Salvador Metro

12°58′59″S 38°29′34″W / 12.98306°S 38.49278°W / -12.98306; -38.49278

Salvador Metro
A train on the Salvador Metro.
Overview
Native nameMetrô de Salvador,
Metrô Bahia
LocaleSalvador, Bahia, Brazil
Transit typeRapid transit
Number of lines2
Line number2
Number of stations20
WebsiteCCR Metrô Bahia (in Portuguese)
Operation
Began operation2014
Number of vehicles45
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification3,000 V overhead lines

The Salvador Metro (Brazilian Portuguese: Metrô de Salvador, commonly called Metrô or Sistema Metropolitano Salvador-Lauro de Freitas) is a rapid transit system serving Salvador city, the state capital of Bahia and the fifth largest city in Brazil. The current system is 38 km (23.6 mi) long and has twenty two stations, which began partial public service on June 11, 2014. The system also has a station at the Salvador Bahia Airport in Lauro de Freitas. It is operated by CCR METRÔ BAHIA Company.

Additionally, Salvador was served by a 14-kilometre (8.7 mi) 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge railway line known as the Suburban Line (Calçada-Paripe) that does not connect with the Metro. This suburban line will soon become an LRT line integrated to the 38 km (23.6 mi) of the Metro of Salvador.

The construction of the SMSL was carried out in an expansion divided in six stages that integrated the traditional center of the city to Pirajá (and later, in 2023, Campinas and the district of Águas Claras) and to the neighboring municipality of Lauro de Freitas through Line 1 and Line 2 respectively, totaling 38 kilometers and 22 stations.

The Metro encounters with other transport systems such as: The Salvador BRT a Bus rapid transit system which shares the Lapa station with the Metro, and the 36.4 km and 34 Station LRT Line which is currently being built to replace the Suburb train and extend it and is predicted to be concluded by 12th of August 2028 and will encounter the Metro at stations in Águas Claras and Bairro da Paz.