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{{Infobox rail line
| box_width                       = 
| name                            = São Paulo Metro Line 6 (Orange)
| color                           = {{Rail color|São Paulo Metro|Line 6}}
| logo                            = Linha 6 - Linha Universidade.png
| image                           = Linha 6-Laranja.svg
| type                            = [[Rapid transit]]
| system                          = [[São Paulo Metro]]
| status                          = Under construction
| locale                          = [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]]
| start                           = [[Brasilândia (São Paulo Metro)|Brasilândia]]<ref name="OESP20131219">{{cite news | title = Linha das faculdades será aberta em 2018 |trans-title=Colleges' line will open in 2018 | newspaper = O Estado de S. Paulo | date = December 19, 2013 | last = do Valle | first = Caio | page = A18 }}</ref>
| end                             = [[São Joaquim (São Paulo Metro)|São Joaquim]]<ref name="OESP20131219" />
| connectinglines                 = {{Plainlist|
* '''Current:'''
** {{rint|saopaulo|metro}} {{rint|saopaulo|1}}
** [[File:Viaquatro ícone.svg|18px|link=ViaQuatro]] {{rint|saopaulo|4}}
** {{rint|saopaulo|cptm}} {{rint|saopaulo|7}} 
* '''Planned:'''
** {{rint|saopaulo|metro}} {{rint|saopaulo|16}} {{rint|saopaulo|20}}
** {{rint|saopaulo|cptm}} {{rint|saopaulo|10}} {{rint|saopaulo|13}}
** [[File:Viamobilidade ícone.svg|18px|link=ViaMobilidade]] {{rint|saopaulo|8}}
}}
| stations                        = 15<ref name="STM">{{cite web | title = SP assina contrato para construção da Linha 6-Laranja do Metrô | trans-title = São Paulo signs agreement for the construction of Metro Line 6 - Orange | website = Secretariat of Metropolitan Transport of São Paulo | url = http://www.stm.sp.gov.br/index.php/acontece/eventos/4279-sp-assina-contrato-para-construcao-da-linha-6-laranja-do-metro | language = pt | date = December 18, 2013 | access-date = December 19, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131220060140/http://www.stm.sp.gov.br/index.php/acontece/eventos/4279-sp-assina-contrato-para-construcao-da-linha-6-laranja-do-metro | archive-date = December 20, 2013 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
| routes                          = 
| daily_ridership                 = 633,000 ''(estimated)''<ref name="OESP20131219" />
| ridership2                      = 
| yearcommenced                   = 2012
| planopen                        = 2027 ''(estimated)''
| close                           = 
| owner                           = Government of the State of São Paulo
| operator                        = [[File:Linha 6 - Linha Universidade.png|18px]] [[Linha Universidade|LinhaUni]] ([[Acciona]])<ref name="LinhaUni">{{cite web|url=https://www.metrocptm.com.br/concessionaria-linha-universidade-deve-assumir-lugar-da-move-sao-paulo-na-linha-6-laranja-de-metro/|title=Concessionária "Linha Universidade" deve assumir lugar da Move São Paulo na Linha 6-Laranja de metrô|publisher=Metrô CPTM|language=pt|date=28 April 2020|access-date=6 July 2020}}</ref>
| character                       = 
| depot                           = Morro Grande rail yard
| stock                           = 132 [[Alstom]] Series 600 (22 trains)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metrocptm.com.br/veja-14-detalhes-sobre-os-novos-trens-da-serie-600-da-linha-6-laranja/|title=Veja 14 detalhes sobre os novos trens da 'Série 600' da Linha 6-Laranja|website=Metrô CPTM|language=pt-br|author=Jean Carlos|date=28 June 2024|accessdate=28 June 2024}}</ref>
| linelength_km                   = 15.9
| tracklength                     = 
| tracks                          = 
| gauge                           = {{RailGauge|1435 mm|lk=on}}<ref name='nycsubway'>{{cite web|url=http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Sao_Paulo_Metro |title=São Paulo Metro |access-date=2014-02-02 |last=Ferreira |first=Robert |author2=Tharcisiu Alves. |date=January 2012 |work=www.nycsubway.org |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140202010909/http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/Sao_Paulo_Metro |archive-date=2014-02-02 |quote=On Lines 1, 2 and 3, the track gauge is a non standard 1600 mm, the third rail is 750 V DC and under running. For Lines 4 and 5, the track gauge is 1435 mm and they use overhead pantograph, precluding any connection to the rest of the system, plus the 4 and 5 lines can't connect because the trains on the 4 line use drive-less technology while trains on 5 line are OPTO. Lines 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 (operated by CPTM) are all 1600 mm and use overhead pantograph. |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| signalling                      = Nippon Signal SPARCS [[Communications-based train control|CBTC]]
| old_gauge                       = 
| load_gauge                      = 
| minradius                       = 
| racksystem                      = 
| routenumber                     = 
| electrification                 = 750 [[Volt|V]] [[Direct current|DC]] [[Overhead line|catenary]]
| speed                           = 
| elevation                       = 
| website                         = [http://www.linhauni.com.br www.linhauni.com.br]
| map                             = {{São Paulo Metro/Line 6}}
| map_state                       = show
}}

