Rio de Janeiro starts consultation to bid electronic ticketing
The Secretaria de Estado de Transportes of Rio de Janeiro started the Public Consultation for contributions to the Term of Reference for contracting the company that will carry out the…
Niteroi City Hall studies implantation of Light Rail Vehicle
Niteroi City Hall has signed a cooperation agreement with the French Development Agency (AFD) for a feasibility study aiming at the implementation of a Light Rail Vehicle line and improvements…
Brasilia launches Facial Biometrics Program in the transportation system
The National Association of Passenger Rail Operators (ANPTrilhos) participated at the end of November of the launching of the program "Facial Biometry in the Public Transportation System", of the Government…
VLT Carioca na região Central do Rio de Janeiro. Foto: Emilio Fávero
VLT Carioca has new flows and demand growth
One month after the start of the operation with passengers in Central do Brasil, a connection station between the lines of passenger transport systems on rails in the city…
Government of the State of Ceará opens electronic public consultation on Metrofor PPP
The Secretary of Infrastructure of the Government of the State of Ceará Lucio Gomes and the CEO of Metrofor (operator of the rail passenger transportation systems in the State of…
Passenger projects fight on despite delays
Despite continuing political problems, the Brazilian economy is beginning to recover after two years of recession, with a 2.4% increase in GDP predicted for 2018. As Renata Passos reports, the…
Ministry of Cities guarantees funding for expansion of the Contagem subway line
The Ministry of Cities announced the release of the funds for the expansion of the Contagem subway, in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte, in the State of Minas Gerais.…
Light Rail of Baixada Santista receives prior environmental license for new section
The Environmental Company of the State of São Paulo (Cetesb) granted the prior environmental license for the section Nébias - Valongo of the Light Rail of the Baixada Santista, a…
São Paulo’s Metro calls for new tunnel project between Paulista and Consolação
Metrô de São Paulo, which is responsible for the subway network in the city of São Paulo, will have World Bank financing to hire a company to prepare the executive…
Vencedores do 1º Prêmio ANPTrilhos de Jornalismo durante a solenidade realizada em São Paulo. Esq.p/Dir: Jório Silva (TV Cultura), Reinaldo Machado (TV Cultura), Rodrigo Piscitelli (TV Cultura), João Gouveia (ANPTrilhos), Bruno Faustino (TV Educativa ES), Marcelo Toledo (Folha de S.Paulo) e Renan Joel (NT EXPO)
ANPTrilhos holds solemnity of its 1st Journalism Award
The National Association of Passenger Rail Operators (ANPTrilhos) held on November 7th the delivery ceremony for the 1st ANPTrilhos Journalism Award, during Negócios nos Trilhos fair (NT EXPO), in São…
Integration of Transport is debated by the ANPTrilhos
The "Challenge of Integration of Public Transport" was the theme of a lecture given by the Executive Director of the National Association of Passenger Rail Operators (ANPTrilhos) João Gouveia, at…
The Campaign carried out through a partnership between the implementing agencies of the Montreal Protocol in Brazil, ANPTrilhos and the Brazilian subway and train operators - CBTU, ViaQuatro, CPTM, Trensurb, Metrô Bahia, and Metrô-DF and CTB - addresses strategies to protect the ozone layer.
Brazil launches national awareness campaign on the ozone layer in partnership with trains and metro lines
Since the beginning of November, users of trains and subways in Brazil are having contact with the results and benefits of 30 years of implementation of the Montreal Protocol. The…