Brazilian railway industry news
News from the Brazilian railway industry, incuding the freight, passenger and urban transport markets and the supply sector.Service expansion and climate resilience feature in São Paulo suburban rail concession
BRAZIL: Local transport group Comporte Participações has won the bidding auction for the operation, maintenance, modernisation and extension of São Paulo suburban rail lines 11, 12 and 13 for 25 years.
Vale orders 50 locomotives
BRAZIL: Mining company Vale has ordered 50 Wabtec Evolution Series diesel locomotives to modernise operations and lower carbon emissions on its Vitória a Minas and Carajás railways.
Brazil: Salvador turns to the tram
Having dismantled a suburban railway and aborted a monorail scheme, the Brazilian city of Salvador is now developing a tram network using second-hand trams and track assets from Cuiabá. Ana Cláudia Nascimento, CEO of state transport operator CTB, explains the plans to Benjámin Zelki.
Campina Grande light rail plan agreed
BRAZIL: The Ministry of Transport has signed an agreement for the transfer of 15·5 km of moribund railway to the municipality of Campina Grande for the development of a light rail service.
Government accelerates environmental licensing of major projects
BRAZIL: The Ministry of Transport has issued a directive to Infra SA to accelerate the licensing process for strategic rail projects. Signed by the National Secretariat for Rail Transport and the Secretariat of Sustainability, this provides for the federal government to take over the environmental licensing process.
Brazilian government to assess flood-hit Malha Sul network
BRAZIL: The federal government has established a working party to review options for rehabilitation of the Malha Sul network currently operated by Rumo Logística, whose concession awarded in 1997 is due to expire in 2027.
FIOL-FICO integration proposed
Teresina suburban rail renewal makes progress
Transnordestina funding deal agreed
Autonomous track geometry measurement supports iron ore railway
First phase of Brazil’s FICO railway nearly one-third complete
Ministry backs EF118 rail scheme in Rio state
Agreement to complete Rio de Janeiro’s unfinished Gávea metro interchange
Belo Horizonte metro Line 2 construction starts
55 companies represented in Brazilian pavilion at InnoTrans
Ferrovia Centro Atlântica concession to be relet in 2026
São Paulo Line 2 power and telecoms contract let
Virtual Reality for Inclusion initiative helps people to use public transport with confidence
São Paulo monorail trainset unveiled
Vale completes design of Anchieta – Kennedy railway
São Paulo Line 17 monorail delivery
São Paulo metro Line 6 train design revealed
Parliamentary body to support Brazil’s railway industry
Belo Horizonte operator orders CRRC metro trains