Recife Metro

{{Infobox Public transit

| name = Recife Metro

| image = CBTU Logo.svg

| imagesize = 200px

| image2 = Metrorec - Estação Imbiribeira 2 - Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil.jpg

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| cation2 =

| native_name = Metrô do Recife, Metrorec

| locale = Metropolitan Region of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

| transit_type = Rapid transit

| lines = 3 (plus 2 light rail lines)

| stations = 29

| ridership = 225,000 (Metro only)

| annual_ridership =

| website = {{url|https://www.cbtu.gov.br/index.php/pt/sistemas-cbtu/recife|CBTU Recife}}

| began_operation = {{Start date and age|1985|03|11|df=yes}}

| operator = Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos (CBTU)

| vehicles = 40

| train_length = 4 cars

| headway = 4.75–7 minutes (Center Line)
16 minutes (South Line)

| system_length = {{convert|39.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}

| track_gauge = {{RailGauge|1600mm}}

| map = File:Recife metro geografic map.png

| map_state = show

| line_number = C1, C2, S, VLT/Linha Diesel

}}

The Recife Metro (Portuguese: Metrô do Recife, Metrorec) is a rapid transit system serving the Metropolitan Region of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. It is operated by the federally-owned Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos (CBTU) and currently serves 29 stations, along {{convert|39.5|km|mi|sp=us}} of track. The system is complemented by two diesel-powered light rail lines with seven additional stations.{{Cite web|title=Portal CBTU - Recife|url=https://www.cbtu.gov.br/index.php/pt/sistemas-cbtu/recife|access-date=2021-04-05|website=www.cbtu.gov.br}} In 2018, the combined system carried 102,089,000 passengers.{{Cite book|url=https://www.cbtu.gov.br/images/gaplo/gestaoanual/gestao2018.pdf|title=Relatório de Gestão 2018|publisher=Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos- (CBTU)|year=2019|pages=37}}

Characteristics

The contemporary metro, entirely aboveground, began construction in 1983, with funding from the World Bank.{{Cite journal|last=Oliveira de Andrade|first=Maurício|date=2009|title=The Recife Metro – The Impact on Urban Development after 20 years|journal=Flux|volume=https://www.cairn-int.info/journal-flux1-2009-1-page-57.htm|pages=57–68|via=cairn.info}} The metro consists of the Center Line (with two branches, Center-1 and Center-2) and the South Line, which all radiate outward from Recife station.

The stations were designed to include various non-written means of identification, as the Northeast Region has a substantial rate of illiteracy (13.9% as of 2019).{{Cite web|title=Continuous National Household Sample Survey - Continuous PNAD 2019|url=https://biblioteca.ibge.gov.br/index.php/biblioteca-catalogo?view=detalhes&id=2101736|access-date=2021-04-06|website=IBGE}} In addition to audio messages announcing the name of the stop, there are visual cues: a different color is used on the walls of every station, and stations are uniquely identified with pictograms, similar to the Mexico City Metro.

Center Line trains leaving Recife station have one of two destinations: Center-1 trains run to Camaragibe, while Center-2 trains serve Jaboatão dos Guararapes. The two branches run on the same tracks between Recife station and Coqueiral station, reusing the route of an old railway track, where the metro system was built. The South line runs from Recife station parallel to the shore of the Atlantic.

The average distance between stations is of {{convert|1.2|km|mi|1|sp=us}} so the typical speed of the train is {{convert|40|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}, but the maximum speed is {{convert|90|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|title=Características - Características Técnicas E Operacionais Do Metrô|trans-title=Characteristics - Technical and Operational Characteristics of Metro|url=http://www.cbtu-sturec.gov.br/?page_id=172|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110164657/http://www.cbtu-sturec.gov.br/?page_id=172|archive-date=10 November 2014|access-date=2014-06-15|publisher=CBTU-STU Recife|language=Portuguese|df=dmy-all}} The gauge is {{RailGauge|1600mm}} (Irish gauge) and the trains are powered by overhead lines.

The system originally had a total of {{convert|25.2|km|mi|sp=us}} of route. After completion of the expansion of the network that occurred from February 2005 to March 2009, the metro grew to its current {{convert|39.5|km|mi|sp=us}} in length.

