Fortaleza Metro

Fortaleza Metro
Overview
Native nameMetrô de Fortaleza
LocaleFortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Transit type
Number of lines
  • 2[1]
  • 1 (light rail)
Number of stations
Annual ridership15 million (2022)[4]
WebsiteMetrô de Fortaleza
Operation
Began operationOctober 24, 2012
Operator(s)Metrofor
Technical
System length
  • 43.6 km (27.1 mi)[2][3]
  • 13.2 km (8.2 mi) (light rail)
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
System map
Map of the Fortaleza Metro network (including planned lines).

The Metropolitan of Fortaleza, also known popularly as Metro of Fortaleza or Metrofor, is a system of metropolitan transport that operates in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza, operated by Companhia Cearense de Transportes Metropolitanos, company of social capital, captained by the Government of the State of Ceará, in Brazil, and has Eduardo Hotz as current president. Founded on May 2, 1997, the company is responsible for administration, construction and metro planning in the state of Ceará, being present in the systems of Sobral and Cariri, having its main activity in Fortaleza and its metropolitan region.

According to data released in December 2016, the system is the sixth largest in Brazil among the 12 Brazilian metropolitan regions that have passenger rail transport, having in the period 43.6 km (27.1 mi), behind São Paulo (334.9 km (208.1 mi)), Rio de Janeiro (262.1 km (162.9 mi)), Recife (71.4 km (44.4 mi)), Natal (56.2 km (34.9 mi)), and Porto Alegre (43.9 km (27.3 mi)). The FMR lines represent 4.3% of the total network of subways and trains of Brazil that, in 2015, was of 1,062 km (660 mi) of extension. The Metro was used by 13.2 million passengers in 2018.

The Fortaleza Metro started its operations on June 15, 2012, in assisted operation. With the start of commercial operation on October 1, 2014, a R$2.40 fare started being charged, which gradually increased to R$3.60 as of April 2021. There is fare integration with the Integrated Transport System of Fortaleza (SIT-FOR). Currently in operation are 20 stations on the South Line, 10 stations of West Line light rail (in the future to be converted into a metro system), and 10 stations on the Parangaba-Mucuripe light rail, operating in assisted operation with passenger transportation in the period from 6 am until noon without charge for tickets. Possessing a projected extension of 69.4 kilometers (43.1 mi) distributed in 4 lines, connected by 52 stations, mostly under construction or in design on the East Line (Tirol-Moura Brasil ↔ Edson Queiroz). The system was designed to integrate with two of the city's seven bus terminals, Parangaba and Papicu, and to connect to the passenger terminals at Mucuripe Port and Fortaleza International Airport.

  1. ^ "Mapa das Linhas - Metrô de Fortaleza" (in Portuguese). Metrô de Fortaleza - METROFOR. Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Sul was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Oeste was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Carta Anual de Governança Corporativa" [Metro system] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Metrofor. June 2023. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-07-01.