BRAZIL RAILROADS

RR NOTES:

NORTE-SUL COMPLETED!
FICO rails: 1,800 tons are delivered to the construction site in Mara Rosa (GO). Material for the construction of the railroad traveled from the Port of Itaqui (MA) by the North-South Railroad.
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Currently, the Brazilian railroad network is composed of 13 lines operating in cargo transportation and is 29,165 km long, according to notes by the National Land Transport Agency (ANTT). In day-to-day transport of people, there are 1,411 km of railroad network, totaling 30,576 km with the sum of the two networks.
Brazilian railroad operator Ferrovia Centro-Atlantica (FCA) owns 500 locomotives and more than 12,000 rail wagons. FCA services connect southeastern, northeastern and central-west Brazil, linking 316 municipalities in seven states (Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sergipe, Goiás, Bahia and São Paulo) and the federal district.

updated: Jan 2023

Centro-Oeste-FICO: 1.641 km
Norte-Sul: 2.257 km
Oeste-Leste-FIOL: 1.527 km

A survey by Ilos (Instituto de Logistica e Supply Chain) shows that 19.49% of all cargo in Brazil, in 2010, was transported via trains, against 19.90% in 2008.

Brazil ranks #10 in World Railroads by total rail network.

These are several railroad projects on the table for coming years, which when completed will greatly improve logistics for the States of Goiás, Mato Grosso and MaToPiBa Region.

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