The Busiest Subway in the World? | São Paulo Metro, Brazil

[@RMTransit]

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[@geraldocjunior]

Congrats on this vídeo!

[@joaobueno9389]

is this a remade video i remember you did an older video right?, anyways great video!

[@Rinan232]

Fun fact: Line 15 (Monorail) only had 2 stations when it was created in 2014, but it is currently expanding, by 2025 the line will have 13 stations. Another fact is that this is the line that suffers the most failures on the city's railway network.

[@grandeZ45]

Eu não entendi nada, mas acho que você estava falando bem do metro.

[@Rinan232]

@@grandeZ45 Curiosidade: a Linha 15 (Monotrilho) tinha apenas 2 estações quando foi criada em 2014, mas atualmente está em expansão, até 2025 a linha terá 13 estações. Outro fato é que esta é a linha que mais sofre falhas na malha ferroviária da cidade.

[@smokingsnake8276]

It's so weird seeing the stations and trains I use everyday in a foreign video, I can recognize every inch of a few of those shots

[@kaetanoricardo]

I myself have experienced subway services in Boston and NYC. That said, I can comfortably assure that my hometown, São Paulo, has a great example to set for other urban areas when it comes to availability, technology, tidiness, and cleanliness. Definitely underrated. Something to feel proud of.

[@alexmarsh4226]

Como vc aprendeu inglês mano?

[@SpilledMug]

@@alexmarsh4226 ué, tem como aprender de várias maneiras, vendo vídeos, jogando jogos, fazendo aulas

[@ggaaah9082]

@@alexmarsh4226 ele morou nos eua

[@ripdib]

Stop the cap dawggg that ish stank

[@emanuel3617]

@@alexmarsh4226 não sei ele, mas eu aprendi usando Duolingo, Anki, KZbin e com meus amigos gringos. Espero ter te ajudado 👍

[@Xyqyn]

I feel honored as an engineer who have been working at São Paulo Metro for the last 14 years (lines 1, 2, 3 4, 5 and 15). Thanks for the video my friend!

[@Mgevz]

Well, congrats but the company needs to do better. CPTM still have a lot to improve, specially when it rains. It's total chaos with power going down and most of the time AC not working on proper hot days. But other than that it works perfectly, Sao Paulo is basically a swiss cheese when it comes to the subway stations, you cross from one side to another using public transportation easily instead of facing hours on a huge traffic on the roads.

[@exmundi]

@@Mgevz Well, if the power goes down the problem wouldn't be of the electricity company?

[@piorouvintedovaldir]

Obrigado pelo monotrilho, tem ajudado pra caralho desde 2018

[@Mgevz]

@@exmundi I meant: when the power goes down only at the train line. They say the power is down on lines: "x y and z" and they're working to repair. Not when the power goes down in the entire neighborhood or smt like that.

[@ViniMaster01]

Vlw pelo monotrilho meu mano, vc salvou mto meu job

[@desanipt]

Well, Brazil has some interesting urban railway networks. But it is absurdly lacking on intercity/regional rail

[@ianhomerpura8937]

Mainly because the once vast national railway network was privatized and divided among numerous companies, as was the trend in the neoliberal 90s. Biggest mistake.

[@sohopedeco]

@@vagligeiro *worst error yet (probably)

[@RMTransit]

I hope to see that change in the next several decades!

[@msmvini8823]

cptm is planning to expand the intercity system a lot in the following decades, with a line to campinas on the way (supposedly opening next year) and all the way to ribeirao preto planned to open by 2030

[@ronshiiron8346]

it's starting to change with a project under private-public partnership to link São Paulo to Campinas. But don't expect much investment in the next decade cause Brazil is still under a severe financial crisis, despite some propaganda from the current government.

[@Fey418]

Things I like about Sao Paulo Metro system: 1- Cleanliness. 2- 5min. wait time between trains. 3- single fare price no matter how far you travel. 4- improving service availability by extending the lines farther. Things it needs to improve: 1- Fix the IC card recharge machines which are broken in many stations. 2- Integrate with private companies to build more shops and recreational facilities on its stations like in Japan. 3- A true "ring" rail line running the downtown perimeter connecting many lines, just like the Moscow metro. 4- Desperate need to improve / overhaul the CPTM over the ground lines. Many trains have wrong destination signs! Not to mention wrong radio announcement! 5- Make decent integration of Metro with airports. Carrying your luggage 100 meters to 300 meters from the station to the terminal shows lack of urban planners and mayor competence.

[@A556CPTM]

5min wait time between trains only in CPTM and ViaMobilidade, CMSP lines it's like 1-2min

[@theusdependente]

The main problem is still overcrowding, Grajau and Santo amaro need more acsses plataforms

[@Bruh-el9js]

It's not clean at all lmao

[@GLOBOCETA]

@@Bruh-el9js I take the coral and blue line twice a week and it is generally very clean, I always see cleaners taking out the trash at the end of the line, trains are in pretty good shape (except for grafiti scraped from the windows wich can't really be cleaned)

[@Bruh-el9js]

@@GLOBOCETA I take the blue line daily, at least from Tucuruvi to São Joaquim it's everything but clean. There are cleaners indeed, and they're always doing their best, but there's always that characteristic stench, and the bars are always oily and sticky. I clean my hands with alcohol every time I leave the station.

