eldorado
Maintenance rail yard

History

The first section of the metro opened on 1 August 1986.[3] At its opening, the Metro was 10.8 kilometres (6.7 mi) long and had six stations with three trains in operation. In 1987 the line was extended to Central station and two more trains were brought into use. The line was extended again several times in the mid-1990s, and finally once more in 2002 adding the last 5 of the current 19 stations.[3]

Further trains were delivered in the 1990s, with the last being delivered in December 2001, bringing the total number of trains to 25.[3]

Operations

Network
Main article: List of Belo Horizonte Metro stations
Line Terminals Inauguration Length (km) Stations Length of trip (min) Operation
1 Eldorado ↔ Vilarinho 1 August 1986 28.1[4] 19[1] 44 minutes Daily, from 05:45 to 23:00

System characteristics

The trains are supplied by 3000 V DC overhead wires, and have a commercial speed of 40 km/h with a maximum speed of 80 km/h.[4] Track gauge is 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) (Irish gauge).

Future service

The transfer of the administration of Belo Horizonte Metro from Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos to MetroMinas is yet to be discussed.

In early 2014, it was announced that the Belo Horizonte Metro will be expanded with two new lines by 2018, with new train cars, and two additional stations added to Line 1.

In September 2015, ten new train cars was introduced officially.

No progress was made in respect of expansion of the network until September 2020, when the Brazilian government committed 1.2 billion reais of funding for the construction of Line 2.[5]

Planned expansion proposed by CBTU
Line Terminals Inauguration Length (km) Stations Length of trip (min) Posture
2 Barreiro ↔ Santa Tereza - 18 15 - Planned
3 Pampulha ↔ Savassi - 12.5 13 - Planned
Expansion map of the RMBH metro system proposed by PDTT/CBTU, in scale

Planned expansion proposed by State Government
Line Terminals Inauguration Length (km) Stations Length of trip (min) Posture
1 Eldorado ↔ João César de Oliveira - 5 3 - Planned
2 Barreiro ↔ Nova Suíça - 10.5 7 - Planned
3 Lagoinha ↔ Savassi - 4.5 5 - Planned
4 João César de Oliveira ↔ Betim - 19.2 18 - Planned
Expansion map of the RMBH metro system proposed by Metrominas, in scale

See also

References
  1. "Operação - Linha em operação" [Operations - Line in operation] (in Portuguese). CBTU - METRÔ BH. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  2. "RELATÓRIO DE GESTÃO de 2018" [Management Report - period 2017] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos (CBTU). 31 December 2018. pp. 36–37. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. "Empresa - História" [Company - History] (in Portuguese). CBTU - METRÔ BH. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  4. "Operação - Dados operacionais" [Operations - Operational data] (in Portuguese). CBTU - METRÔ BH. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  5. "Belo Horizonte Metro receives government funding for Line 2 project". International Railway Journal. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.

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