Porto Alegre Metro

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|name = Porto Alegre Metro

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|native_name = Metrô de Porto Alegre

|locale = Porto Alegre,
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

|transit_type = Rapid transit

|lines = 1 (+ 1 airport connector)

|stations = 22

|ridership = 107,742{{cite web |url=http://www.trensurb.gov.br/paginas/upload/files/GovernancaCorporativa/Relatorio_Integrado_Exercicio_2022_site.pdf |title=Relatório Integrado 2022 |date=31 May 2023 |publisher=Empresa de Trens Urbanos de Porto Alegre S.A. – TRENSURB |page=26 |language=pt |trans-title=Integrated Report 2022 |access-date=2023-07-01}}

|annual_ridership = 31.9 million (2022){{cite web |url=http://www.trensurb.gov.br/paginas/upload/files/GovernancaCorporativa/Relatorio_Integrado_Exercicio_2022_site.pdf |title=Relatório Integrado 2022 |date=31 May 2023 |publisher=Empresa de Trens Urbanos de Porto Alegre S.A. – TRENSURB |page=26 |language=pt |trans-title=Integrated Report 2022 |access-date=2023-07-01}}

|website = {{url|https://www.trensurb.gov.br}}

|operator = Trensurb

|began_operation = {{Start date and age|1985|03|02|df=yes}}

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|track_gauge = {{Track gauge|1600mm|lk=on}}

|el= 3,000 V DC overhead line

|average_speed = {{convert|50|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}

|top_speed = {{convert|90|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}

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The Porto Alegre Metro (Portuguese: Metrô de Porto Alegre, commonly called Trem or Trensurb) is a transit system operated jointly by the federal government, the state government of Rio Grande do Sul and the city of Porto Alegre through the company Trensurb (Company of Urban Trains of Porto Alegre SA) in Brasil. It has 22 stations,{{cite web |url=http://www.trensurb.gov.br/paginas/paginas_detalhe.php?codigo_sitemap=36 |title=Todas as Estações |publisher=Empresa de Trens Urbanos de Porto Alegre S.A. |language=pt |trans-title=All Stations |access-date=2015-11-05}} totaling {{convert|43.8|km|mi|sp=us}} of route, and carries about 175,000 users a day.

History

Image:Trensurb_-_Estação_São_Leopoldo_-_01.jpg

Line 1 of the subway built in Porto Alegre was started in 1980, linking the center of Porto Alegre to cities to the north of the metropolitan area, as Canoas, Esteio, Sapucaia do Sul, São Leopoldo and Novo Hamburgo. The route was selected to relieve the heavy traffic of highway BR-116, the only option before the construction of this line, which already had serious problems with transit at the time.

The Line 1 was inaugurated on March 2, 1985 between the Central Public Market and Sapucaia do Sul, covering a route of {{convert|27|km|mi|1|sp=us}} and 15 stations.{{cite web |url=http://www.trensurb.gov.br/paginas/paginas_detalhe.php?codigo_sitemap=48 |title=História |publisher=Empresa de Trens Urbanos de Porto Alegre S.A. |language=pt |trans-title=History |access-date=2014-06-15}}

= Extensions =

In December 1997, the line was extended to Unisinos. A {{convert|3.8|km|mi|adj=on|sp=us}} extension to São Leopoldo-Museum was added in November 2000, after two months of trial service.

A further {{convert|9.3|km|mi|adj=on|sp=us}} extension to Novo Hamburgo opened in two phases: a {{convert|4.9|km|mi|adj=on|sp=us}}, two station stretch opened in July 2012, followed by the final {{convert|4.4|km|mi|adj=on|sp=us}}, three station stretch on December 21, 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.trensurb.gov.br/paginas/paginas_noticias_detalhes.php?codigo_sitemap=3959 |title=Trensurb Estende Funcionamento Das Novas Estações |publisher=Empresa de Trens Urbanos de Porto Alegre S.A. |language=pt |trans-title=Trensurb Extends Operation With New Stations |date=December 20, 2013 |access-date=2014-06-15}}

Operations

= System characteristics =

The Porto Alegre Rapid Transit has an average distance between each station of {{convert|2|km|mi|1|sp=us}}. The average speed of trains is {{convert|50|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}, while the maximum speed is {{convert|90|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}. The rail gauge is {{RailGauge|1600mm}} (Irish gauge), with power supplied to the trains by a 3,000 VDC catenary.

= Lines =

class="wikitable"

! align="center" | Line

! align="center" | Start/End

! align="center" | Founded

! align="center" | Length

! align="center" | Stations

! align="center" | Time (min)

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Hours

bgcolor="blue" align="center" style="color:white"|1
Azul

|align="center"|Mercado ↔ Novo Hamburgo

|align="center"|1985

|align="center"|{{convert|43.8|km|mi|abbr=on}}

|align="center"|22

|align="center"|53

|align="center"|05:00 AM
to
11:20 PM

bgcolor="black" align="center" style="color:white"|Airport connection
People Mover

|align="center"|Trensurb ↔ Infraero*

|align="center"|2013

|align="center"|{{convert|0.814|km|mi|2|abbr=on}}

|align="center"|2

|align="center"|06:30 AM
to
11:20 PM

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(*) Link the Trensurb's Airport Station to the International Airport Salgado Filho

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== Airport connection people mover ==

Construction of a {{convert|0.814|km|mi|2|sp=us}} (including maintenance track, it is {{convert|1.01|km|mi|2|adj=on|sp=us}} long) single-line fully automated people mover connecting the Estação Aeroporto (Airport Station) and Terminal 1 of Salgado Filho International Airport has been completed. The line has been operational since August 2013. It is a part of the Porto Alegre Metro system so users do not need to purchase a separate ticket. The journey time is 90 seconds. Depending on demand, one or two vehicles (150 or 300 passengers), will operate at any one time. Cost of construction was R$37.8 million with demand projected at 7,700 passengers per day.{{cite web |url=http://www.trensurb.gov.br/paginas/galeria_projetos_detalhes.php?codigo_sitemap=87 |title=Conexão metrô-aeroporto |publisher=Empresa de Trens Urbanos de Porto Alegre S.A. |language=pt |trans-title=Metro connection-airport |access-date=2014-06-15}} In the period 1 May 2014 to 7 September 2014, following the introduction of fare collection, the service averaged 3,165 passengers per day with a peak of 4,134 on 5 September 2014.{{cite web |title=Aeromovel 2014 |url=http://biblioteca.aeamesp.org.br/smns/20smtf1411Tt285ap.pdf |access-date=2014-09-17 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

This is the first commercial installation in the world of the Aeromovel design, an atmospheric railway technology first developed in Porto Alegre in the late 1970s.{{cite web |url=http://www.copa2014.gov.br/en/noticia/100-national-technology-aeromovel-reaches-its-final-construction-stages-porto-alegre |title=WITH 100% OF NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, THE AEROMOVEL REACHES ITS FINAL CONSTRUCTION STAGES IN PORTO ALEGRE |access-date=2013-04-22}}

Future expansion

Line 2 of the metro is proposed to consist of a {{convert|19|km|mi|abbr=on}} route from the city centre to Cachoeirinha, of which around half will be underground.{{cite web|url= https://www.senadorlasiermartins.com.br/senador/lasier/nova-perspectiva-para-linha-2-do-metro-de-porto-alegre/|title=Nova perspectiva para linha 2 do metrô de Porto Alegre|website=www.senadorlasiermartins.com.br|date=19 June 2019|access-date=29 April 2020|lang=pt}} In 2019, the estimated cost of the line was $2.9 billion.