Guarulhos–São Paulo Metropolitan Corridor

Guarulhos–São Paulo Metropolitan Corridor is a 12.3 km (7.6 mi) long bus corridor, with 3 bus terminals and 19 bus stops. When concluded, it will be 20 km (12 mi) long, with 5 bus terminals, and will attend approximately 100,000 daily passengers.^[1]

Guarulhos–São Paulo Metropolitan Corridor
Vila Galvão Metropolitan Terminal
Overview
Owner	EMTU
Locale	São Paulo Guarulhos
Transit type	Bus rapid transit
Number of stations	22
Daily ridership	100,000 passengers
Website	www.metra.com.br
Operation
Began operation	2013 July 3; 12 years ago (3-07-2013)
Operator(s)	Metra
Technical
System length	12.3 km (7.6 mi)
Top speed	50 km/h (31 mph)
System map Legend São João Bus Terminal ↑ In project Taboão Metropolitan Terminal Albert Leimer Rodoviária Fórum CECAP Metropolitan Terminal São Roque Tancredo Neves José Campanella Antônio de Souza Padre Celestino ↓ In project IV Centenário Vila Moreira Antonio Iervolino Vila Sorocabana Vila Endres Bus Terminal Tiquatira Bus Terminal ↓ Operational Vila Augusta Stella Maris Cônego Valadão Emílio Ribas Torres Tibagy Esporte Clube Júlio Prestes Vila Milton João Alvares Timóteo Penteado Santos Dumont Vila Galvão Metropolitan Terminal Guarulhos São Paulo Sector with shared traffic Tucuruvi Bus Terminal

History

The first projects of bus corridors to Guarulhos were made in the 1980s by EMTU, with the objective of connecting Line 1 - Blue with Guarulhos. In the beginning of the 2000s, the project TEU (Urban Express Transport) was launched, which predicted the connection of Tucuruvi, Vila Galvão, Vila Endres, Taboão and International Airport.^[2] Besides being included in the Urban Transports Integrated Plan (PITU), the project was paralyzed for years because of lack of funds until being divided in 5 phases:^[3]

• Phase I - Taboão-CECAP
• Phase II - CECAP-Vila Galvão
• Phase III - Vila Endres-Penha (Tiquatira)
• Phase IV - Vila Galvão-Tucuruvi
• Phase V - Taboão-São João

Currently, only Phases I and IV are concluded, while Phase II is partially concluded. Phase III is paralyzed due to negotiations with the Prefecture of Guarulhos and Phase V is in project.^[4][5]