The Engineering Institute (EI) promoted an international meeting with the theme “Safe return of people to public transport”, with the participation of specialists from Brazil and Portugal, who presented the…
Since the beginning of the pandemic caused by Covid-19 (declared in March in Brazil) subway, urban train and Light Rail Vehicle systems throughout Brazil are reinforcing the cleaning and sanitizing…
Considering the current pandemic scenario of Covid-19, the 2nd edition of the ANPTrilhos Mobility Forum (which would be held on August 26, 2020, in Brasília) was postponed to 2022. The…
Concessions may become more expensive and subway expansion threatened in front of Covid-19 Administrative assistant Marco Aurélio dos Santos, 45, spends more than four hours every day on the São…
Estimates by the National Association of Passenger Rail Operators (ANPTrilhos) point out that the Brazilian metro-rail systems accumulate a deficit in tariff revenue of around -R$ 3.3 billion, due to…
The Brazilian Ministry of Regional Development announced the release of R$ 40.8 million for improvements in passenger transport systems on tracks in Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco, and…
The President of the National Association of Passenger Rail Operators (ANPTrilhos) Joubert Flores participated in the webinar “Impact and adaptation of Latin American railways to Covid-19”, promoted by the Union…
Alstom started the remote support service for the Operational Control Center (CCO) of lines 1, 2 and 4 of the Rio de Janeiro Metro. Adherence to the service after the…
Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM), responsible for the operation of urban trains in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, is using a new train cleaning system by spraying a…
With the drop in passenger demand on public transport due to the worldwide pandemic caused by Covid-19, the subways, urban trains and Light Rail Vehicles systems in Brazil showed a…
By Roberta Marchesi* Urban mobility is being strongly impacted by the pandemic caused by Covid-19. The subway, urban train and Light Rail Vehicle systems are registering an average weekly drop…
The National Association of Passenger Rail Operators (ANPTrilhos), an entity that brings together operators of subway systems, urban trains and Light Vehicles on Rails from all over Brazil, is participating…