= Diesel light rail =

A {{convert|31.5|km|mi|adj=on|sp=us|abbr=on}} long meter gauge ({{RailGauge|1000mm}}) light rail network ({{Langx|pt-BR|Veículo Leve sobre Trilhos}}, VLT) is integrated with the metro system. Two light rail lines link the city of Cabo de Santo Agostinho with Recife and provide a connection between the Center-1 and South lines through the suburbs. The rail lines are not electrified, and use diesel vehicles. Terminology varies, with the CBTU and media referring to it both as the VLT and as the Linha Diesel ('Diesel line'), the name of the former heavy rail service.{{Cite web|last=Pernambuco|first=Diario de|date=2020-12-14|title=CBTU altera horários de VLTs da Linha Diesel|url=https://www.diariodepernambuco.com.br/noticia/vidaurbana/2020/12/cbtu-altera-horarios-de-vlts-da-linha-diesel.html|access-date=2021-04-06|website=Diário de Pernambuco|language=pt-br}}{{Cite web|title=Linha Diesel do Metrô do Recife anuncia retomada da operação anterior à pandemia e ganha novos horários|url=https://g1.globo.com/pe/pernambuco/noticia/2020/12/14/linha-diesel-do-metro-do-recife-anuncia-novos-horarios-e-retomada-da-operacao-anterior-a-pandemia.ghtml|access-date=2021-04-06|website=G1|language=pt-br}}{{Cite web|title=Conselho da CBTU veta adiar aumento da tarifa do metrô no Recife|url=https://g1.globo.com/pe/pernambuco/noticia/2021/03/20/conselho-da-cbtu-veta-adiar-aumento-da-tarifa-do-metro-no-recife.ghtml|access-date=2021-04-06|website=G1|language=pt-br}}

= Bus integration =

The system also includes several bus lines linked from the terminals of bus/metro integration designated SEI (Sistema Estrutural Integrado - "Integrated Structural System") through which passengers may continue their travel on the same ticket.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbtu.gov.br/acbtu/acompanhia/sistemas/rec/recsist_cont.htm |access-date=17 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202123837/http://www.cbtu.gov.br/acbtu/acompanhia/sistemas/rec/recsist_cont.htm |archive-date=2 February 2008 |title=Sistema Recife }}

Lines

=Metro=

The metro is built to a gauge of {{RailGauge|1600mm}}, (Irish gauge). All three lines are elevated or at grade, and trains are powered by overhead lines.

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! align="center" | Line

! align="center" | Terminals

! align="center" | Start date

! align="center" | Length

! align="center" | Stations

! align="center" | Duration (min)

! align="center" | Schedule (as of April 2021){{Cite web|title=Portal CBTU - horários|url=https://www.cbtu.gov.br/index.php/pt/horarios|access-date=2021-04-06|website=www.cbtu.gov.br}}

bgcolor="FF8C00" align="center" style="color:white" |Center - 1

| align="center" |Recife ↔ Camaragibe

| align="center" |11 March 1985

| align="center" |†

| align="center" |15

| align="center" |28

| align="center" |Daily, 5 AM to 11 PM

bgcolor="FF0000" align="center" style="color:white" |Center - 2

| align="center" |Recife ↔ Jaboatão

| align="center" |29 August 1987

| align="center" |†

| align="center" |14

| align="center" |24

| align="center" |Daily, 5 AM to 11 PM

bgcolor="1E90FF" align="center" style="color:white" |South

| align="center" |Recife ↔ Cajueiro Seco

| align="center" |28 February 2005

| align="center" |14.3 km

| align="center" |13

| align="center" |25{{cite web|url=http://www.cbtu.gov.br/operadoras/sites/menuprincrec.htm |access-date=15 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715074450/http://www.cbtu.gov.br/operadoras/sites/menuprincrec.htm |archive-date=15 July 2009|title=Sitio da Superintendencia de Trens Urbanos do Recife }}

| align="center" |Daily, 5 AM to 11 PM

colspan="3" align="center" |Total (metro system)

| align="center" |39.5 km

| align="center" |29

| align="center" | ---

† Center-1 and Center-2 lines share a significant amount of track. The precise length of each branch has not been published.

=Light rail=

Metre gauge ({{RailGauge|1000mm}} is used, in common with most other railways in Brazil. It is built at grade.