[@fernbedek6302]

Largest metro in the western hemisphere and with such a cool range of urban environments… but it doesn’t get enough love.

[@PURPLEBUTTERFLY1010]

Western hemisphere is goody

[@BLACKSTA361]

Idk about that😂😂 Check the numbers again

[@fernbedek6302]

@@BLACKSTA361 Well, neck and neck with Mexico City, but the most estimates put it ahead by a little bit. Both are ~22 million. (Definitely ahead of 3rd place New York with ~20 million.)

[@lucadipaolo1997]

@@BLACKSTA361 I think they meant metro population, not metro system.

[@sohopedeco]

​@@BLACKSTA361Yeah, metropolitan population makes more sense. I think the São Paulo subway is still smaller than New York, Mexico City, and Santiago.

[@guilhermesoares8815]

I also would like to point out how clean and organized the metro system is. The AC always works, sometimes almost to the point of being uncomfortably cold, something I missed in Swiss trains when I moved here.

[@tube.brasil]

Dont get me started about the ovens in New York city.

[@MrDibara]

​@@tube.brasil _Can you fry eggs in one of those?_ 😏 Sorry. But really, has it NOT improved over the past two decades?

[@BionicPoodle]

@@MrDibara NY just got their first modern trains, and it's on just 1 line.

[@A556CPTM]

​​@@tube.brasilHere in Brazil we have some old trains that don't have AC (E Fleet) Frota E in portuguese.

[@pedrodsleao]

Fun fact: in São Paulo, the subway lines are named after colors like Red, Blue, and Lilac, while the suburban rail lines are named after precious stones like Emerald, Ruby, and Diamond. Interestingly, the monorail system was originally planned to have lines named after medal's minerals, Gold, Silver and Bronze. However, the Gold line, slated for completion in 2013, is still under construction due to delays and contract disputes. Additionally, the Bronze line was transformed into an Autonomous Rapid Transit system, known as "BRT" in Brazil.

[@GabrielLuisLopes-qg6or]

@@pedrodsleao você é do Brasil ?

[@transitspace4366]

Latin American public transit is so underrated, you can really feel the European influence over there with things like system layout, automated trains, PSDs, modern European tramways, sometimes rubber-tyred trains etc. Actually, they were initially planned alongside Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian agencies. And they don’t have the cost issue we have in North America, so they are expanding rapidly like their European counterparts.

[@RMTransit]

They do have the same cost issue in most countries but, not Chile! I would actually say the systems feel "international" some elements from Europe but also from Asia!

[@The4905]

Yes……. But what annoys me is EVERYONE overlooks the fact that Latin American intercity transport sucks! Where a Rio-Sao Paulo HSR? Or Mexico City to Monterey? That’s what’s missing!

[@bumble.bee22]

​@@The4905.

[@ximira4089]

Rio - São Paulo services were shut down in 1998, after privatization. They ran on the legacy meter gauge railway, so it took 8 hours for the entire journey, 2 hours longer than by car. The main problem with HSR in this region is terrain, there's about 800 meters of elevation between Rio and São Paulo, any project like this would require an immense amount of tunnels and viaducts. And we don't have the money and enough interest for this

[@The4905]

@@ximira4089 and that’s the problem. I know Latin American transport is good to a certain extent but I cannot stand its praise and comparison to places like Tokyo in these videos when in reality these places have way worse transit.

Something I need to share as a foreigner temporarily living in São Paulo. Activism towards public transit and public spaces is STRONG here. People really state their demands, and without such activism very few things would have been done.

[@heart_break1]

The "activism" you speak of only exists because those people need to get to work. If they could avoid using the public transportation systems they would in a heartbeat and they would also turn their back because it wouldn't be their problem.

[@JeffersonSoaresSP]

@AndresCevallosS, Exactly!

[@henriquealexandre727]

@@heart_break1 He said little but said nonsense, the train/metro needs more expansion and needs to be increasingly popular, a country without this type of transport is horrible.

[@sweetheartsz]

​@@heart_break1not true, my dad has a perfectly functioning car but he still rather take the subway and the bus

[@tommytalks77]

YOu got that right! And the activism is ever more needed to keep the public services the way we have it, as the new far-right movement, which is açlso present in Brazil, is constantly working against the good of people in favor of higher profits for billionaires.

[@camilamoura3651]

I was born and raised in Sao Paulo, I have literally taken all of these train/metro lines at some point in life but still sat in awe through the entire video 'cause, living it daily, we don't fully get how incredible this whole system is. Of course, there's lots to be done, but still, we cannot deny the metro (especially) and CPTM are the most reliable type of transportation we have in the city today + it's always so clean and neat, we almost forget the rest of the city isn't lol

[@vcostaval]

i think people dont usually realize what a monster this city and its transit systems are, normally people focus on north america, europe and asia, and if latin america is ever mentioned in transit discussions its cdmx and bogota i think the bus network in São Paulo is also really impressive and criminally underrated, even by its residents. it doesnt have extensive brt systems like bogota or mexico city, but i really like how it is organized in several lower capacity corridors instead of a few full-brt lines, compensating the lower capacity by redundancy and capilarity, which also makes sense if you think about how polycentric the city is (something LA could perhaps take some notes on). and the ridiculous amount of people the busses move everyday in this city put to shame many metro systems around the world... its currently slow to electrify though, but the city has already approved a law prohibiting buying any new diesel busses, and with its fleet being obligated to be newer than 15 years, soon it will be fully electrified - and we're talking thousands of busses here

