Latin America News

Latest news and developments from Latin America region

• VWCO delivers buses in Vitória, Brazil

  August 18, 2021
  Brazil-based Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus (VWCO) has delivered a fleet of 146 buses to be deployed in Vitória, a city in southeast Brazil.

• CAF to fund Sao Paulo Metro Line 2 extension, Brazil

  August 12, 2021
  CAF – Development Bank of Latin America has approved plans to provide USD550 million in funding for developing an extension of Line 2 of the São Paulo Metro network.

• Bus fleet expanded in Cordoba, Argentina

  August 10, 2021
  A fleet of 30 buses supplied by Mercedes Benz has been deployed in Córdoba, a city in central Argentina.

• New operator to be appointed for buses in Itajai, Brazil

  August 6, 2021
  The city government of Itajaí/ Município de Itajaí has invited proposals to appoint a new operator for buses in the city.

• Bus fleets expanded in Cuiabá and Sao Paulo, Brazil

  August 4, 2021
  New buses have been added to fleets in Cuiabá, the capital of Mato Grosso state, and in Sao Paulo.

• MTT invites bids to supply electric buses in Valparaiso, Chile

  August 3, 2021
  Chile’s Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications/ Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones (MTT) has invited bids to supply 35 electric buses to be deployed in Valparaíso, one of the largest cities in the country.

• Consultancy contract signed for Bogota Metro Line 2, Colombia

  July 30, 2021
  Unión Temporal MOVIUS - UT Movilidad Urbana Sostenible—a group comprising Garrigues Colombia SAS, Brigard & Urrutia Abogados, KPMG Advisory Tax & Legal SAS, Bonus Banca de Inversión SAS, Systra SA, and Ingetec Ingeniería y Diseño—has secured a contract to provide consultancy services for the Bogota Metro Line 2 project.

• Bank cards and smartphones to be deployed on public transport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  July 22, 2021
  The city government of Rio de Janeiro has announced plans to deploy smartphones and bank cards as fare media on the public transport network as well as on public bikes.

• Works of Sao Paulo Metro Line 4 Phase 2 completed, Brazil

  July 21, 2021
  A consortium of Spain-based COMSA Corporación and Brazil-based Tiisa Infraestrutura e Investimentos has concluded the works of Phase 2 of Line 4 of Sao Paulo Metro.

• Trolleybus network to be expanded in Mexico City, Mexico

  July 21, 2021
  The Government of Mexico City has announced plans to develop an elevated trolleybus line connecting Mexico City with Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias (Chalco), a city in the Federal District of Mexico.

• Contracts signed for supply of buses in Santiago, Chile

  July 21, 2021
  Chile’s Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications/ Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones (MTT) has signed agreements with Mercedes Benz, Volvo, Scania, Foton, and BYD to supply up to 2,030 clean buses.

• Alstom to supply trains for CPTM Lines 8 and 9, Brazil

  July 20, 2021
  France-based Alstom has secured a contract to supply 36 eight-car trains for Lines 8 and 9 of the Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) network.

• Operator to be appointed for buses in Jacupiranga, Brazil

  July 15, 2021
  The city government of Jacupiranga/ Prefeitura Municipal de Jacupiranga has invited proposals to operate buses on the public–private partnership (PPP) mode.

• Rail projects announced for Bogota, Colombia [free access]

  July 14, 2021
  The governments of Colombia and Cundinamarca (a department), in collaboration with the city government of Bogota, have announced plans to execute key public transport infrastructure projects in Bogota by 2035.

• Environmental impact study of Santiago Metro Line 7 approved, Chile

  July 13, 2021
  The Environmental Assessment Commission/ Comisión de Evaluación Ambiental has approved the environmental impact study of Line 7 of the Santiago Metro network.

• Banobras to fund Mayan Train Section 1, Mexico

  July 8, 2021
  Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Públicos (Banobras), a Mexico-based development bank, has announced plans to provide funding for the Mayan Train Project.

• Mexico’s SCT to conduct studies to expand suburban rail network in Coahuila

  July 4, 2021
  Mexico’s Secretariat of Communications and Transport/ Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) has announced plans to conduct six pre-investment studies to expand the suburban rail network in Coahuila state by 54 km.

• Banobras to fund Mayan Train Project, Mexico

  June 30, 2021
  Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Públicos (Banobras), a Mexico-based development bank, has announced plans to provide funding for the Mayan Train Project.

• Alignment of Bogota Metro Line 2 finalised, Colombia

  June 30, 2021
  The alignment of Line 2 of the Bogota Metro network has been finalised.

• Concession agreement signed for CPTM Lines 8 and 9, Brazil

  June 30, 2021
  ViaMobilidade, a consortium of Brazil-based CCR and RuasInvest, has signed the concession agreement for Lines 8 and 9 of the Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) network.