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Monorails of South America
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Sao Paulo, Brazil
The City of Sao Paulo is currently working on implementing a major monorail network. Three lines are being planned. Construction began the first line in 2010, before the system supplier had been selected. An astounding 100 kilometers of monorail alignment are proposed. In 2010, Bombardier won the contract for the first 24-kilometer line, Line 2. In June of 2011, Scomi Engineering won the contract for the second monorail, Line 17. All of the monorail lines will be integrated with the city's extensive rail system. When completed, the first line will be the largest and highest capacity monorail system in the world, designed to transport 48,000 pphpd, after the predicted fleet expansion. It will reduce end-to-end travel time from current two hours to just 50 minutes with up to 500,000 riders daily. The second monorail, Line 17, is said to be capable of handling up to 252,000 passengers per day.
1 - Extensão da Linha 2-Verde (Line 2-Green extension) |
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