Cuiabá Light Rail

{{short description|Light rail in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil}}

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|native_name = VLT de Cuiabá

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|locale = Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil

|transit_type = Light rail

|lines = 0 (2 planned)

|stations = 0 (33 planned)

|ridership = 120,000 (projected)

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exKACCa red~~ ~~CPA

exHSTACC red~~ ~~Batalhão

exHSTACC red~~ ~~Morada do Ouro

exHSTACC red~~ ~~Praça das Bandeiras

exHSTACC red~~ ~~Avenida Juliano Costa Marques

exHSTACC red~~ ~~Rua Luis Felipe

exHSTACC red~~ ~~Avenida Senegal

exHSTACC red~~ ~~Rua Cereja

exHSTACC red~~ ~~Rua Trigo de Loureiro

exHSTACC red~~ ~~Avenida Mato Grosso

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\exSTR red\uexHSTACC~~ ~~Rua Capitão Iporá

\exSTR red\uexHSTACC~~ ~~Rua Haiti

\exSTR red\uexHSTACC~~ ~~Rua Alziro Zarur

\exSTR red\uexHSTACC~~ ~~Avenida Carmindo de Campos

\exSTR red\uexHSTACC~~ ~~Rua Professor Filogônio

\exSTR red\uexHSTACC~~ ~~Rua Antônio Dorileo

\exSTR red\uexHSTACC~~ ~~Rua Pau Brasil

\exSTR red\uexKACCe~~ ~~Coxipó

exHSTACC red~~ ~~Praça Bispo Dom José

exHSTACC red~~ ~~Igreja Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora

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exHSTACC red~~ ~~Rua Vereador Abelardo Azevedo

exHSTACC red~~ ~~Avenida Dom Orlando Chaves

exHSTACC red~~ ~~Secretaria Municipal dos Transportes

exHSTACC red~~ ~~Auto Shopping Fórmula

exHSTACC red~~ ~~Avenida Couto Magalhães

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Cuiabá Light Rail ({{langx|pt|VLT de Cuiabá}}) is an unfinished light rail in the Brazilian city of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso. Work on the line has been suspended since 2015 due to suspicion of bidder fraud.{{cite web|title=Justiça Federal prorroga suspensão de obra do VLT na Grande Cuiabá|url=http://g1.globo.com/mato-grosso/noticia/2016/02/justica-federal-prorroga-suspensao-de-obra-do-vlt-na-grande-cuiaba.html|agency=Portal G1|access-date=16 May 2016|date=16 February 2016|language=pt}} As of 2021, there is no intention to finish the construction and the system is to be replaced by BRT.{{Cite web|last=|first=|last2=|last3=|first3=|last4=|last5=|first5=|date=2020-12-21|title=Mato Grosso descarta VLT e terá BRT com ônibus elétricos e articulados entre Cuiabá e Várzea Grande|url=https://diariodotransporte.com.br/2020/12/21/mato-grosso-descarta-vlt-e-tera-brt-com-onibus-eletricos-e-articulados-entre-cuiaba-e-varzea-grande/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-29|website=Diário do Transporte|language=pt-BR|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429201410/https://diariodotransporte.com.br/2020/12/21/mato-grosso-descarta-vlt-e-tera-brt-com-onibus-eletricos-e-articulados-entre-cuiaba-e-varzea-grande/ |archive-date=2021-04-29 }}

The light rail system was designed to connect Cuiabá ("Centro Político Administrativo") with Cuiabá International Airport in the city of Várzea Grande.{{cite news |url=http://g1.globo.com/mato-grosso/noticia/2014/03/vlt-deveria-ser-entregue-nesta-5-em-cuiaba-mas-previsao-e-so-dezembro.html |title=VLT deveria ser entregue nesta 5ª em Cuiabá mas previsão é só dezembro |newspaper=G1 (Rede Globo) |language=Portuguese |trans-title=VLT should be delivered in Cuiabá this Thursday but is expected only in December|date=13 March 2014 |accessdate=2014-11-22}}

The spanish manufacturer CAF delivered 40 tramway cars of the Urbos series with seven elements. They are 44 meters long.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tautonline.com/rio-tramway-expands-explores-surplus-cuiaba-lrvs/ |title=Rio tramway expands and explores surplus Cuiabá LRVs |date=3 June 2022 |access-date=2024-01-07}}