[@williami7]

15 mil onibus. E a maior frota do mundo

[@elias172f]

Uma correção: a frota de onibus da cidade de São Paulo (administrada pela SPTrans) nao pode passar dos 10 anos. Alguns exemplos: Os micro onibus de modelo Ibrava Apollo que foram retirados com 8/9/10 anos de serviço. Os onibus padron de modelo Caio Millennium III que estão sendo retirados de circulação com 9/10/11 anos de uso. Os biarticulados de modelo Caio Top Bus foram retirados com seus 10 anos de uso em 2018/19. Os Articulados de modelo Caio Mondego estão sendo retirados com alguns já com 11 anos de uso. Os onibus básicos de modelo Caio Apache Vip II que foram retirados com seus 10/11/12 anos de idades e tambem o Caio Apache Vip III que já estão sendo retirados com seus 11 anos de uso. Os onibus midi de modelo Mascarello Gran Midi 2011 que já estão sendo retirados com seus 11 anos de uso. Agora os onibus da EMTU (empresa que administra o transporte da região metropolitana de São Paulo) já podem ficar mais tempo em operação (nao sei quanto tempo especificamente). Os únicos onibus que passaram desse tempo foram os Trólebus de (se eu nao me engano) modelo Torino GV que só se aposentaram em 2011/12 mas com mais de 10 anos de uso (nao sei quanto tempo especificamente).

[@vcostaval]

@@williami7 agora imagine quando começarem a tirar os 15 mil onibus a diesel e substituírem por elétricos... curioso pra ver os estudos de poluição atmosférica e sonora na cidade comparando o antes e o depois da transição

[@davdps]

@@vcostaval começou ontem com 50 ônibus, eles foram apresentados no estádio do Pacaembú. Agora, vamos ver quanto tempo vai demorar esta expansão.

[@danielmu22]

I don't see a single 10 years bus in São Paulo, the majority was selled to another citys like Rio, this law about 15 years is pratically useless.

[@vitorporto3603]

And also is very clean

[@RMTransit]

Indeed! Reminds me of Toronto!

[@TaylorSwifty69]

New York needs to take notes.

[@gigimenu]

Gente o metrô de São Paulo é integrado a CPTM, exitem estações de integração onde você passa de graça do metrô para o Trêm, então o sistema abrange praticamente toda a capital e região metropolitana, a malha ferroviária, não é tão pequena assim, como falam!

[@EnzoMiguelrosa-c9e]

tem razão

[@williamthierry5976]

Realmente não é pequeno, a questão é o que os lesados daqui chamam de "trem" o que em outros países é idêntico e chamam tudo de metrô(politano), e aqui separam metrô de trem só porque são empresas diferentes que administram, porém a velocidade dos trens são a mesma no trem ou no metrô. Trem e metrô no fim das contas é um organismo só, e não pequeno em São Paulo mesmo não, abrange várias cidades da região metropolitana. Essa trem vermelho aí da CPTM que não chamam de metrô aqui já vi o modelo dele idêntico no metrô da Polônia ou foi da Alemanha, é exatamente o mesmo veículo que aqui não é considerado metrô e lá é. Aqui tem essa mania de achar que metrô é só o que passa por baixo da terra, o que é uma definição errada. Os próprios trens da CPTM (Companhia Paulista de Transporte METROpolitano) são trens do metrô (politano)

[@rulvid]

@@williamthierry5976 é considerado metro só o que anda dentro da cidade, todo malha que roda fora da capital é chamada de trem. Veja linha 5 lilás que é os mesmo vagões do trem com pantografo e é metro. Lá fora não é diferente, Metro de Tokyo e de New York tb é assim. Provavelmente por causa desses que o nosso ficou assim.

[@Will10140]

@@rulvid Na verdade não... Metrô geralmente atende a região metropolitana da Cidade...

[@explorandocidadeseregioes]

@@rulvid O metrô irá além dos limites da capital em não muito tempo. Primeiro será a Linha 4 chegando a Taboão da Serra, depois a Linha 2 chegando a Guarulhos. Linha 19 chegará a Guarulhos também, a Linha 20 chegará ao ABC.

[@MoLe829]

I never though i would ever watch a non-national video about the subway service in Sao Paulo, wich i use every single day. in that point of view, it seems very cool.

[@robertopereira6632]

Até quem fim o mundo está descubrindo as linhas de São Paulo é uns dos melhores do mundo,eo melhor das Américas sem dúvidas pelo gigantismo da cidade

[@Lucas-hl4iv]

Melhores em que sentido? Concordo que seja um dos mais limpos e que é bastante funcional, mas o metrô em si é muito menos extenso do que deveria ser justamente pelo gigantismo da cidade, mesmo comparado com outras cidades gigantescas em países em desenvolvimento, como Cidade do México e Délhi, por exemplo. Claro que houve e continua a haver melhoras e aprimoramentos, mas penso ser fundamental nos atermos aos fatos e não às emoções bairristas nesse aspecto.

[@robertopereira6632]

O metrô de SP é bem limpo e organizado em extensão deixa a desejar mesmo, mas dá América latina eo melhor e mais moderno

[@pedrohenoc]

E ia ser melhor ainda se acabassem com essa sacanagem de privatizar todo o serviço, mas paulista não aprende...

