São Paulo Metro
Posted by: 
saopaulo1
S 23° 34.377 W 046° 38.416
23K E 332604 N 7392094
The São Paulo Metro is the city of São Paulo's rapid transit system. The first of such systems in Brazil, it began operations in 1974.
Waymark Code: WM459V
Location: Brazil
Date Posted: 07/09/2008
Views: 24
Although São Paulo is one of the largest cities in the world, with a population of 19 million (11 million city proper), its metro system is relatively small (61,3 kilometers of track) when compared to its European or North American counterparts.
It consists of four color-coded lines: Line 1-Blue, Line 2-Green, Line 3-Red and Line 5-Lilac; Line 4-Yellow is currently under construction and is due to start operating in late 2009. The metro system carries 3,200,000 passengers a day. Metro itself is far from covering the entire urban area in the city of São Paulo. Another company, Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM), works along the metro system and runs railways converted into light rail service lines, which total six lines (7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12), 261,8 km long, serving 88 stations. Metro and CPTM are integrated through various stations. Metro and CPTM both operate as State-owned companies, and have received awards in the recent past as one of the cleanest systems in the world by ISO9001.
The photo is of the main control center.
Visit Instructions:
To post a visit log to this waymark you need to visit and write about the actual physical location. Any pictures you take at the location would be great, as well.