Teresina Metro
The Teresina Metro in Teresina, the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Piauí, is a diesel commuter rail line operated by CMTP. It is long with a daily ridership of about 12,000.
History
The Teresina Metro was inaugurated on 15 August 1989, with the objective of establishing a high-capacity transport for the urban agglomeration of Teresina. The works were initiated at the end of 1989.To reduce costs of the system, the project uses the existing metre gauge rail line, which travels through Teresina. It was placed into a cut in the centre of the city, to reduce interference with road traffic. It adopted diesel train-sets sponsored by RFFSA, who covered the stretch between Porto Alegre and Uruguayana, which has the metre gauge track.
Line 1 entered into trial operation in November 1990, and was launched commercially on 5 June 1991.
A new station under construction in the city centre was supposed to increase usage to 20,000 passengers daily since none of the other stations are in the center of the city nor do they have bus terminals at their stations. After the inauguration of the Engenheiro Alberto Tavares Silva/Bandeira station, daily ridership only increased to 8,000 in 2013. In comparison, the city bus system handles about 225,000 daily passengers.
The Teresina Metro has plans to expand since it currently serves no major shopping center, the local soccer stadium, bus station or airport.
Operations
System characteristics
The system consists of a total length of. Eight stations formed mostly by surface track. Diesel trains are running on a single track line with meter gauge, traveling at an average speed of. One of the train sets has been completely modernised in 2006.Line
| Line | Terminals | Inauguration | Length | Stations | Length of trips | Operation |
| 1 | Itararé ↔ Engenheiro Alberto Silva | 5 June 1991 | 13.5 km | 9 | 30 | Monday-Friday, 6:00-19:00 hrs |