[@bandodeloucos6539]

@@pedrohenoc quem está privatizando é um carioca

[@pedrohenoc]

@@bandodeloucos6539 antes fosse Queria eu que o único culpado dessa palhaçada fosse o Tarcísio. Desde o governo Doria já se falava nesse plano de privatização da CPTM, infelizmente com o Tarcísio no governo o processo só acelerou...

[@raphaozeira]

I'm from São Paulo and i use the metro system everyday. Awesome video, and thanks for showing a good underrated metro system. There some things that i think its cool to point out: 710 service will be finished because privatization of line 7, that includes the Intercity Train project that is an express trem from Barra Funda to Campinas City. Its trains will use line 7 tracks to Jundiaí and go to Campinas, 100 km train track including line 7 and the remaining distance to Campinas, one of the biggest city in State of São Paulo. Second thing is the circular line isnt in the project of the Rail System and it is pretty rare that kind of line in Brazil, since Brazilian cities has the center that majority is comercial and residential areas barely far to center. Thats the main reason line 3 is the most busiest in the system. Also Sé station is also in the center, located under Cathedral of Sé, where marco zero (point 0 km, center of center) is located. On paper there are projects of some lines: Line 14 - Onix (CPTM) North-South line in the east zone connecting lines 13, 12, 11, 3, 16, 15, 10; Line 16 - Bronze was a monorail in Sao Bernardo changed to BRT system; Line 17 to jabaquara; Line 2 to Dutra along the new Line 19 - Celeste, that will go to Guarulhos, Line 13 to Mooca on south and to Bonsucesso on North, Line 16 - Violeta, from Line 4 yellow to Line 15 on the east going along side to line 3 in a region that has only buses, Line 22- Marrom, from Line 2 to west to Cotia, Line 20 - Rosa from Line 7 going south than east connecting Lines 7, 8, 2, 4, 22, 5, 17, 1, 10. I like this kind of content so I follow a lot about São Paulo changes on the metro system

The proposed Intercity Train is a joke and will cause plenty of headaches for current CPTM users. It's not a good idea. The government should build a competitive intercity service using high-speed rail, leaving the old tracks to metropolitan heavy rail (should be possible to offer an in-between service with a few changes to the current CPTM paradigm).

[@haroldomiyaura912]

once, I used line 3 red and this line really s*cks. 😃

[@marcospauloemilio4815]

@@haroldomiyaura912 ela é superlotada, a conexão com a linha 2 verde irá desafogar a linha 3 vermelha

[@rafaelbabuja]

Perfeito apontamento !

[@omarciano42]

Qualquer paulistano percebe o caráter utópico de se construir uma linha circular como aquela ou terminar várias linhas em um tempo sequer razoável. Nosso sistema de trens é incrível, mas há uma população muito grande que não tem nenhuma estação perto

[@AquilusDesign]

I'm from the midwest of Brazil and travelled to São Paulo about two times already, the metro line there is super clean and I wish more cities had this system, especially in some cities here in Brazil, where it would hopefully bring some relief to the bus, car and motorcycle traffic

[@5511rafa]

I just LOVE the SP transit system! Been lucky enough to be able to travel to and live in SP several month a year over the past few years. Practically using the metro lines on a daily basis to and from work. I mostly use line 1 (azul), line 3 (vermelho), and line 5 (lilas). My favorite being the stations on line 5 with their gorgeous glass canopies. Many of the main stations have snack and fast food shops both on the inside and outside. Sometimes on the way home from work, I would buy a cachorro quente and a milkshake at the Santa Cruz station.

[@sohopedeco]

One rather bizarre thing I remember from riding the subway in Hong Kong is the fact that eating is forbidden inside the payed areas of the stations. A bit to cobtrolling for my taste.😂

[@arbusto2308]

Finally my beloved metro is here!

[@RMTransit]

I hope you enjoyed!

[@bandodeloucos6539]

@@RMTransit Do it again in 2026 when lines 2 green, 6 orange, 17 gold and possibly line 20 pink are ready 😊

[@BigZ_4i20]

'Mountain dense, circled, Manhattan' is an insanely well put way to describe São Paulo!!

[@diegodesouza5382]

Finally my home city was covered! Having lived in NYC, Brussels, and São Paulo, I find it very interesting how varied the different cities are in their urban form and transportation options. SP is incomprehensibly massive, so much so that when you’re landing from a plane you literally can’t see the end of the city. It’s also really slow to get from one side of the city to the other, by car or by public transit because there’s always so much traffic everywhere and transit is very limited in reach and always packed. The metro is amazing in its cleanliness, service and stations but it’s always overcrowded and doesn’t go to nearly as many places. Contrasting this with New York where there’s a quad track trunk line every block it’s astounding how a city so massive like São Paulo can survive with such a relatively tiny metro system. What surprises me the most about the city is how dense it is everywhere, while still being extremely car dependent. You have massive apartment buildings throughout the entire massive city mixed in with houses and slums that are mostly entirely neglected by any rail transit, leading to way too many urban highways and urban stroads that make it hard to walk around as a pedestrian. There’s little surface parking lots compared to America but massive parking structures in almost every major destination. Traffic around the city is constant, and in every direction during rush hour. SP needs way more trains, and fast. There’s also no intercity rail at all in Brazil, which is another issue (SP-Rio HSR, anyone?)

