Salvador Metro

Salvador Metro
A train on the Salvador Metro.
Overview
Native name Metrô de Salvador,
Metrô Bahia
Locale Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Transit type Rapid transit
Number of lines 2
[1]
Line number 2
Number of stations 20
Website CCR Metrô Bahia (in Portuguese)
Operation
Began operation 2014
Number of vehicles 45
Technical
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification 3,000 V overhead lines
System map

 Lapa (Bus/Train Station)
 Campo da Pólvora
 Brotas (Arena Fonte Nova)
 Bonocô
 Acesso Norte (Bus/Train Station)
 Retiro (Bus/Train Station)
 Bom Juá
 Pirajá (Bus/Train Station)
Map of current and future lines.

The Salvador Metro (Brazilian Portuguese: Metrô de Salvador, commonly called Metrô or Sistema Metropolitano Salvador-Lauro de Freitas) is a metro system for Salvador city, Bahia State Capital and the third largest city city in Brazil. The current system includes a fully open 33 KM and twenty, which began partial public service on June 11, 2014.[2] The system arrives until the center of the city of Lauro de Freitas also. It is operated by CCR METRÔ BAHIA Company.

Additionally, Salvador is served by a 14-kilometre (8.7 mi) 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge railway line known as the Suburban Line (Calçada-Paripe) that does not connect with the Metro in the year of 2018. This suburban line will soon become a VLT line integrated to the 43 KM of the subway of Salvador.

The construction of the SMSL is carried out in an expansion divided in six stages that will integrate the traditional center of the city until Pirajá (later, until the district of Águas Claras, near Cajazeiras), and until the neighboring municipality of Lauro de Freitas through Line 1 and Line 2 respectively, totaling 41.8 kilometers (17.6 of Line 1 and 24.2 of Line 2) and 22 stations.

As part of the efforts to implement integrated transportation in Greater Salvador, the subway assumes the role of structural trunk system, while the others must be complementary and feeder. Therefore, according to the requirement of integration put in the edict of the subway bidding of 2013, the subway is planned to coordinate with other related modalities: the Suburb Train, which currently operates with 13.5 kilometers of extension and 10 stations and must be replaced by the Light Rail Vehicle (VLT), with the Blue Line and Red Line, which are transverse feeder roads in deployment to be covered by a Bus Rapid Transit System (BRT), with conventional Soteropolitan municipal bus lines, of Laurofreitenses municipal buses and with the metropolitan ones.

Construction of Bonocô Station Elevation.
Construction of Bonocô Station Elevation.
Salvador Metro
Salvador Metro
Salvador Metro

Background

The project is a Build, Operate, and Transfer (BOT) scheme for the operation of the urban rapid rail transportation system in the municipality of Salvador da Bahia, and includes the supply and installation of rolling stock and signaling equipment, and commercial operation of the system for the 25-year concession. Each train, consisting of four cars, has the capacity to carry 1,250 passengers.[3]

Currently, the urban transportation system in Salvador is underdeveloped and largely road-based, causing significant congestion and delays. This level of road-based transport has significant impacts on the local economy and environment. For this reason the municipality and the state, together with the World Bank, have been involved since 1992 in the design and implementation of a transportation strategy. The international standard gauge is 3 kV overhead power supply. And Built by a consortium of Siemens and Camargo Corrêa and Andrade Gutierrez of Brazil.[4]

Train of Salvador metro.

This project is an integral part of the strategy. The project aims to improve the quality of public urban transportation in the area by connecting currently excluded low-income neighborhoods, and by furthering the development of a fully integrated urban transportation system.[5]

Salvador Metro system is one of the systems of urban mobility that were deployed for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The connection of Line 2 with Line 1 of Salvador Metro contributes to connect the International Airport to Downtown Salvador and the Fonte Nova Stadium. The new Line 2 of Salvador Metro integrates the metro stations of the Rótula do Abacaxi and the beach city of Lauro de Freitas in the metropolitan area, passing through the Salvador International Airport, with the Airport metro station.[6]

Operations

Route

Line Elevation.

The current route of Line 1 begins at the underground Lapa station, and runs for 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) in subway tunnels, before emerging to the surface. Brotas station (which serves the Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova stadium) is elevated, while Acesso Norte Station and Retiro stations are at-grade.

