SkyRail Bahia

SkyRail Bahia is a proposed monorail system serving Salvador, Bahia in Brazil. Upon completion, Salvador will become the second Brazilian city to be served by a monorail line after São Paulo's Line 15.

SkyRail Bahia
The Orange and Green Line monorail lines shown in relation to the two Red and Blue metro lines
Overview
LocaleSalvador, Bahia, Brazil
Transit typeRapid transit, monorail
Number of lines2 (planned)
Number of stations25
Operation
CharacterElevated
Technical
System length23.3 km (14.5 mi)

Background

The Salvador Metro opened in 2014 and currently consists of two lines. A metre gauge commuter rail line links Salvador with Paripe, which was proposed to be replaced by another form of rail transit following the opening of the metro. In May 2018, the consortium SkyRail Bahia, founded by BYD Company, was selected to build a 20 km (12 mi), 22-station monorail line between Salvador and Simões Filho.[1]

Operations

Once fully complete in 2022, SkyRail Bahia will be a two line monorail network.[2] The 19.2 km (11.9 mi) Orange Line will connect Bairro do Comércio to Ilha de São João with 21 stations, and is expected to carry 172,000 daily passengers. The Green Line will be 4.1 km (2.5 mi) with four stations, connecting São Joaquim to the Salvador Metro's Accesso Norte station.

References
  1. "Bahia governor signs Salvador monorail contract". International Railway Journal. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  2. "Salvador monorail construction starts". Railway Gazette. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.