[@lazlo107]

HSR is a R$50 billion+ investment that we are organizing with China to make it happen (as they are the only nation interested in investing in brazil, thanks western nations for the middle finger). Id say that with certain ease that the first HSR line will be a 2nd Campinas-SP line that skips Jundiaí and cuts the trip from current projected 1.05hr to a mere 35min trip. Once that comes online, expanding to Ribeirão Preto is easy as the mainline allows for 160km/h+ velocities with minimal corrections.

[@diegodesouza5382]

@@lazlo107 why skip jundiai? It’s a big city on the ROW and in a straight line, you could maybe have some express trains that bypass it but I don’t see why you’d skip it entirely

[@joaquimsilva6081]

@@diegodesouza5382 Ele tá falando sobre uma segunda linha além do futuro intercidades, é inutil levar um trem bala até Jundiaí pois para ir para Campinas/ SP já vão ser só 30 minutos, não tem pq pagar outros bilhões para diminuir em 10 minutos. Mas é preciso ser feita uma pesquisa a fundo para ver o que é mais barato, passar por Jundiaí ou não. Mas aí, se nem sabemos se o Intercidades vai sair do papel, é sonhar em algo que talvez nossos netos venham a ver finalizado

[@lazlo107]

@@diegodesouza5382 It looks contraintuitive, but Jundiaí will be served by an 15 minute express train to Sao Paulo and a 20-30 min service to campinas in the near future. The idea of a full express HSR line connecting Sao Paulo to Campinas is mainly to segregate the service from the Jundiai services, whom will have a demand of itself

[@diegodesouza5382]

@@lazlo107 I see

[@ximira4089]

Thank you very much for this video, Reece. Just some trivia: 1. Lines 8 and 9 after their takeover by Via Mobilidade have consistently suffered delays, derailments and maintenance problems, hence their recent unpopularity. The main reason why privatization of other lines is still seen as a positive for some people is the relative lack of worker strikes and high quality of services in line 4. However, that line was state-built, and the operator receives substantial subsidies per rider. That is not to say CPTM was perfect, but it provided very impressive improvements to the network after decades of mismanagement which left them in a state close to Mumbai’s local trains. Then why privatize? Money, pretty much. Both for the initial auction and future election grants. Lines 4, 5, 8 and 9’s operators are all part of CCR, which might as well own half the roads in the state of São Paulo. 2. The system is very crowded, as it has consistently not expanded quickly enough to meet the needs of the city. Hence all the measures taken to expand capacity and frequency, giving most lines a frequency of 90 seconds in peak periods. Definitely not something to scoff at. 3. The system was initially planned for 4 lines in the late 60s, with Line 1 having a branch to Moema (where Line 5 currently has a station), Line 2 being just a branch through Avenida Paulista, Line 3 was the same, and Line 4 was a Southwest-Southeast line that would arc south after Luz, stopping at where today is Line 2 in Sacomã. 3. Line 4’s importance comes from the fact that it is the only line that goes through Avenida Faria Lima, São Paulo’s financial center and where our stock exchange resides, as well as the only route for Line 9 passengers to go straight to the city center. Nowadays, Line 5 also handles that demand. As such, some stations were built for immense crowds, such as Pinheiros. This interchange at Pinheiros between Lines 4 and 9 is longer than planned, as during construction subsidence led to the worst accident in the Metro’s history, with over 7 deaths. This line also took an insultingly long time for it to be complete, and its extension projects further out to outlying districts and Taboão da Serra are still in the planning stages similar to Line 5, despite numerous promises. 4. Your plans for the end of the video do exist, in the form of Line 20 of the Metro, Line 14 of CPTM (most likely the next operator), Line 2 as it will be further extended north, and the Southern Arc of CPTM. The two closest to fruition are Line 2 extending north, and Line 20. In addition, there is a plan for a city center tunnel between Lapa and Brás to both free up space in the surface, as well as segregating freight traffic from the suburban lines. Given the country’s finances and the city’s desperate need for more rail lines, this project has very little priority. 5. Line 17’s construction firm was first implicated in a massive corruption scheme, and the next firm has gone bankrupt. The state is still negotiating who will finish construction. 6. Line 15 was supposed to be cheaper and quicker to build. None of these promises have materialized. The main reason it’s a monorail is because of the terrain, which is quite hilly and with many subterranean rivers. It will be extended to Ipiranga at Line 10 to relieve Line 2, and it was supposed to extend to Cidade Tiradentes, a notoriously dense, distant, and transit poor district in the edge of the city. Those plans were put on hold due to fears of overcrowding. Line 16 is now supposed to take this responsibility as well as relieving Line 3, which pre-covid had a ridership of over a million per day. 7. Line 3 was supposed to go to Guaianazes, but this didn’t happen because of Metro’s indebtedness, as well as, once again, fears of overcrowding. So CPTM took over this section, rebuilt Line 11 as an express service for Line 3, and in return they gave the Metro Line 5. This is, believe it or not, just a fraction of all the silliness and complexity of this system, which in many ways, is a reflection of the city that it runs on. Despite all of that, it’s the best in Brazil, there’s no comparison. The difference is night and day to the other systems, and the only one that comes somewhat close is Salvador’s metro, but that one is also run by CCR. Without the Metro and CPTM, São Paulo would collapse, and it leaves people like me, who live in Rio, very sad that we have to subject ourselves to rail services which are both more expensive and much worse than these. Good luck São Paulo, don’t let them drag you down.

