Testing begins on Salvador Metro Line 2

Construction of the second phase of the metro network in the Brazilian city of Salvador (Metrô de Salvador, commonly called Metrô) reached a milestone on Sept. 29 with the start of dynamic testing on east-west Line 2.

The first test runs took place on the 0.93-mile section between Detran and Rodoviária and the western end of the 15-mile line, which links an interchange with Line 1 at Accesso Norte with Deputado Luis Eduardo Magalhães airport and Lauro de Freitas Avenue.

Construction began on Line 2 in February 2015, and according to the state government the project is now 69% complete. Revenye services are expected to begin on the western section between Accesso Norte and Rodoviária by the end of this year, with the remainder of the line due to open in the second of half of next year.

Line 2 is being built as part of the Phase 2 expansion of the Salvador metro under a Reais 4 billion (US$1.23 billion) build-operate concession awarded to Brazilian infrastructure concessionaire Grupo CCR in October 2013.