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Metrô Rio This is a list of stations on the underground railway system ( Metrô Rio ) in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . Nowadays, the system has two lines denominated numerically: broadly Linha 1 serves the south and central zones while Linha 2 serves the north.
On 14 December 1968, the Companhia do Metropolitano do Rio de Janeiro (Metro Company of Rio de Janeiro in English) was created through State Law number 1736. [9] In March 1975, with Law–Decree number 25, the company effectively came into existence. On 23 June 1970, construction work started in Jardim da Glória.
The inaugural LRT service passing Rio de Janeiro's Theatro Municipal. Light rail in the Cinelândia station. The first phase, consisting of a single 15-kilometre line between the Novo Rio Bus Terminal and Santos Dumont Airport and 18 stops, [3] was inaugurated on 5 June 2016, two months ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony, [4] with regular service beginning the following day.
Brazil has one of the first steam-powered street railways and had the world's first steam locomotive designed specifically to work on the street. It had one of the world's first electric trams, Rio de Janeiro had electric streetcars before London, Paris, Rome, Madrid, Lisbon and any other city in Latin America.
This is a route-map template for the Rio de Janeiro Metro, a railway in Brazil.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
Line 1 (Orange) of the Rio de Janeiro Metro serves the city's downtown business centre, the tourist areas in the city's South Zone, and several neighbourhoods in the North Zone. It is a semi-circular line, and is fully underground.
The Rio de Janeiro Metro has three subway lines with 58 km (36 mi) and 41 stations plus several commuter rail lines. [230] The Metro is Rio's safest and cleanest form of public transport in the city. [231]
Line 4 (Yellow) of the Rio de Janeiro Metro is the third metro line built in the city of Rio de Janeiro. [1] It was completed on 30 July 2016, connecting the Barra da Tijuca neighbourhood in the West Zone, passing under São Conrado and Rocinha, to Ipanema in the South Zone. All stations are underground, but when arriving in Barra da Tijuca ...