Belo Horizonte Metro

Belo Horizonte Metro (Portuguese: Metrô de Belo Horizonte) is a rapid transit system serving the city of Belo Horizonte, in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. The system has one 28.1-kilometre (17.5 mi) line[5] which serves 19 stations.[1] The Metro carried 54.4 million passengers in 2019,[2] or approximately 150,000 passengers per day. The system is operated by Comporte Participações (Metrô BH).[6] Two more lines are planned.

Belo Horizonte Metro
Overview
Native nameMetrô de Belo Horizonte
Owner
LocaleBelo Horizonte, Brazil
Transit typeRapid transit
Number of lines1[1] (3 planned)
Number of stations19[1] (2 planned)
Annual ridership54.4 million[2]
Websitewww.metrobh.com.br
Operation
Began operation1 August 1986 (1986-08-01)[3]
Operator(s)CBTU (1986–2023)
Metrô BH (2023–present)
Number of vehicles35[4]
Technical
System length28.1 km (17.5 mi)[5]
Track gauge1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Electrification3,000 V DC catenary
Average speed40 km/h (25 mph)
Top speed80 km/h (50 mph)[5]

History

The first section of the metro opened on 1 August 1986.[3] At its opening, the Metro was 10.8 kilometres (6.7 mi) long and had six stations with three trains in operation. In 1987 the line was extended to Central station and two more trains were brought into use. The line was extended again several times in the mid-1990s, and finally once more in 2002 adding the last 5 of the current 19 stations.[3]

Further trains were delivered in the 1990s, with the last being delivered in December 2001, bringing the total number of trains to 25.[3]

Operations

Network
Main article: List of Belo Horizonte Metro stations
Line Terminals Inauguration Length (km) Stations Length of trip (min) Operation
1 Eldorado ↔ Vilarinho 1 August 1986 28.1[5] 19[1] 44 minutes Daily, from 05:45 to 23:00

System characteristics

The trains are supplied by 3000 V DC overhead wires, and have a commercial speed of 40 km/h (25 mph) with a maximum speed of 80 km/h (50 mph).[5] Track gauge is 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) (broad gauge).

Future service

In early 2014, it was announced that the Belo Horizonte Metro will be expanded with two new lines by 2018, with new train cars, and two additional stations added to Line 1.

In September 2015, ten new train cars was introduced officially.

No progress was made in respect of expansion of the network until September 2020, when the Brazilian government committed 1.2 billion reais of funding for the construction of Line 2.[7]

Planned expansion proposed by CBTU
Line Terminals Inauguration Length (km) Stations Length of trip (min) Posture
2 Barreiro ↔ Santa Tereza - 18 15 - Planned
3 Pampulha ↔ Savassi - 12.5 13 - Planned
Expansion map of the RMBH metro system proposed by PDTT/CBTU, in scale

Planned expansion proposed by State Government
Line Terminals Inauguration Length (km) Stations Length of trip (min) Posture
1 Eldorado ↔ João César de Oliveira - 5 3 - Planned
2 Barreiro ↔ Nova Suíça - 10.5 7 - Planned
3 Lagoinha ↔ Savassi - 4.5 5 - Planned
4 João César de Oliveira ↔ Betim - 19.2 18 - Planned
Expansion map of the RMBH metro system proposed by Metrominas, in scale

On December 22, 2022, the Belo Horizonte metro began to be operated by the Comporte Participações consortium (or simply Metrô BH), through an auction held on the São Paulo Stock Exchange.[6] The new operator will be responsible for the operation, management and maintenance of the metro rail network for 30 years, in addition to the revitalization and expansion interventions of the current Line 1 (expansion to Novo Eldorado) and the construction of Line 2 (new transfer station Nova Suiça between Calafate and Gameleira and expansion to Barreiro), with resources coming from the federal government, the government of Minas Gerais and a fine arising from the judicial agreement with Vale S.A. due to the socio-environmental damages that occurred in the Brumadinho dam disaster in 2019.[8]

The transfer of the system to the winning consortium took place on March 23, 2023. The Line 1 expansion and construction of Line 2 is currently scheduled to be completed between the years 2026 and 2029.[6]

Network Map

See also

References
  1. "Operação – Linha em operação" [Operations – Line in operation] (in Portuguese). CBTU – METRÔ BH. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  2. "RELATÓRIO DE GESTÃO de 2019" [Management Report – period 2019] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos (CBTU). 31 December 2019. p. 39. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  3. "Empresa – História" [Company – History] (in Portuguese). CBTU – METRÔ BH. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  4. CBTU (2 May 2018). "Frota". Portal CBTU (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  5. "Operação – Dados operacionais" [Operations – Operational data] (in Portuguese). CBTU – METRÔ BH. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  6. Agência Minas (22 December 2022). "Metrô da Região Metropolitana de BH é concedido à iniciativa privada por R$ 25,7 milhões" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  7. "Belo Horizonte Metro receives government funding for Line 2 project". International Railway Journal. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  8. Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (11 August 2021). "Edital de Leilão BNDES nº 2/2022 - VDMG e CBTU/MG - PPI/PND. Anexo 9: Contrato de concessão comum para a prestação dos serviços de gestão, operação e manutenção da rede metroferroviária da Região Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 August 2023.

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