BR Sao Paulo Trains and Signalling

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The development objective of the Sao Paulo Trains and Signaling Project for Brazil are to a) improve the level of service provided to the urban rail transport users in the Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region (SPMR) in a safe and cost-efficient manner by increasing the peak-hour and off-peak carrying capacity of Lines A and F of the Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) and Lines 1, 2, and 3 of the Sao Paulo Metro Company (Metro); and b) continue the strengthening of the transport management and policy framework in the SPMR. There are two components to the project. The first component is the infrastructure and equipment. This component plan to acquire (i) forty trains (Electrical Multiple Units -EMUs) of eight cars each and accessories for the CPTM; (ii) seventeen trains of 6 cars each and accessories for the Metro; (iii) signaling , telecom and electrical related equipment and associated infrastructure for the CPTM; (iv) signaling and telecom equipment and associated infrastructure for the metro. This component accounts for about 97 percent of the total project cost, of which the train acquisition alone represents about 75 percent of the total project cost. The second component is the institutional and policy development which consists of : (a) consolidation of the Regional Transport Coordination Commission (CDTI); (b) updating of the integrated transport policy, land use, and air quality management strategy Integrated Urban Transport Project (PITU) to meet both transport and air quality targets and introduce sound cost-recovery, tariff, regulatory and subsidy policies; (c) preparation of an action plan to review the funding of the urban transport system in view of the adoption of the Bilhete-Unico-Integrado (BUI); and (d) project management and supervision. This component represents about 3 percent of the total project cost.