Transoeste

TransOeste
Commenced operationJune 6, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-06-06)
LocaleRio de Janeiro
Service typeBus rapid transit
Stations63 stations, 3 terminals
Daily ridership250,000
Websitemobi-rio.rio.br
BRT map of Rio de Janeiro

Fleet of regular and articulated buses operating the BRT Transoeste corridor at the Terminal Alvorada, Barra da Tijuca.

Transoeste is a bus rapid transit (BRT) line stretching from Barra da Tijuca to Santa Cruz, with a branch to Campo Grande. TransOeste was the first line to open in the Rio de Janeiro BRT system. The corridor was a transformation of the Avenida das Américas to expand the carriageways for exclusive use of high capacity buses, the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit), with transfer stations in the median, and also included the construction of the Grota Funda Tunnel. The Transoeste corridor was inaugurated on June 6, 2012.[1][2]

  1. ^ Alba Valéria Mendonça (2012-06-06). "BRT Transoeste é inaugurado no Rio" (in Portuguese). O Globo News G1. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  2. ^ O DIA (2012-06-06). "BRT Transoeste é inaugurado com a presença do ex-presidente Lula" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2012-06-09.