By 2023-01-17T09:27:00+00:00 BRAZIL: Federal operator CBTU has started operations on a 15 km two-station extension of Natal’s suburban Linha Sul from Cajupiranga to São José de Mipibu The city’s diesel-operated 1 000 mm gauge suburban network currently consists of two lines The two new stations on Linha Sul were completed on December 19 and an initial service of four pairs of trains per day began running on January 2 This was increased to eight trains per direction from January 9 meaning that all trains on the line now run through to São José de Mipibu Services operate between 05.02 and 18.35 each day A further extension of Linha Sul from São José de Mipibu to Nísia Floresta is scheduled to be handed over at the end of January Opening of the full extension is projected to double the ridership on the network adding an estimated 11 000 riders a day The total cost of the Linha Sul extension has been put at R$78m of which R$51·6m is being covered by the federal government ‘Today we celebrate another stage of this important project to expand the rail system in the Metropolitan Region of Natal ’The population of two more municipalities will benefit from safe The construction of a new branch of Natal’s Linha Norte to Jardim Petrópolis began in September 2021 and is expected to be completed in February This will add 4·1 route-km and three stations and is projected to boost network ridership by more than 2 000 passengers/day Better utilisation of under-used main line railways is seen as key to developing cost-effective urban and suburban rail networks that can relieve road congestion in Brazil’s fast-growing cities BRAZIL: Natal’s suburban Linha Sul has been extended by one station from Parnamirim to Boa Esperança The extension is intended to form the first part of a new Linha Branca which will effectively extend Linha Sul to Nísia Floresta The city’s diesel-operated 1 000 mm gauge .. BRAZIL: The VLT line in Fortaleza was extended east from Borges de Melo to Papicu with the opening of a 6·2 km extension on July 6 A further 2·3 km extension from Papicu to Iate with an intermediate station at Mucuripe is under construction Site powered by Webvision Cloud This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page 43,000+ global companies doing business in the region 102,000+ key contacts related to companies and projects news and interviews about your industry in English Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker About ISD History of ISD Executive Board, Board of Directors and Fiscal Council Ombudsman Restricted area for employees Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience (IIN-ELS) Anita Garibaldi Health Education and Research Center (Anita) Postgraduate in Neuroengineering about the program Curriculum Matrix and Syllabuses faculty student body Student Area Teachers and Technicians Area Common questions Enrollment Residence - 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