[@katrinabryce]

The UK tried privatising the railways back in the 1990s, and that is now regarded by just about everyone to be a failure, and is being reversed.

[@leonardoalvarenga7572]

@@katrinabryce Every line that has been privatized in São Paulo so far has gotten objectively worse, but the government and a good chunk of the people want to go through with the plan of privatizing the rest.

[@sohopedeco]

There are some statistics that say that child hospitalization ramps up everytime the metro goes on strike due to increased pollution causing breathing difficulties.

[@ianhomerpura8937]

I really don't get why workers' strikes are so frowned upon. As long as services remain top notch, they're great.

[@RMTransit]

Thanks for this comment! I love all the details and trivia :D The whole situation with the monorails is wild!

[@luizalvesRJ]

São Paulo has an interesting and unique traffic system called Rodízio, which means "Rotation" in Portuguese. Thus, depending on the weekday riding a car is prohibited and really radar enforced. For example, on Mondays car plates ending in 0-1 cannot ride, on Tuesdays plates ending in 2-3 are prohibited, on Wednesdays 4-5... There are exceptions for drivers with disabilities, electric vehicles and other cases. If you rent a car at GRU or CGH airport, the agent will calculate the weekdays of your reservation to provide you a car with a plate that will make optimal for your stay avoiding the Rodízio. There are also the blue lanes exclusively for motorcycles, very interesting.

[@Frahamen]

I'm surprised. My Brazilian friend complained how Brazil doesn't have any trains. Though she meant intercity trains and she's from Brasilia, not Sao Paolo and it was a while ago. Still I don't hear of Brazil as a super train friendly country.

[@ViniciusSC10]

Brasil isn’t a train friendly country, but São Paulo is on its metropolitan area. We don’t have intercity trains, the same process of shifting the focus to car travels that happened in the USA, happened here. There are some projects of intercity trains, but almost all in São Paulo state. There have been TGV projects, but the cost is prohibitive and Brazilian geography doesn’t help at all. So we’re really dependent on air travel, that is very expensive here. About rapid transit, there are some major cities that have systems (Rio, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Recife), but the only major system is in São Paulo.

[@ligadaaoscabos]

@@ViniciusSC10 na real, a geografia não é um impeditivo. O terreno no Brasil é relativamente plano, fazer linhas de trem não seria tão complicado, o que ferra a gente é o rodoviarismo mesmo.

@@ligadaaoscabos mesmo se o relevo fosse um problema, maglevs existem e poderiam, inclusive, ser o pontapé para fortalecer a indústria ferroviária nacionalmente. O problema é político.

[@sohopedeco]

​@@ligadaaoscabosNão é impeditivo mas é empecilho. O Brasil não é nem de longe tão plano quanto as partes mais densamente povoadas da Europa e dos EUA, onde construir ferrovias era relativamente fácil.

[@RMTransit]

High speed rail in Brazil would be very exciting, someday . . .

[@JeffersonSoaresSP]

I live in Sao Paulo, next to Campo Limpo station, on metro line 5, and I really like using it. I loved this video! Thank you! Come to Brazil, everyone!

[@brighton_dude]

Very interesting thank you. I'm always interested in videos about transit systems in South America. Viewing from Europe South America seems much more like us than the USA/Canada.

[@rafaelbabuja]

Incrivel conhecimento mostrado no video, eu como entusiasta no assunto desde aos 13 anos (hoje tenho 28) percorri todas as estacoes do metro, cptm e monotrilho. Feliz em ver minha cidade sendo apresentada com tanto conhecimento. Amo Sao Paulo

[@exprimaexprima]

tb amo!

[@williansantiago2232]

You finally made a São Paulo video 😃. I was eager to it. It’s amazing the level of research that you do to produce those videos, it is almost like you’re a local and know the system by using it. Nice work man!

[@Oimeuchapa0013]

Foi mal, mas eager não é uma palavra do alemão?

[@BionicPoodle]

@@Oimeuchapa0013 "Eager" em inglês significa querer muito algo, ansioso, impaciente.

[@DNPM11]

Is beautiful and very clean São Paulo underground. Congrats São Paulo from London

[@davidsoares9810]

@@DNPM11 ❤️❤️

[@J-Bahn]

São Paulo having ridership close to mTr pre-Covid? The more you know! Also 6:16 Los Angeles built the 710 freeway São Paulo has the 710 rail service. I think São Paulo did it better.

[@RMTransit]

Sao Paulo absolutely did it better!

[@leonardoroizentul6535]

I'm a geography student here in São Paulo and you missed one little thing that blew my mind when I discovered: Our lines are divided by numbers, but not only by numbers. All CPTM lines are colored based on precious stones ( Line 7 - Ruby, Line 8 - Diamond, Line 9 - Emerald, etc) All the METRO lines are colored based on colors (Line 1 - Blue, Line 2 - Green, Line 3 - Red) All the Monorail are colored based on precious metals (Line 15 - Silver, Line 17 - Gold) The private companies here in São Paulo don't have the interest in building new lines, so ALL public transport here is created and build by the government and later the government gives it to some private company take our money, that's why there are private lines within the logic of colors (and we can actually know if the line was built by the CPTM or the METRO)

[@icewhallowcome6689]

I think he was a bit more accurate in saying that monorail was for the olympic medals's metals, and not just any metal. Also, if they make a 4th monorail, since there are very few metals that are not grey, there'd probably be another grey colored line

[@pedroamorim6481]

Rapaz, que discurso. Me fala qual empresa tem caixa para bancar uma obra igual a do metrô? Se fosse fácil toda cidade com terminal de ônibus tinha um metrô junto. Administração pública vs privada são outros quinhentos, mas vale a reflexão de você prefere dirigir na Dutra ou a Bandeirantes

[@vivaolivremercado4047]

The orange line are building from private company

[@JeffersonSoaresSP]

É bem isso mesmo, mano.

