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Sao Paulo's new monorail: too late for the World Cup?

Sorry for my comment but I???m forced to make corrections to this article as it contains at least two relevant inaccuracies:

1. The mentioned project is definitely not the first monorail in the city of S??o Paulo, the first is the Expresso Tiradentes project, a 24-km, 17 station monorail line connecting the S??o Paulo city centre with the Tiradentes neighbor town, a project already under construction, with a first stretch scheduled to open at the end of 2012.
Please find all information in the hereunder link:
http://www.bombardier.com/en/corporate/media-centre/press-releases/details?docID=0901260d80132655

2. The photo used to illustrate the article is certainly not related with the project there described. Again, it relates to the Expresso Tiradentes project and shows the Bombardier built INNOVIA Monorail 300 vehicle, a monorail solution with capacity to carry over 1000 passengers per train, a truly high-capacity Monorail.

For any further clarification please don???t hesitate to contact me:
Luis Ramos, Communications, Bombardier Transportation
luis.ramos@pt.transport.bombardier.com

Thanks for your comment, but I'll have to push back on your claims. I did not say in this post that it was the first monorail in Brazil -- rather, I wrote that it was the first one to connect the airport to the city's subway system. Looking over the post, though, I can see how you may have inferred that, so I updated the language to make the meaning of that sentence crystal clear.

Further, the caption at the bottom of the post indicates that the illustrations are of a similar system also under construction in the city -- the one by your company. We decided to use these images to illustrate the concept because no sufficient renderings exist of the newer system in question.

Thanks,
Channtal

As a United States American - Brazil is always a great place to visit.

Sao Paulo's Metro Line 17 (Gold) Monorail is set to be completed in 2014, possibily after the World Cup, its true.

But that isnt really an issue, because the line is set to be completed in three phases. Each phase will be operational as soon as its completed:

Phase 1: Congonhas Airport - Sao Judas Station (Line 1 Blue Subway). 3,8 km, two stations, set to be completed in the end of 2011, early 2012.

Phase 2: 10,8 km, 12 stations, from Sao Judas Station until Morumbi Station(Line 9 Emerald (CTPM)) and Jabaquara (Line 1 Blue subway). To be completed in late 2012, early 2013

Phase 3: 6,9 km, 6 stations. From operation to So Paulo/Morumbi station (Line 4 Yellow subway)

As you can see, by early 2012 the most important aspect of the line, which is the connection of Congonhas Airport to the subway system will already be completed.

The connection to Morumbi Stadium is irrelevant, since the Stadium wont be part of the World Cup 2014.


ps: had to edit my post because your website apparently doesnt accept accents and tils, like the ~ over the A in sAo paulo and sAo judas.

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