Sao Paulo Metro Line 5 Project

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The objective of the Sao Paulo Metro Line 5 Project for Brazil is to improve the mobility of public transport users in the Capao Redondo-Largo Treze Chacara Klabin corridor in a cost-efficient and environmentally-friendly manner. The components of the project include: extending the existing Line 5 by approximately 12 km from the southwest of the city to the expanded center by 2013 and will be co-financed by the State of Sao Paulo, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), and the Inter American Development Bank (IADB). The state will fully finance all the civil works and permanent way as well as its project management and supervision. IADB will finance in full the modernization of 8 trains which already operate in the existing line 5 and will partially finance with the state the energy supply, the telecommunications and control system, the auxiliary systems and the low-income population impact studies for a total of US$481 million. The IBRD will finance the acquisition and supervision of delivery and implementation of 26 new trains, the Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) signaling system and platform screen doors and climate change related studies for a total of US$650.4 million. After the extension, the line will consist of a 20.1 km metro line going from Capdo Redondo station to Chcicara Klabin station and including the 15 intermediate stations.