Salvador Metro

The Salvador Metro (Portuguese: Metrô de Salvador, commonly called Metrô) is a metro system of the city of Salvador, Brazil. The Line 1 runs from the Lapa to Cajazeiras, with metro stations in Pólvora, Brotas, Bonocô, Acesso Norte, Retiro, Juá, Pirajá, Mata Escura and Pau de Lima. Already the Line 2 runs from Calçada Futura to Mussurunga, with metro stations in Água de Meninos, Dois Leões, Acesso Norte, Bus Station in Iguatemi, Imbuí and Administrative Center of Bahia.

The project is a Build, Operate, and Transfer (BOT) scheme for the operation of the urban rapid rail transportation system in the municipality of Salvador da Bahia, and includes the supply and installation of rolling stock and signaling equipment, and commercial operation of the system for the 25-year concession. Each train, consisting of four cars, has the capacity to carry 1,250 passengers.

Currently, the urban transportation system in Salvador is underdeveloped and largely road-based, causing significant congestion and delays. This level of road-based transport has significant impacts on the local economy and environment. For this reason the municipality and the state, together with the World Bank, have been involved since 1992 in the design and implementation of a transportation strategy. The international standard gauge is 3kV overhead power supply. And Built by a consortium of Siemens and Camargo Corrêa and Andrade Gutierrez of Brazil.

This project is an integral part of the strategy. The project aims to improve the quality of public urban transportation in the area by connecting currently-excluded low-income neighborhoods, and by furthering the development of a fully d urban transportation system.

Salvador Metro system is one of the actions of urban mobility that will be deployed until the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Besides the subway, the city government is developing a project for integrated mass transport will be composed of so-called Bus Rapid Transit in Brazil (BRT), the subway and bus routes exclusive. The system will make the integration between the stations of the Rótula do Abacaxi and the beach city of Lauro de Freitas in the metropolitan area, passing through the Salvador International Airport.

The Line 1 connects to the Transfer of Lapa, the largest of Salvador, to Rótula do Abacaxi, passing by Fonte Nova Stadium, the official stadium of FIFA World Cup, the stadium has a metro station of Line 1. Also in this Line of the Metro exist the junction between the main avenues of Salvador with the busiest highway in the State of Bahia, BR-324, in the area of Rótula do Abacaxi, which connects the city to Feira de Santana. Also located on the local, the Bus station of Salvador, the largest of Bahia, which is located across from the Iguatemi Mall, and the most important Central Business District of Salvador, in the area of Iguatemi.

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