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! align="center" | Line

! align="center" | Terminals

! align="center" | Start date

! align="center" | Length

! align="center" | Stations

! align="center" | Duration (min)

! align="center" | Schedule (as of April 2021)

bgcolor="8B4513" align="center" style="color:white"|Diesel light rail (VLT)

|align="center"|Cabo de Santo Agustinho ↔ Cajueiro Seco, Curado ↔ Cajueiro Seco

|align="center"|2012

|align="center"|31.5 km

|align="center"|8

|align="center"|54

|align="center"|Monday to Friday, 5 AM to 8:44 PM

(on Saturdays, until 2pm). No service on Sunday.

Rolling stock

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!Train model{{Cite news|date=October 2017|title=Frota de TUEs é 2,97% maior que ano passado|work=Revista Ferroviária|url=https://rdstation-static.s3.amazonaws.com/cms%2Ffiles%2F29747%2F1541592677Todos_os_TUEs_2017.pdf}}

!Type

!Years active

!Country of origin

!Lines served

ALCO RS-8

|Diesel-electric locomotive

|1959-unknown

|USA

|Light rail

CAF 100

|Electric multiple unit

|2012–present

|Brazil/Spain

|Metro, unknown

|Diesel multiple unit

|2012–present

|Brazil/Germany

|Light rail

{{Interlanguage link|TUE_Série_800_(Metrorec)|lt=TUE Santa Matilde/MAN Série 800|pt}}

|Electric multiple unit

|1985-unknown

|Brazil/Germany/UK

|Metro, unknown

File:Sta Matilde-MAN AG 800.jpg|TUE Série 800

File:Trem da CBTU, no Metrô do Recife.jpg|CAF 100

File:TUDH Bom Sinal Maceio-AL 27.06.2012 - ELIAS VIEIRA.png|TUDH BS Mobile 3, on a different system in Maceio

File:Cajueiro seco.jpg|Locomotive at Cajueiro Seco station, in 2011

Stations

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!Nº

!Center-1

!Center-2

!South Line

!Diesel Light Rail

align="center"|1

|Recife SEI

|Curado C1

align="center"|2

|Joana Bezerra¹ SEI

|Jorge Lins

align="center"|3

|Afogados SEI

|Largo da Paz SEI

|Marcos Freire

align="center"|4

|Ipiranga

|Imbiribeira

|Cajueiro Seco SEI, S

align="center"|5

|Mangueira

|Antonio Falcão

|Ângelo de Souza

align="center"|6

|Santa Luzia SEI

|Shopping Center Recife

|Pontezinha

align="center"|7

|Edgar Werneck

|Tancredo Neves SEI

|Ponte dos Carvalhos

align="center"|8

|Barro SEI

|Aeroporto - Airport SEI

|Santo Inácio

align="center"|9

|Tejipió

|Porta Larga

|Cabo SEI

align="center"|10

|Coqueiral²

|Monte dos Guararapes

align="center"|11

|Alto do Céu

|Cavaleiro SEI

|Prazeres SEI

align="center"|12

|Curado LRT

|Floriano

|Cajueiro Seco SEI, LRT

align="center"|13

|Rodoviária-Coach station

|Engenho Velho

align="center"|14

|Cosme e Damião

|Jaboatão

align="center"|15

|Camaragibe SEI

=Notes=

SEI: integration with local buses
1: Center-1, Center-2 and South lines run together between Recife and Joana Bezerra stations
2: Center-1 and Center-2 run together between Recife and Coqueiral stations

File:Cajueiroseco.jpg|Pictogram for Cajueiro Seco ({{Literal translation|dry cashew}}) station, depicting a cashew apple

File:Largodapaz.jpg|Pictogram for Largo da Paz ({{Literal translation|Peace Square}}) station, depicting a dove

File:Erecife.jpg|Pictogram for Recife station, depicting the former central railway station

Network map (excluding light rail)

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References

External links

[https://www.cbtu.gov.br/index.php/pt/recife/ CBTU Recife] – official website {{in lang|pt}}
Parent company CBTU's [http://www.cbtu.gov.br/ website]; Contains links to other Brazilian urban rail systems
[https://www.flickr.com/groups/1153196@N24/ Photographic gallery] for the Diesel line (pictures taken at a "photographical excursion" involving several photo artists at 19 August 2009)

Metro

Category:Rapid transit in Brazil

Category:Transport in Pernambuco

Category:Electric railways in Brazil

Recife Metro

Characteristics

= Diesel light rail =

= Bus integration =

Lines

=Metro=

=Light rail=

Rolling stock

Stations

=Notes=

Network map (excluding light rail)

See also

References

External links