'''Line 6 (Orange)''' ({{langx|pt|Linha 6–Laranja}}) is an under construction line of the [[São Paulo Metro]].  The first section will be {{convert|15.9|km|mi|adj=on}} long, with 15 stations,<ref name="OESP20131219" /> and will link the [[São Joaquim (São Paulo Metro)|São Joaquim]] [[metro station]] ([[Line 1 (São Paulo Metro)|Line 1 (Blue)]] to the district of [[Brasilândia (district of São Paulo)|Brasilândia]].<ref name="derrubar">{{cite news
 |author=Rodrigo Brancatelli e Eduardo Reina 
 |date=June 10, 2010 
 |title=Linha 6 vai derrubar até 350 imóveis 
 |newspaper=Jornal da Tarde 
 |number=14537 
 |pages=3A 
 |location=São Paulo 
 |issn=1516-294X 
 |url=http://blogs.estadao.com.br/jt-cidades/linha-6-vai-derrubar-ate-350-imoveis/ 
 |language=pt 
 |access-date=2010-06-19 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309043119/http://blogs.estadao.com.br/jt-cidades/linha-6-vai-derrubar-ate-350-imoveis/ 
 |archive-date=2012-03-09 
}}</ref> The branch is known as the "Colleges line" as it will serve many of them along its route ([[Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado|FAAP]], [[Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo|PUC-SP]] and [[Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie|Mackenzie University]]).<ref name="OESP20131219" /> 

==History==
[[File:Metro_Sao_Paulo_Futuro.svg|thumb|left|Future map of [[Transport in São Paulo#Rail transport|Sao Paulo Metropolitan Rail Transport Network]], with Line 6 - Orange and all other lines currently under construction or expansion.]]
This new line will connect with [[Line 7 (CPTM)|Line 7 (Ruby)]] and [[Line 8 (CPTM)|Line 8 (Diamond)]] of [[Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos| Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM)]] and lines [[Line 1 (São Paulo Metro)|Line 1 (Blue)]], [[Line 2 (São Paulo Metro)|Line 2 (Green)]] and [[Line 4 (São Paulo Metro)|Line 4 (Yellow)]] of the metro, linking the Northwest, West, Central, and Southeast regions of [[São Paulo (city)|São Paulo]].,<ref>[http://www.metro.sp.gov.br/expansao/rede_essencial/rede_essencial_05.shtml Official Site]</ref> totaling {{convert|18.4|km|abbr=on}} in length with 17 stations.<ref name="jt5-12-08">{{cite news |author=Daniel Gonzales |date=December 5, 2008 |title=Linha 6 do Metrô terá ramal até Brasilândia |newspaper=Jornal da Tarde |page=5A |language=pt}}</ref> The anticipated demand for this line is 600,000 to 800,000 passengers per day.<ref name="governo4-12-08">[http://www.saopaulo.sp.gov.br/sis/lenoticia.php?id=101170&siteID=1 "Line 6 will arrive in New towns Cachoeirinha and Brasilândia "] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717080829/http://www.saopaulo.sp.gov.br/sis/lenoticia.php?id=101170&siteID=1 |date=2011-07-17 }},''Government Portal of the State of Sao Paulo,''4/12/2008</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Eduardo Reina e Renato Machado|date=2011-02-18|title=Nova linha do Metrô irá até Anália Franco|journal=Jornal da Tarde|number={{formatnum:14788}}|pages=4A |editor=S.A. O Estado de S. Paulo|location=São Paulo|issn=1516-294X}}</ref>  In 2008, it was predicted that construction would start by 2010, expected to start partial operations in 2012 and full operation by early 2015,<ref name="jt5-12-08" /> but two years later it was expected that the project plans would be finalized only in 2011, with the first stations opening between 2013 and 2014 or as late as 2016, according to some engineers of the Metro.<ref name="derrubar" />

