Recife Metro
The Recife Metro 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 and currently serves 29 stations, along of track. The system is complemented by two diesel-powered light rail lines with seven additional stations. In 2018, the combined system carried 102,089,000 passengers.
Characteristics
The contemporary metro, entirely aboveground, began construction in 1983, with funding from the World Bank. The metro consists of the Center Line 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. 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 so the typical speed of the train is, but the maximum speed is. The gauge is and the trains are powered by overhead lines.
The system originally had a total of of route. After completion of the expansion of the network that occurred from February 2005 to March 2009, the metro grew to its current in length.
The Recife Metro has a direct connection to the Recife International Airport via the Airport Station, which is located just a few meters from the terminal and accessible by a covered walkway.
Diesel light rail
A long meter gauge light rail network 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, the name of the former heavy rail service.Bus integration
The system also includes several bus lines linked from the terminals of bus/metro integration designated SEI through which passengers may continue their travel on the same ticket.Lines
Metro
The metro is built to a gauge of,. All three lines are elevated or at grade, and trains are powered by overhead lines.† 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. No service on Sunday.
Stations
| Nº | Center-1 | Center-2 | South Line | Diesel Light Rail |
| 1 | Recife SEI | Recife SEI | Recife SEI | Curado C1 |
| 2 | Joana Bezerra¹ SEI | Joana Bezerra¹ SEI | Joana Bezerra¹ SEI | Jorge Lins |
| 3 | Afogados SEI | Afogados SEI | Largo da Paz SEI | Marcos Freire |
| 4 | Ipiranga | Ipiranga | Imbiribeira | Cajueiro Seco SEI, S |
| 5 | Mangueira | Mangueira | Antonio Falcão | Ângelo de Souza |
| 6 | Santa Luzia SEI | Santa Luzia SEI | Shopping Center Recife | Pontezinha |
| 7 | Edgar Werneck | Edgar Werneck | Tancredo Neves SEI | Ponte dos Carvalhos |
| 8 | Barro SEI | Barro SEI | Aeroporto - Airport SEI | Santo Inácio |
| 9 | Tejipió | Tejipió | Porta Larga | Cabo SEI |
| 10 | Coqueiral² | Coqueiral² | Monte dos Guararapes | |
| 11 | Alto do Céu | Cavaleiro SEI | Prazeres SEI | |
| 12 | Curado LRT | Floriano | Cajueiro Seco SEI, LRT | |
| 13 | Rodoviária-Coach station | Engenho Velho | ||
| 14 | Cosme e Damião | Jaboatão | ||
| 15 | Camaragibe SEI |