[@maiconrenato]

Não é economicamente viável um operador privado construir e operar uma linha de metrô com recursos próprios. É um investimento muito grande, que não se paga com a cobrança de tarifas. E as linhas não são privatizadas pelo estado, mas sim concedidas. A propriedade das estações, linhas, trens e equipamentos continua a ser do estado. O que há é apenas a delegação operação para uma empresa privada, por determinado prazo. O motivo principal é que empresas públicas costumam ser capturadas pelos interesses corporativos de seus empregados, o que leva a salários mais altos que a média de mercado, greves frequentes (mesmo com salários mais altos), necessidade de aporte de recursos públicos para custear o prejuízo das empresas etc.

[@tommyleite-x3o]

I grew up in SP, and have traveled the world in my late 20´s. Beyond how many people it serves, there are 2 specific thing I have to give credit to the Metro system: How safe and clean it is, considering it is located in South America. The other latin america subway system that is clean and safe is Santiago, chile. A lot of asian subways are also fairly clean and safe, but when you go to some european cities and most of american cities, you can appreciate what SP has accomplished. NY, chicago and LA just feel like warzone in some stations...

[@xaropevic7918]

I wouldn't call it safe, I can't use the cellphone on it as it would probably be pickpocketed

[@tube.brasil]

@@xaropevic7918 what are you talking about, everybody uses their cellphones all the time.

[@xaropevic7918]

@@tube.brasil Yes, they use it, but is very risky, once they tried to pickpocket me and I was very lucky to pick them before they ran. From that day and after, I always stored my cellphone on my backpack (that is always on my front there) to avoid it again

[@5511rafa]

@@xaropevic7918 Giving how busy the system is, I think pickpockets are pretty rare. At least I have never been robbed nor seen anyone else gotten robbed.

[@maiconrenato]

@@xaropevic7918 I've been using my cellphone for the last 2 decades, never had a problem. On the opposite, Paris and Barcelona subways are full of pickpockts!

[@thiagoprofili4806]

São Paulo Metro is extremely underrated. I use it a lot and it has never let me down plus, luz station (by far the most crowded in Sao paulo) runs surprisingly smoothly in peak times. Thanks for the video my friend

[@hsantana]

I recommend most of my "gringo" friends to visit Line 4 when they stay in São Paulo. That line display that shows time left(in seconds) for next train and which train car is more empty(or less crowded) is amazing. Definitely my favourite America's(continent) line together with Vancouver's Expo Line.

[@diegodesouza5382]

Every year since I can remember I go back to São Paulo to see family and every year I pass the under construction Line 17 that was supposed to be open for the World Cup disappointingly still under construction. It’s still on schedule, they just didn’t specify which World Cup it was supposed to be open for

[@humbertocarlos5775]

Kkk.... vdd!!! Agora com o Tarcísio vai... tenha fé!!!

[@MOPCLinguistica]

Excellent video, its rare for foreigners to make such a long detailed video on the ao Paulo system without any significant mistakes and including so much little known information, and an almost perfect selection of images.

[@ylangwinters1761]

Love your video! São Paulo metro system is amazing and, although slowly, it's expanding and we're so glad it is haha. But let me just say that Line 3 - Red actually managed to, again, transport more then 1.1 million passangers per day now in 2023, but it doesn't even compare to the numbers it had before the pandemic, I'd say the system as a whole 😊

[@RMTransit]

The red line needs some more capacity - perhaps longer trains?

[@ylangwinters1761]

@@RMTransit Hum...perhaps, but I think that wouldn't be possible due mainly to the underground stations. What it REALLY needs is more connections with the overall system for now. Bur truly, the city's East Zone, the most populous and the secong largest in area, is sooo poorly attended by heavy public transport, that what it really needs is more lines haha. Line 3 - Red for example is the only subway line that goes through it and is very pendular, but we can only dream about the future, cause it's gonna take a while!

[@RafaGmod]

I already worked with some people from Sao Paulo Metro and everybody says the same: line 3 is a miracle hahahaha I dont think larger trains is a solution, the problem is that its the only path to go to the city center for half a dozen million of people (alongside the Radial Leste, a huge stroad that side by side to the metro line). The train interval in peak hours are less then one minute, you often can see both trains from the platform. The stations normally have a bus terminal with at least 10 bus lines in each station, so the station itself are overused. The line 15 and the line 4 reaching Penha Station will release a lot of the tention, because a very common destiny are the stations on line 4, around av. Paulista.

