ervice At its users’
written by Renata Meyer photos by Dario de Freitas
S
ão Paulo, Tuesday, late afternoon. Le-
Its main challenges include improving and mod-
andro Rocha is returning home after a
ernizing the rail industry through a BRL 2.4-billion
hard day’s work at the bank. The com-
investment program carried out in partnership with
mute from the city center to his home
the State Government, which includes renewing the
in the Santo Amaro district, which used
fleet, refurbishing stations and revitalizing the sys-
to last two hours by bus, now takes less than 60 minutes on Line 4 of the Metro. He describes the benefits in a nutshell: “Now I have a better quality of life.”
tem’s infrastructure. In São Paulo, Odebrecht TransPort is one of shareholders of Via Quatro, the concessionaire that runs
In Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco, real
Line 4 of the megacity’s Metro system. The first stage
estate broker Thiago Lein travels on the 6.2-km Co-
of this venture was completed in 2011. When com-
queiros Route, which leads to the south coast of the
pleted, it will be 12.8 km long, with 11 stations linking
state and the industries in the Suape Complex. “I take
the West Zone of São Paulo and the city center.
this route several times a week. You can save time and drive more safely,” he says.
“Anyone who travels on this line every day can see the major leap in quality that it represents for our
Leandro and Thiago are among the thousands of
transportation system. As a user I hope that more
Brazilians who are benefitting from the Odebrecht
train and subway lines will also get this kind of infra-
TransPort’s operations in the areas of road trans-
structure in the future,” says Leandro Rocha.
portation and urban mobility, currently located in four Brazilian states: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Pernambuco and Bahia. In the area of urban mobility alone, which includes the operation of trains and light rail systems, the company transports 1.3 million passengers daily in the two largest cities in the country and expects to invest BRL 6.5 billion through its assets.
Urban trains In the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region, Odebrecht TransPort has been running SuperVia since November 2010, serving over 500,000 passengers per day. The concession company is responsible for the administration of one of the region’s main transport systems until 2048, comprising 270 km of railways, with 98 stations in 12 counties.
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