On March 25, 2008, the State Governor and the mayor of São Paulo pledged to deliver the new metro line by 2012.<ref name="Daniel Gonzales 2008">{{cite news |author=Daniel Gonzales |date=May 27, 2008 |title=Linha da Freguesia do Ó recebe R$ 75 milhões |newspaper=Jornal da Tarde |page=4A |language=pt}}</ref>  The municipal government gave the State R$75 million to fund the preliminary designs for the construction of this line.<ref>[http://www.estadao.com.br/geral/not_ger145627,0.htm "Serra promete iniciar Linha 6 do Metrô em sua gestão"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204213258/http://www.estadao.com.br/geral/not_ger145627%2C0.htm |date=2009-02-04 }},''O Estado de S. Paulo,'' March 25, 2008</ref><ref>[http://noticias.uol.com.br/ultnot/2008/03/25/ult23u1568.jhtm "Serra promete iniciar Linha 6 do metrô em sua gestão; obra será entregue em 2012"],''Uol Notícias'', March 25, 2008</ref> In principle, the operation of the line will be the responsibility of the Metro, but there is still the possibility of creating a [[Public-Private Partnership]],<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite news |author=Daniel Gonzales |date=March 26, 2008 |title=Metrô vai ganhar Linha 6 em 2012 |newspaper=Jornal da Tarde |page=4A |language=pt}}</ref> which was eventually confirmed.<ref name="OESP20131219" />

Currently, the extension of the line between [[Brasilândia (São Paulo Metro)|Brasilândia]] and [[São Joaquim (São Paulo Metro)|São Joaquim]] is confirmed, providing linkage to [[Line 1 (São Paulo Metro)|Line 1-Blue]].

At the other end of the line, Governor [[José Serra]] announced on December 4, 2008 that there would be two branches leaving [[Freguesia do Ó (São Paulo Metro)|Freguesia do Ó]] toward the periphery of the North Zone, one in [[Brasilândia (district of São Paulo)|Brasilândia]] beside a bus terminal that is under study by the city, and another in Vila Nova Cachoeirinha in Largo Japonês, next to an existing bus terminal.<ref name="jt5-12-08" /> It will be the first time that the São Paulo Metro will use a "Y " path, something that already exists in the USA, Europe, Australia<ref name="jt5-12-08" /> and also in other metro systems in Brazil, such as the [[Federal District Metro (Brazil)|Federal District Metro]]. The planning director for Metro, Mark Kassab, explained that there will be a need to change trains at [[Freguesia do Ó (São Paulo Metro)|Freguesia do Ó]] station, because trains will alternate with different destinations across the line.<ref name="jt5-12-08" />