Lapa Station, in the downtown of city.
Lapa Station, in the downtown of city.

With Line 1 fully operational over its whole course from Lapa to Pirajá as of December 2015, it is 11.9-kilometre (7.4 mi) long[7] (with 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) underground, 4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi) elevated, with the rest at grade), and serves eight stations.[8]

Stations

The following lists the current, and planned, stations of the Salvador Metro, by their opening date:[9]

StationLineOpening dateNotes
Lapa Station ("Estação da Lapa")Linha 1June 2014Access by Bus Terminal of Lapa ("Terminal Rodoviário da Lapa"), in operation
Campo da Pólvora Station ("Estação do Campo da Pólvora")Linha 1June 2014Access by two sides of Dom Pedro II Square ("Praça Dom Pedro II"), in operation
Brotas Station ("Estação de Brotas")Linha 1June 2014Access by Av. Mario Leal Ferreira or by Rua das Pitangueiras, in operation
Acesso Norte Station ("Estação Acesso Norte")Linha 1 & 2June 2014Access by walkway of Shopping Bela Vista and BR-324 Highway, in operation[1]
Retiro Station ("Estação do Retiro")Linha 1June 2014Access by Baixa de Santo Antônio Street ("Rua Baixa de Santo Antônio"), in operation[10]
Bom JuáLinha 1April 2015[11]in operation
BonocôLinha 1November 2015[12]in operation
PirajáLinha 1December 2015 [8][7][13]in operation
DetranLinha 2December 2016in operation
Iguatemi Bus Terminal ("Rodoviária Iguatemi")Linha 2December 2016New Downtown, in operation[8]
PernambuésLinha 2May 2017in operation
ImbuíLinha 2May 2017in operation
Centro Administrativo da BahiaLinha 2May 2017in operation
PituaçuLinha 2May 2017in operation
FlamboyantLinha 2October 2017in operation
TamburugyLinha 2October 2017in operation
Bairro da PazLinha 2October 2017in operation
MussurungaLinha 2October 2017in operation
Salvador International AirportLinha 2April 2018in operation
Campinas de Pirajá/BrasilgásLinha 1planned
Águas Claras/CajazeirasLinha 1planned
Lauro de Freitas[8]Linha 2planned

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "CCR Metrô Bahia". Grupo CCR. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
  2. ↑ Keith Barrow (June 11, 2014). "Salvador metro opens in time for World Cup". International Railway Journal. Simmons-Boardman Publishing Inc. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
  3. ↑ "Seis trens são levados para estação de metrô em Salvador" [Six trains are brought into the subway station in Salvador]. globo.com (in Portuguese). August 20, 2010. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
  4. ↑ Schwandl, Robert. "Salvador". UrbanRail.Net. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
  5. ↑ "Project Brief (Metro de Salvador S.A. (Metrosal))". Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency World Bank Group.
  6. ↑ "Metrô deve chegar a Salvador antes da Copa" [Metro is expected to come to Salvador before the World Cup]. portal2014.org.br (in Portuguese). November 15, 2011. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
  7. 1 2 Smith, Kevin (December 23, 2015). "Salvador finally opens original Line 1". International Railway Journal. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Com Pirajá, metrô de Salvador chega a 12km: 'momento histórico', diz Dilma" [With Pirajá, Salvador subway reaches 12 km, 'historic moment', says Dilma]. globo.com (in Portuguese). December 22, 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  9. ↑ "Estações" [Stations] (in Portuguese). Metrô de Salvador. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
  10. ↑ "Perto da Copa, Salvador vai ganhar 7 km de trecho de metrô após 14 anos" [Close to the Cup, Salvador will gain 7 km stretch of metro after 14 years]. globo.com (in Portuguese). May 6, 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
  11. ↑ "Inaugurada estação do metrô de Bom Juá; cobrança deve ser em junho" [Inaugurated Bom Juá Metro station]. globo.com (in Portuguese). April 23, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  12. ↑ "Estação do metrô na Bonocô é inaugurada". Portal A TARDE. November 13, 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  13. ↑ "Governo lança edital de licitação para metrô de Salvador" [Government launches bidding for Salvador Metro]. globo.com (in Portuguese). May 24, 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-20.

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