GRU Airport People Mover

GRU Airport People Mover
Overview
StatusUnder construction
OwnerGRU Airport
LocaleGuarulhos, Brazil
Termini
Stations4
Service
TypePeople mover/airport rail link
SystemSão Paulo Metro
Operator(s)GRU Airport
Rolling stock6 Marcopolo Rail Auster A-200 (3 trains)[1][2]
History
Commenced2022[3]
Planned openingEnd of 2024 (estimated)[4][3]
Technical
Line length2.7 km (1.7 mi)
CharacterElevated atmospheric railway
Track gauge1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
SignallingSiemens ATC
Route map

Legend
to Engenheiro Goulart
 CPTM
Terminal 1
Terminal 2
Terminal 3

The GRU Airport People Mover is a future people mover at the São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport to connect the nearby CPTM railway station to the airport's terminals.

This line will be approximately 2.6 km (1.6 mi) long and will have 4 stations, beginning at the Aeroporto-Guarulhos station (with connection to Line 13-Jade) and continuing to separate stations at each of the three terminals.

Expression of interest were first invited in August 2019.[5][6]

During the opening of the second access on Oscar Freire station, Governor João Doria affirmed that the dealership would have a deadline of 18 months to build the line and opening scheduled for December 2021.[5]

In November 2020, the Ministry of Infrastructure signed an authorization term sent to the National Civil Aviation Agency, allowing the construction of the line.[7]

In the end of January 2021, the State Secretary of Metropolitan Transports, Alexandre Baldy, announced that the Federal Court of Accounts had approved the people mover project. The order of service, to authorize the beginning of the construction is expected to be signed in the second half of March 2021 by the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Secretariat of Civil Aviation, with a deadline of 18 months.[8][9]

International companies, such as German Siemens, Canadian Bombardier, Chinese BYD and CRRC Sifang, Korean Rotem and Mexican Modutram, showed interest in the project, according to Folha de S. Paulo.[10] In December 2020 it was announced that Brazilian firm Aerom, which owns the Aeromovel technology, had been selected to install the system.[11] Construction was due to begin in January 2021 with completing in 2022. In June 2021 it was announced that the project had 'advanced' but a schedule for construction had not been finalised.[12] The same company installed the Metro-Airport Connection which connect the nearby railway station to the Salgado Filho International Airport in Porto Alegre.

On 8 September 2021, Minister of Infrastructure Tarcísio de Freitas signed the contract for the construction of the people mover, with operation estimated to 2024.[4]

After signing the contract, construction began in June 2022, with completion estimated at the end of 2024. [3][13]

Map of the future GRU Airport people mover
  1. ^ Lobo, Renato (9 September 2021). "People Mover do Aeroporto de Guarulhos terá frota de três trens". Via Trólebus (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Trem que ligará CPTM ao Aeroporto de Guarulhos levará 200 usuários por viagem". InvestSP (in Portuguese). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Moreira, Willian (8 June 2022). "People Mover (Aeromóvel) do Aeroporto de Guarulhos deve começar a operar em abril de 2024, diz concessionária". Diário do Transporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b Lobo, Renato (22 February 2022). "Obras do people mover do Aeroporto de Guarulhos devem começar "imediatamente"". Via Trólebus (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  5. ^ a b Meier, Ricardo (21 August 2019). "People Mover do Aeroporto de Guarulhos segue indefinido e sem prazo de início" (in Portuguese). Metrô CPTM. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Linha CPTM-GRU" (in Portuguese). GRU Airport. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  7. ^ Lobo, Caio (27 November 2020). "Governo Federal dá aval para people mover no Aeroporto de Guarulhos que o ligará à Linha 13-Jade". Metrô CPTM (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  8. ^ Meier, Ricardo (29 January 2021). "People Mover do Aeroporto de Guarulhos deve ter autorização em março, afirma Baldy". Metrô CPTM (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  9. ^ Lobo, Renato (29 January 2021). "Ordem de serviço para people mover entre CPTM e Aeroporto de Guarulhos sai em março". Via Trólebus (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  10. ^ Meier, Ricardo (19 December 2019). "Empresas nacionais e estrangeiras demonstram interesse pelo people mover do Aeroporto de Guarulhos" (in Portuguese). Metrô CPTM. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  11. ^ Lobo, Renato (1 December 2020). "GRU Airport escolhe Aeromovel e deve iniciar ligação entre aeroporto e CPTM em Janeiro". Via Trólebus. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Aeromóvel company to implement People Mover at Guarulhos Airport". 9 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  13. ^ "People Mover deve ficar pronto até o fim do ano". Via Trólebus (in Portuguese). 10 May 2024.