Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos

The Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos (CBTU) is a Brazilian rail company for suburban trains and was founded on February 22, 1984 by the Ministry of Transport. The company belonged to the group of the state-owned company of the Brazilian railway lines Rede Ferroviária Federal (RFFSA) and was founded with the aim of modernizing the urban passenger transport systems, building additional systems and improving the quality and productivity of the services on the lines, thereby increasing the standard of living in large cities to lift.

Due to the growing trend towards decentralization of these personal urban rail transport services, control was transferred from the RFFSA to the União in 1994 . Since then, the CBTU is no longer managed directly by the Brazilian Ministry of Transport, but by the city administrations of the cities and state governments. CBTU operates the suburban trains to the major cities of Recife , Belo Horizonte (metrô), Maceió , Natal , Salvador and João Pessoa . In addition, CBTU oversees repair projects in the cities of Fortaleza , Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo . In these cities, the metro and suburban rail systems are already privately owned.

Overview of the CBTU rail transport systems

Description of the CBTU rail transport systems in 2007

description	Recife	Belo Horizonte (Metro)	natal	João Pessoa	Maceió	Salvador (Metro)	Total
Distance (km) Total KM	65.7	28.2	56.2	30th	32.1	13.5	225.7 km
of which: electrified	34.7	28.2	-	-	-	13.5	76.4 km
of which: Not electrified	31	-	56.2	30th	32.1	-	149.3 km
Passengers - in thousands (2003)	169.8	106.6	9.0	9.6	5.6	New	300.6
Number of stations	27	19th	22nd	9	15th	10	102
Traffic interval (min)	6th	5.5	95	62	68	-	-
Staff *	1,635	690	134	129	164	100	2,838 *
Provided communities	4th	2	4th	4th	3	2	19th
Population of cities in thousands	2,200	2,800	1053	952	1006	2,892	10,492

(*) The central administration in Rio de Janeiro had a further 403 employees on December 31, 2006

Metrôs in the CBTU network

• Metro de Belo Horizonte
• Metro do Recife
• Metro de Salvador

Individual evidence

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Web links

• Official site of the CBTU