The functional design of the line was released in June 2010 and referred to the expropriation of 350 commercial and residential properties along the line, including the headquarters of samba school Vai-Vai in [[Bela Vista (district of São Paulo)|Bela Vista]] and a unit of supermarkets in [[Consolação (district of São Paulo)|Consolação]].<ref name="derrubar" /> Issues with financing and property expropriations continued to persist, delaying the start of construction. Construction officially started on April 13, 2015 with a projected completion date of the first section in 2021.<ref name="Começam as obras da Linha 6">{{cite news |author=Tatiana Santiago |date=June 22, 2016 |title=Linha 6–Laranja do Metrô de SP será entregue com um ano de atraso|url=http://g1.globo.com/sao-paulo/noticia/2016/06/linha-6-laranja-do-metro-de-sp-sera-entregue-com-um-ano-de-atraso.html |newspaper=G1 - SP |language=pt |access-date=2016-06-23}}</ref> In 2016, progress on the project was halted due to difficulty obtaining financing from the [[Brazilian Development Bank]], putting the project's 2021 completion deadline into jeopardy.<ref>{{cite news |author=Rodrigo Russo |date=September 5, 2016 |title=Consórcio paralisa 'linha das universidades' do metrô de SP |url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2016/09/1810499-sem-recursos-consorcio-suspende-obras-da-linha-6-laranja-do-metro.shtml |newspaper=Folha de S.Paulo |language=pt |access-date=2016-09-08}}</ref>

In January 2018, it was announced that RuasInvest Participações SA will acquire a 15% stake, along with [[China Railway Construction Corporation Limited]] which will have a 50% stake in the concession and the rest is acquired by a group of Japanese investors led by [[Mitsui]] which will receive 35%. The opening deadline for the project confirmed for the end of 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/grupo-brasileiro-assume-15-na-concessao-da-linha-6-do-metro-e-governo-de-sp-admite-novo-atraso-nas-obras.ghtml|title=Grupo brasileiro assume 15% na concessão da Linha 6 do Metrô e governo de SP admite novo atraso nas obras|website=G1|date=19 January 2018 |language=pt-br|access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref>

An extension from São Joaquim to [[Cidade Líder (district of São Paulo)|Cidade Líder]] was in planning, but it was replaced by the planning of [[Line 16 (São Paulo Metro)|Line 16-Violet]].

On 4 July 2020, after almost 4 years of suspended construction, the State Government of São Paulo signed a deal with Spanish company [[Acciona]] to conclude the construction of the line and operate it, in a [[Public Private Partnership]], through Linha Universidade dealership.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/painelsa/2020/07/espanhois-assinam-contrato-para-retomar-obra-da-linha-6-do-metro-de-sp.shtml|title=Espanhóis assinam contrato para retomar obra da linha 6 do metrô de SP|publisher=Folha de S. Paulo|language=pt|first=Joana|last=Cunha|date=4 July 2020|access-date=6 July 2020|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="LinhaUni"/>

In the morning of February 1st, 2022, the asphalt of [[Marginal Tietê]], right by one of the wells opened for the line's construction, gave in and opened a hole. The cause of the incident is currently being investigated.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2022/02/01/obra-do-metro-cede-asfalto-e-abre-cratera-na-marginal-tiete-em-sp.ghtml|title=Obra do Metrô cede asfalto e abre cratera na Marginal Tietê em SP|lang=pt-BR|date=2022-02-01|access-date=2022-02-01|website=g1}}</ref> Nevertheless, it was revealed that the construction of the line would be postponed by 3 years from its initial expected completion date. The line will begin partial operation by 2026, with full operation by 2027.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Silva |first=Cedê |date=2024-05-27 |title=New São Paulo metro line could be delayed by three more years |url=https://brazilian.report/liveblog/politics-insider/2024/05/27/new-sao-paulo-metro-line-delayed/ |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=The Brazilian Report |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Stations==
{{São Paulo Metro Stations/Line 6}}

== Rolling stock ==
Six car [[open-gangway]] trains similar to the ones on Line 4 will be manufactured by [[Alstom]] using the [[Alstom Metropolis|Metropolis]] platform. The contract was signed in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metrocptm.com.br/alstom-fornecera-os-22-trens-da-linha-6-laranja/|title=Alstom fornecerá os 22 trens da Linha 6-Laranja|date=2016-03-02|website=Metrô CPTM|language=pt-BR|access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref> Each train will accommodate up to 2,044 passengers and reach speeds of 90 km/h. They will also be fitted with modern technology for passenger counting, video surveillance, and a design built around better passenger flow.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bovenizer |first=Noah |date=2024-06-28 |title=Alstom reveals train design for São Paulo Metro's new Line 6 |url=https://www.railway-technology.com/news/alstom-train-design-sao-paulo-metro/ |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=Railway Technology |language=en-US}}</ref>

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