Brazilian urban passenger numbers drop 46.7% in 2020
BRAZIL’s metro, urban rail and light rail networks carried only 1.7 billion passengers in 2020, a 46.7% drop compared with 3.3 billion in 2019, according the Balance of the Brazilian…
Mixed bag for freight and passenger operators
AFTER experiencing an economic crisis in recent years, Brazil’s economy was slowly beginning to recover at the start of 2020 – that is, until the Covid-19 pandemic hit, causing Gross…
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…