SkyRail Bahia

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SkyRail Bahia
Salvador, Bahia Metro.png
The Orange and Green Line monorail lines shown in relation to the two Red and Blue metro lines
Overview
OwnerBandeira da Bahia.svg Government of the State of Bahia
Area servedMetropolitan Region of Salvador
Transit typeLight rail
Monorail
Number of lines2 (planned)
Number of stations25
Daily ridership172,000/day[1]
Websitewww.skyrailbahia.com.br
Operation
Operation will startMay 2022[2]
Operator(s)SkyRail Bahia
CharacterElevated
Number of vehicles4-car BYD Skyrail monorails[3]
Headway3.5 minutes
Technical
System length24.3 km (15.1 mi)[3]
System map

Legend
 Ilha de São João
São Luiz
Paripe
Coutos
Setúbal
Periperi
Praia Grande
Escada
Itacaranha
São Braz
Plataforma
São João
Itajipe Bay
 União
Lobato
Suburbana
Santa Luzia
Baixa Fiscal
Calçada
São Joaquim
Porto
Soledade
Comércio
Baixa de Quintas
Heitor Dias
Acesso Norte
Salvador Metro

SkyRail Bahia is a proposed monorail system serving Salvador, Bahia in Brazil. Upon completion, Salvador will become the second Brazilian city to be served by a monorail line after São Paulo's Line 15.

Background[]

The Salvador Metro opened in 2014 and currently consists of two lines. A metre gauge commuter rail line links Salvador with Paripe, which was proposed to be replaced by another form of rail transit following the opening of the metro. In May 2018, the consortium SkyRail Bahia, founded by BYD Company, was selected to build a 20 km (12 mi), 22-station monorail line between Salvador and Simões Filho.[4]

Operations[]

Once fully complete in 2022, SkyRail Bahia will be a two line monorail network.[5] The 19.2 km (11.9 mi) Orange Line will connect Bairro do Comércio to Ilha de São João with 21 stations, and is expected to carry 172,000 daily passengers. The Green Line will be 4.1 km (2.5 mi) with four stations, connecting São Joaquim to the Salvador Metro's Accesso Norte station.

References[]

  1. ^ "Quem somos". SkyRail Bahia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  2. ^ "VLT do Subúrbio em Salvador (BA) está previsto de ser entregue em 2022". Revista OE (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b Meier, Ricardo (8 April 2021). "BYD apresenta o primeiro monotrilho SkyRail do Brasil". Metrô CPTM (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Bahia governor signs Salvador monorail contract". International Railway Journal. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Salvador monorail construction starts". Railway Gazette. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

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