Transport in Brazil

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Transportation in Brazil

Contents 1 Railways 1.1 Cities with Metros 1.2 Railway links with adjacent countries 1.3 Tramways (Street Railways) 2 Highways 3 Waterways 4 Pipelines 5 Seaports and harbors 5.1 Atlantic Ocean 5.2 Amazon river 5.3 Paraguay River (international water way) 6 Merchant marine 7 Airports 7.1 Airports - with paved runways 7.2 Airports - with unpaved runways 8 National airlines 9 See also 10 References

[edit] Railways

Main article: Rail transport in Brazil

• Total actual network: 27,882 km (1,122 km electrified - Excludes urban rail)

Broad gauge: 4,057 km 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) gauge

Narrow gauge: 23,489 km 1,000 mm (3 ft 3⅜ in) gauge

Dual gauge: 336 km 1000 mm and 1600 mm gauges (three rails) (1999 est.)

Standard gauge: 10 km 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm) gauge:

• Estrada de Ferro do Amapá in the middle of the Amazon Rainforest also used standard gauge.
• A 12km section of the former 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge Estrada de Ferro Oeste de Minas is retained as a heritage railway.

[edit] Cities with Metros

Belo Horizonte Brasília Fortaleza (Under Construction - 2010) Porto Alegre

Recife Rio de Janeiro São Paulo Salvador (Under construction)

[edit] Railway links with adjacent countries

Uruguay - yes - break-of-gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3⅜ in) (Brazil) /4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm) (Uruguay) Argentina - yes - break-of-gauge 1000 mm (Brazil)/4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm) (Argentina) Paraguay - no Bolivia - yes - 1000 mm gauge both countries

Peru - no Colombia - no Venezuela - no Guyana - no Suriname - no French Guiana - no

[edit] Tramways (Street Railways)

Brazil had a hundred tramway systems.^[1] Currently, there are vintage tramways operating in Belem^[2], Campinas^[3], Campos de Jordao^[4], Itatinga^[5], Rio de Janeiro^[6] and Santos^[7].

[edit] Highways

Main article: Brazilian Highway System

total: 1.98 million km
paved: 184,140 km (11,000 km of expressways)
unpaved: 1,795,860 km (1996 est.)

[edit] Waterways

50,000 km navigable

[edit] Pipelines

• crude oil 2,980 km
• petroleum products 4,775 km
• natural gas 4,246 km (1998)

[edit] Seaports and harbors

[edit] Atlantic Ocean

Fortaleza Ilheus Imbituba Paranagua

Porto Alegre Recife Rio de Janeiro Rio Grande

Salvador Santos São Francisco do Sul São Sebastião Vitoria Itajaí

[edit] Amazon river

• Belém
• Manaus

[edit] Paraguay River (international water way)

[edit] Merchant marine

total: 174 ships (1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 3,964,808 GRT/6,403,284 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: (1999 est.)

bulk carriers 34 cargo ships 28 chemical tankers 5 combination ore/oil 9 container ships 10 gas carrying tankers 10

multi-functional large load carrier 1 passenger/cargo ships 5 petroleum tanker 59 refrigerated cargo ship 1 roll-on/roll-off 11 short-sea passenger ship 1

[edit] Airports

3,277 (1999 est.)

Most international flights must go to Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo or Galeão International Airport in Rio de Janeiro. Belo Horizonte is the main international airport outside Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. A few go to Brasilia, Recife, Natal, and just recently Fortaleza has accepted international flights. With South American integration, more airports can be expected to open to international flights.

[edit] Airports - with paved runways

total: 541
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 20
1,524 to 2,437 m: 138
914 to 1,523 m: 346
under 914 m: 32 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 2,736
1,524 to 2,437 m: 73
914 to 1,523 m: 1,306
under 914 m: 1,357 (1999 est.)

[edit] National airlines

Main article: Airlines of Brazil

• BRA Transportes Aéreos
• Gol Transportes Aéreos
• OceanAir
• Pantanal
• TAM Airlines (TAM Linhas Aéreas)
• Varig
• Total Linhas Aéreas
• Air Minas
• Webjet

[edit] See also

• Rail transport by country

[edit] References

v • d • e Airlines of Brazil Domestic Abaeté Linhas Aéreas · Air Minas · Azul · Cruiser Linhas Aéreas · Gensa · NHT Linhas Aéreas · Pantanal Linhas Aéreas · Passaredo Transportes Aéreos · Puma Air · Rico Linhas Aéreas · TEAM · TRIP Linhas Aéreas · WebJet Linhas Aéreas Int'l and Domestic Gol Transportes Aéreos · META · OceanAir · TAF Linhas Aéreas · TAM Airlines · Varig Cargo Only ABSA · BETA Cargo · Skymaster Airlines · Transportes Charter do Brasil · Varig Logística Defunct/Grounded ATA Brasil · BRA Transportes Aéreos · Brasmex · Fly Linhas Aéreas · Nordeste Linhas Aéreas Regionais · Panair do Brasil · PENTA · Promodal Transportes Aéreos · Rio Sul Serviços Aéreos Regionais · Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul · Tavaj Linhas Aéreas · Transbrasil · Total Linhas Aéreas · VASP

v • d • e Transportation in South America Sovereign states Argentina · Bolivia · Brazil · Chile · Colombia · Ecuador · Guyana · Panama1 · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago1 · Uruguay · Venezuela Dependencies Aruba1 / Netherlands Antilles1 (Netherlands) · Falkland Islands / South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK) 2 / French Guiana (France) 1 Territories also in or commonly reckoned elsewhere in the Americas (North America and/or Central America).  2 Territories also in or commonly reckoned to be in Antarctica.