Rio de Janeiro Light Rail

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Rio de Janeiro Light Rail
Overview
Native name	VLT Carioca
Owner	Municipality of Rio de Janeiro
Locale	Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Transit type	Light rail
Number of lines	4
Number of stations	43
Website	www.vltrio.com.br
Operation
Began operation	5 June 2016
Operator(s)	VLT Carioca
Character	At-grade
Number of vehicles	32 Alstom Citadis 402 trams[1]
Train length	44 m (144 ft 4+1⁄4 in)
Headway	3-15 minutes 30 minutes (night)
Technical
System length	28 km (17 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC (Alstom APS/SRS)[1][2]
Average speed	15 km/h (9.3 mph)
System map

Rio de Janeiro Light Rail (Portuguese: VLT Carioca) is a modern light rail system serving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The system is among several new public transport developments in the region ahead of the city's successful bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[1] Its official name is VLT Carioca, the initialism "VLT" (which stands for veículo leve sobre trilhos, literally Light vehicle on rails) being equivalent to the English term light rail.