Metro do Recife

The Metrô do Recife is operated by the railway company CBTU / Metrorec and consists of 28 stations with a total rail length of 39.5 km. 210,000 passengers used this mode of transport every day.

There are plans for the further expansion of the metro to Santa Luzia , Rodoviária (Linha Centro), Tancredo Neves, Airport (Aeroporto), Prazeres e Cajueiro Sec and Cabo (Linha Sul).

history

The Metrorec consortium was founded in September 1982 by the Brazilian Ministry of Transport, still under the speech of Ferroviária Federal (Federal Railroad Network, RFFSA) and by Empresa Brasileira de Transportes Urbanos (Brazilian company for urban transport), which no longer exist today. Construction of the metro began in January 1983. In February 1984 the state-owned railway company Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos (Brazilian company for urban trains, CBTU) was founded in Rio de Janeiro , into which Metrorec was integrated in January 1985.

The Recife Metro was founded on the basis of 2 lines, the Linha Centro (center line) and the Linha Sul (south line). The Trem Sul / Trem Diesel (Südzug / Dieselzug) line was added in 1988 .

The Linha do Centro trains, which depart from Recife station, connect the city center with Camaragibe and Jaboatão stations.

Metrorec also operates various bus routes that can be combined with the metro. These buses have connections from the train stations Recife, Joana Bezerra (Centro e Sul lines), Afogados, Barro, Cavaleiro, Jaboatão e Camaragibe (Linha Centro).

Overview of the lines

line	Start end	inauguration	Route length (km)	Train stations	Duration of the trip (min)	Operating times
Centro - 1st	Recife ↔ Camaragibe	1985	-	14 * (15)	28	daily from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Centro - 2nd	Recife ↔ Jaboatão	1987	-	14th	24	daily from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Sul	Recife ↔ Cajueiro Seco	2005	14.3	12	25th	Working days from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Diesel train (**)	Cabo ↔ Curado	1988	31.5	8 * (9)	54	Working days from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m.