Rio de Janeiro Light Rail

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Rio de Janeiro Light Rail
File:Logotipo do VLT do Rio de Janeiro.png

Overview
Native name	VLT do Rio de Janeiro
Locale	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Transit type	Light rail
Number of lines	3
Number of stations	42
Website	www.vltcarioca.rio www.vltcarioca.com.br
Operation
Began operation	5 June 2016
Number of vehicles	32
Train length	44 m (144 ft)
Headway	3-15 minutes 30 minutes (night)
Technical
System length	28 km (17 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Undeground
Average speed	15 km/h (9.3 mph)

Rio de Janeiro Light Rail (Portuguese: VLT do Rio de Janeiro or VLT Carioca) is a light rail system in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The first line of the system opened in June 2016 ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Light Rail". Companhia de Desenvolvimento Urbano da Região do Porto do Rio de Janeiro. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
^ "'Olympic Park' viral video satirizes failing Rio infrastructure". Washington Post. 23 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
^ "After Two Week Delay, VLT Opens in Rio de Janeiro". The Rio Times. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.

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Transport in Rio de Janeiro City

Airports

Main	Galeão Santos Dumont
Other	Civil: Jacarepaguá Military: Afonsos AFB, Galeão AFB, Santa Cruz AFB Former: Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Manguinhos

Road

Major roads	Av Atlântica Av Brasil Av Rio Branco Av Vieira Souto Lagoa–Barra Highway Yellow Line Red Line

Rail/cable car

Systems	Metro: MetrôRio Train: SuperVia
Metro	Line 1 Line 2 Line 4 List of Rio de Janeiro metro stations
Train	List of SuperVia stations
Cable car	Sugarloaf Cable Car Teleférico do Alemão Teleférico da Providência
Light rail	Corcovado Rack Railway Santa Teresa Tram VLT (Light Rail) RioGaleão Light Rail
Major train stations	Botafogo Carioca Central do Brasil

Bus

Systems	Bus rapid transit: BRT Bus rapid service: BRS
BRT services	Transoeste, Transcarioca, Transolímpica List of Rio de Janeiro BRT stations
Major bus stations	Novo Rio Bus Terminal Terminal Alvorada

Boat

Ticketing

RioCard
Jaé (New System, mandatory by February 2025)

Category
Commons

v t e Urban public transport networks and systems in Brazil
Metropolitan area commuter rail	Crato–Juazeiro Fortaleza João Pessoa Maceió Natal Rio de Janeiro São Paulo Teresina
Rapid transit	Belo Horizonte Federal District Manaus (under construction) Porto Alegre Recife Rio de Janeiro Salvador São Paulo
Light rail	Cuiabá (under construction) Maceió (under construction) Rio de Janeiro Santos
Tram	Campos do Jordao Itatinga Santa Teresa Tram (Rio) Santos
Trolleybuses	Santos São Paulo
BRT	Corredor Metropolitano ABD (São Paulo) Expresso Tiradentes (São Paulo) BRT ABC (São Paulo, under construction) RIT (Curitiba) Transcarioca (Rio de Janeiro) Transoeste (Rio de Janeiro) TransOlimpica (Rio de Janeiro)
Ticketing systems	Bilhete Único RioCard Vem

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