Latin America News

Latest news and developments from Latin America region

• Metrorrey awards contract for LRT fleet refurbishment, Mexico [free access]

  October 14, 2019
  Metrorrey, the operator of light rail transit (LRT) in Monterrey, has awarded a EUR40 million contract to a consortium of Germany-based Talbot Services GmbH, Prose AG, and Schaltbau Refurbishment GmbH for refurbishment of 24 40-year-old trains.

• Volvo to supply 129 buses in Mexico City, Mexico

  October 11, 2019
  Sweden-based Volvo Buses has secured a contract from Red de Transporte de Pasajeros (RTP)/ Passenger Transport Network to supply 129 B8R buses for public transportation in Mexico City.

• BYD launches electric bus pilot in San Jose, Costa Rica

  October 10, 2019
  China-based BYD has launched an electric bus pilot in partnership with BYD’s local dealership, the Office of the First Lady of the Republic, the Costa Rican Energy Institute (ICE), the National Force and Light Company (CNFL), and the University of Costa Rica (UCR) in the city of San Jose, Costa Rica.

• Sao Paulo State signs loan with CAF for Monorail Line 17, Brazil

  October 7, 2019
  The state government of São Paulo has signed a USD296 million loan agreement with Corporacion Andina de Fomento-Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina (CAF), development bank of Latin America, to complete the first section of the São Paulo Monorail Line 17 (Gold Line).

• JTP Transportes begins operating public transportation in Embu das Artes, Brazil

  October 7, 2019
  Brazil-based JTP Transportes has commenced operations on municipal public transportation in Embu das Artes, São Paulo, as well as taken delivery of 20 New Mega buses from Brazil-based Neobus.

• Viacao Gatusa buys Volkswagen buses, Brazil

  October 6, 2019
  Viação Gatusa, a public transport service provider in São Paulo, has purchased 39 low-floor buses from Volkswagen Dibracam (a Volkswagen trucks and bus dealer), many of which have already been delivered to the operator.

• Financial offers presented for Bogotá Metro Line 1, Colombia

  October 4, 2019
  Two of the five consortiums that participated in the bidding process have submitted their financial offers to Empresa Metro de Bogotá for the construction and operation of the Bogotá Metro Line 1.

• Araras equips bus fleet with facial biometric system, Brazil [free access]

  October 4, 2019
  The municipality of Araras, in the state of Sao Paulo, has announced plans to equip its entire bus fleet with facial biometrics systems by the end of this week to identify fraudulent use of the service by passengers who enjoy fare discounts.

• Ministry of Regional Development to finance 120 buses in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  September 27, 2019
  The National Secretariat of Urban Mobility of Brazil’s Ministry of Regional Development has announced plans to allocate BRL45.1 million to Transportes Barra, Viação Redentor and Transportes Futuro for the acquisition of 120 buses to be deployed in Rio de Janeiro.

• Busscar delivers eight buses to EUCATUR, Brazil

  September 27, 2019
  Brazil-based Busscar has delivered eight Vissta Buss DD buses to Empresa União Cascavel de Transportes e Turismo Ltda (EUCATUR), a public transport operator in Brazil.

• Caio delivers 20 buses in Pernambuco, Brazil

  September 25, 2019
  Brazil-based Caio Induscar has delivered 20 Apache Vip da Caiobuses to MobiBrasil, a bus operator in the states of Pernambuco and São Paulo for deployment in the metropolitan region of Recife.

• Pernambuco partners with MobiBrasil and BYD for electric bus pilot, Brazil

  September 24, 2019
  The State Government of Pernambuco has entered into a partnership with Brazil-based MobiBrasil and China-based BYD to conduct an electric bus pilot in the Recife Metropolitan Region.

• Lima-Ica commuter rail to be constructed on PPP basis, Peru

  September 23, 2019
  Peru’s Ministry of Transport and Communications has announced plans to carry out construction of the 323.7 km-long Tren de Cercanías Lima–Ica on a public private partnership (PPP) basis.

• Metra to launch on-demand services in Sao Paulo, Brazil

  September 20, 2019
  Metra, the concessionaire of the ABD bus and trolleybus corridor, has announced plans to launch its mobile application (app), UBus, which provides on-demand services to passengers.

• MPPT deploys new Metropolis train, Venezuela

  September 16, 2019
  Venezuela’s Ministry of Popular Power for Transportation (MPPT) has deployed a new Alstom Metropolis train on the Metro Los Teques Lines 1 and 2 to increase the mobilisation of and to minimise the waiting time for passengers

• Mexico train projects to receive funding for pre-investment studies

  September 14, 2019
  The Federal Government of Mexico has announced plans to invest MXN60 million in pre-investment studies of the suburban train in the Monterrey Metropolitan Area and the Guanajuato-Querétaro Metropolitan and Inter-municipal State Train.

• Tafi Viejo to present Great San Miguel de Tucumán elevated train project, Argentina

  September 14, 2019
  The Mayor of Tafi Viejo has announced plans to present the Metropolitan Elevated Train (TEM) project to the Deliberative Council of the Salí River Band.

• Sao Paulo launches contactless bank card pilot, Brazil [free access]

  September 12, 2019
  The City of São Paulo has launched a three-month-long pilot project to allow passengers to pay fares on 200 buses, operating on 12 lines, using Visa or Mastercard contactless bank cards via the approach payment technology (NFC).

• Stadler delivers LRV for Cochabamba LRT, Bolivia

  September 11, 2019
  Switzerland-based Stadler has delivered a Stadler Metilitsa light rail vehicle (LRV) for deployment on the Cochabamba light rail transit (LRT)/ MiTren system.

• Metrocali deploys 26 electric buses in Cali, Colombia

  September 10, 2019
  Metrocali has deployed 26 electric buses on 10 routes across the city of Cali.