Latin America News

Latest news and developments from Latin America region

• Bidders shortlisted for Campinas ARL, Brazil

  June 15, 2021
  The city government of Campinas/ Prefeitura de Campinas has shortlisted three bidders to conduct studies to develop an airport rail link (ARL) connecting Viracopos International Airport with Pátio Ferroviário de Campinas.

• Temuco–Padre Las Casas rail project announced; electric buses deployed in Temuco, Chile

  June 10, 2021
  Chile’s Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications/ Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones (MTT) and the State Railways Company/ Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE) have announced plans to develop a rail line connecting Temuco with Padre Las Casas, cities in Araucanía Region.

• Tunnelling works of Santiago Metro Line 2 extension conclude, Chile

  June 9, 2021
  The construction of a tunnel connecting El Bosque and the Vicuña Mackenna construction shaft has been completed, thus marking the conclusion of tunnelling works of the extension of Line 2 of Santiago Metro.

• Funds allocated for Salvador BRT, Brazil

  June 2, 2021
  The Government of Brazil and Caixa Econômica Federal (a Government of Brazil-owned financial services company) have allocated BRL215.20 million for the construction of Section Two of a bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Salvador.

• Proposals received to design tunnel of Panama Metro Line 3

  June 2, 2021
  Metro de Panama has received four proposals to design a 5.3-km-long tunnel of Line 3 of the metro network.

• Bids received for construction of Mexico–Toluca Interurban Train Vasco De Quiroga station declared void, Mexico

  May 31, 2021
  Mexico’s Secretariat of Communications and Transport/ Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) has declared the bids received for the construction of the Vasco De Quiroga station of Mexico–Toluca Interurban Train void.

• Contract awarded for supply of rolling stock of Mayan Train, Mexico

  May 26, 2021
  A consortium of Bombardier Transportation México, Alstom Transport México, Gami Ingeniería e Instalaciones, Construcciones Urales, and Construcciones Urales Procesos Industriales has secured a contract from Mexico’s National Tourism Promotion Fund/ Fondo Nacional de Fomento al Turismo (FONATUR) for the supply of rolling stock of Mayan Train, an upcoming passenger rail line in south-eastern Mexico.

• Electric buses to be deployed in Arica, Chile

  May 26, 2021
  Chile’s Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications/ Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones (MTT) has announced plans to deploy 170 electric buses in Arica, the largest city in Arica y Parinacota Region.

• Caio Induscar delivers 63 buses in Cuiaba, Brazil

  May 25, 2021
  Brazil-based Caio Induscar has delivered a fleet of 63 buses in Cuiabá, the capital of Mato Grosso state.

• Feasibility study for Asuncion–Ypacarai LRT project completed, Paraguay

  May 19, 2021
  Korea Overseas Infrastructure & Urban Development Company (KIND), an agency under South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT), has submitted the feasibility report on developing a light rail transit (LRT) system connecting Asunción and Ypacaraí.

• Smartcards and bankcards deployed on Transmetro, Guatemala

  May 17, 2021
  The government of Guatemala City has launched contactless smartcards for Transmetro, the bus rapid transit (BRT) network of the city.

• Electric bus trial begins in Ribeirao Preto, Brazil

  May 13, 2021
  The city government of Ribeirão Preto has commenced the trial of an electric bus.

• Cuiaba BRT project approved, Brazil

  May 12, 2021
  The Deliberative Council of the Cuiabá River Valley/ Conselho Deliberativo Metropolitano do Vale do Rio Cuiabá (Codem) has approved plans to replace the Cuiaba light rail transit (LRT)/ Veículo Leve Sobre Trilhos (VLT) project with a bus rapid transit (BRT) project.

• King Long delivers 166 buses in Guadalajara, Mexico

  May 10, 2021
  China-based King Long has delivered a fleet of 166 buses fuelled by compressed natural gas (CNG).

• FONATUR receives bids for rolling stock of Mayan Train, Mexico [free access]

  May 8, 2021
  Mexico’s National Tourism Promotion Fund/ Fondo Nacional de Fomento al Turismo (FONATUR) has received two bids for the supply of rolling stock of Mayan Train, an upcoming passenger rail line in south-eastern Mexico.

• Metro de Madrid to provide assistance for Lima Metro expansion, Peru

  May 8, 2021
  Metro de Madrid has announced plans to provide advisory and technical assistance services for the expansion of the Lima Metro network till 2032.

• Siemens Mobility to install CBTC system on Salvador Metro Line 1 extension, Brazil

  May 6, 2021
  Germany-based Siemens Mobility has secured a contract from Companhia de Transportes do Estado da Bahia to install a communications-based train control (CBTC) system on an extension of the Salvador Metro network.

• Scania CNG buses deployed on TransMilenio, Colombia

  May 5, 2021
  A fleet of 562 bi-articulated buses manufactured by Sweden-based Scania has been deployed on TransMilenio, a bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Bogota, Colombia.

• World Bank to fund Mitre Line modernisation, Argentina [free access]

  May 4, 2021
  The World Bank, through the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), has approved plans to provide USD347 million to the Government of Argentina for the modernisation of Mitre Line, a commuter rail line in Buenos Aires.

• Volvo Buses tests its first electric bus in Mexico

  April 29, 2021
  Volvo Buses is testing the Volvo 7900 Electric bus, its first electric bus, in Mexico City.