Recife Metro
The Recife Metro is the rapid transit system for the city of Recife in Brazil. It is operated by CBTU/Metrorec and currently serves 29 stations, along.
Characteristics
The system formed by the Central Line and the South Line.The stations were designed carefully to include various forms of identification. Besides the service of audio messages announcing the name of the stop, there is a different colour used on the walls of every station, and signs are equipped with graphical symbols next to the name that always accompany the maps spread in the buildings.
Trains of the Central Line leaving the station Recife have two distinct destinations: the cities of Camaragibe and Jaboatão dos Guararapes. That is because Center-1 and Center-2 Lines share the part of the railway between Recife and Coqueiral stations, reusing the route of an old railway track, where the metro system was built.
The average distance between stations is of so the typical speed of the train is, but the maximum speed is. The gauge is and energy supply for trains is done through aerial catenary.
The system originally had a total of of route. After completion of the expansion of the network that occurred from February 2005 to March 2009, the metro grew to its current in length.
There is also a meter gauge diesel light rail line in Recife. The system also includes several bus lines linked from the terminals of bus/metro integration designated S.E.I through which passengers may continue their travel on the same ticket.
Lines
Metro
Light rail
In addition, Recife metropolitan area also has meter gauge diesel light rail line:| Line | Terminals | Start date | Length | Stations | Duration | Schedule |
| Diesel light rail* | Cabo ↔ Cajueiro Seco; Cajueiro Seco ↔ Curado | 2012 | 31.5 km | 8 | 54 | Monday to Saturday, 5 AM to 8 PM |
The light rail train is not included in the metro service, but it under the same administrative company.
Stations
| Nº | Center - C1 | Center - C2 | South Line - S | Light Rail Train - LRT |
| 1 | Recife SEI | Recife SEI | Recife SEI | Curado C1 |
| 2 | Joana Bezerra¹ SEI | Joana Bezerra¹ SEI | Joana Bezerra¹ SEI | Jorge Lins |
| 3 | Afogados SEI | Afogados SEI | Largo da Paz SEI | Marcos Freire |
| 4 | Ipiranga | Ipiranga | Imbiribeira | Cajueiro Seco SEI, S |
| 5 | Mangueira | Mangueira | Antonio Falcão | Ângelo de Souza |
| 6 | Santa Luzia SEI | Santa Luzia SEI | Shopping Center Recife | Pontezinha |
| 7 | Edgar Werneck | Edgar Werneck | Tancredo Neves SEI | Ponte dos Carvalhos |
| 8 | Barro SEI | Barro SEI | Aeroporto - Airport SEI | Santo Inácio |
| 9 | Tejipió | Tejipió | Porta Larga | Cabo SEI |
| 10 | Coqueiral² | Coqueiral² | Monte dos Guararapes | |
| 11 | Alto do Céu | Cavaleiro SEI | Prazeres SEI | |
| 12 | Curado LRT | Floriano | Cajueiro Seco SEI, LRT | |
| 13 | Rodoviária-Coach station | Engenho Velho | ||
| 14 | Cosme e Damião | Jaboatão | ||
| 15 | Camaragibe SEI |