VLT (Rio de Janeiro)

Rio de Janeiro Light Rail
Overview
Prototype of the VLT Carioca
Native name	VLT do Rio de Janeiro
Locale	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Transit type	Light rail
Operation
Operation will start	2016

Rio de Janeiro Light Rail (Portuguese: VLT do Rio de Janeiro or VLT Carioca) is a light rail system under construction in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The system is planned to be completed in time for the 2016 Olympic Games.^[1]^[2]

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.

External links

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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	Commuter rail: SuperVia Rapid transit rail: MetrôRio

Commuter rail	List of SuperVia stations

Rapid transit rail	Line 1 Line 2 Line 4 List of Rio de Janeiro metro stations

Cable car	Sugarloaf Cable Car Teleférico do Alemão Teleférico da Providência

Light rail	Corcovado Rack Railway Santa Teresa Tram VLT

Major train stations	Botafogo Carioca Central do Brasil

Bus

Systems	Bus rapid transit: BRT, BRS

BRT services	TransOeste, TransCarioca, Planned: TransOlimpica List of Rio de Janeiro BRT stations

Major bus stations	Novo Rio Bus Terminal Terminal Alvorada

Boat

Ticketing

RioCard

Category
Commons

Urban public transport networks and systems in Brazil

Metropolitan area commuter rail	Crato–Juazeiro Fortaleza Maceió Rio de Janeiro São Paulo Teresina

Rapid transit	Belo Horizonte Brasília Porto Alegre Recife Rio de Janeiro Salvador São Paulo

Light rail	Cuiabá Light Rail (under construction) Maceió Light Rail (under construction) Rio de Janeiro VLT (under construction)

Trolleybuses	Santos São Paulo

Ticketing systems	Bilhete Único RioCard Vem

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