[@ylangwinters1761]

@@RafaGmod !!!!! Há rumores de que com a linha verde chegando na linha vermelha e coral a estação Penha consiga ultrapassar a Sé 🫨. E ainda tem essa tal da Linha 16 - Violeta que aí sim mudaria TUDO

[@joseluciocorrea1866]

No, longer tracks are not possible because of the underground stations would not withstand even more traffic. The Metro Authority took the decision to build lines serving the same areas with different routes. One is already under construction, the extension of line 2 through the area and there will be another one!@@RMTransit

[@Avatarmariz]

As a brazilian and a citizen of sao paulo im glad to see videos about our subway, its crowded and has its flaws but it works like nothing else imo, you even knew about projects i wasnt aware of, great video!

[@anotherguy2836]

Paulista here (born in São Paulo), glad to see a foreign video talking about my hometown so precisely and making it more known to people that don't live here. Can confirm the railway system is truly vital for the city, specialy during rush hours, when getting from one place to another by car (and sometimes, even by bus) can take HOURS (it's not impossible for the city to reach 1000+ km of traffic, in "special occasions"). When people think about big cities, they generally don't think about São Paulo, but I believe that happens because they don't know the city, and how much of a living, breathing, never-stopping beast it is.

[@the_unforgiven_13_8]

Paulistano*

[@anotherguy2836]

@@the_unforgiven_13_8 Na verdade, ambos os gentílicos existem, sendo que um se refere a pessoa que nasce e/ou reside na cidade de São Paulo, e a outra no estado de São Paulo 👍

[@charllesformiga]

This is incredibly accurate. Great job and thank you for remembering that São Paulo exists!

[@mce5420]

Great video! One segment I do miss from your older system explained videos is the unique features and oddities. Please bring it back for future videos if you can.

[@RMTransit]

I do still mention these things but, my goal is to incorporate them into the flow of the video!

[@livmachado]

I'm from the metropolitan region and have been hearing about the Bronze Line since I was a child. They are currently constructing a BRT that will run from a city south of São Paulo to connect with CPTM Line 10 and Metro Line 2.

[@ArthurOrtegaBro]

omg i'm so impressed cuz you nailed every detail, even the 710 train service!

[@adrienvanderstraeten5465]

Very underrated transit system, thanks for shining a light on it! Side note: those very wide and flat seperated Bycicle Paths along the public transit corridors look absolutely gorgeous to me :D

[@Metapoliticagem]

The bicicle path that you mention is alongside the Pinheiros river. Very Nice indeed.

[@alangag0279]

yes they are very nice, but they need more conectivity, they are along a really big expressway so the exits are very limited

[@RMTransit]

The Bicycle paths are excellent!

[@alfreddoveggani7468]

There are bicicle paths on both sides of this river

[@joseluciocorrea1866]

There's another very nice one under the monorail line!@@Metapoliticagem

[@MrWillbeto]

*BRAZIL* has SUBWAY lines in 9 cities (Porto Alegre, São Paulo, Fortaleza, Teresina, Salvador, Brasília, Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro and Recife) There is a MONORAIL line in São Paulo There are 2 AIRCRAFT lines (Brazilian technology) in the cities of Porto Alegre and Guarulhos "light rail vehicle" VLT, 8 lines in the cities of: Santos-São Vicente, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Maceió, João Pessoa, Natal, Fortaleza-Sobral and Juazeiro do Norte-Crato in addition to 28 passenger TRAIN lines in metropolitan regions and tourist regions.

[@aleattorium]

0:50 a better way to divide the city is not North/South, but North/East/South. Especially because the East region has a huge population that works in the South/downtown area.

[@drivingtothesouth]

We've been waiting for so long for this video! For us Paulistanos, it seemed strange to watch so much content about the metro system in other countries while we were commuting every day with this wonderful system that we have in São Paulo. For those of you who are not Brazilians, you would be even more surprised to see the efficiency, punctuality, and cleanliness of our stations! There is undoubtedly a lot to improve and expand, our politicians and bureaucrats are the main obstacle to the speed of our projects, but we are on the right path.

[@rosangelaperry5973]

eh nois :)

[@ChongFrisbee]

The depth of the research here is intense! The risk to service 710 with "privatization" is scarcely discussed even here. Congrats.. and thank you!

[@leonardoalvarenga7572]

If CPTM received more imvestments instead of being cannibalized, we could even have a service 711 and a service 810.

[@rod.lustosa]

One of the best and most forgotten parts of São Paulo metro is the small gap between the train and platform. I've been to Sydney and some friends have been to NY and Europe and the complaints are the same: very wheelchair unfriendly.

[@larissacovari]

I love the São Paulo metro/train system!! I don’t live there but I do visit the city a few times a year and my favorite mean of transportation is the public service! By the way, Line 4 - yellow is simply the cutest, it is super safe, the cars are always clean. I have used to this day, lines 1 - 4, lines 9 and 10 and Line 13 to Guarulhos Airport. The CPTM lines are so smooth i could read a book (and i have kinetosis/motion sickness). Plus, you can travel most of the metro net with a single ticket, which costs only R$4,40, meaning sometimes it is not only faster but also cheaper if you decide to go by metro.

[@michaellemay4887]

I visited for work and I found their payment system to be very hard as a non-Brazilian. Like you said, I had to take a bus to their airport connection.. then found out I needed a Brazilian bank account to pay for a ticket. But otherwise the system was great, once I had cash and could pay with that. Made me wish New York built new lines!

[@sohopedeco]

It wasn't like that when I lived in SP up until 2018. At least for us Brazilians, they accepting Pix as a payment methode made things a lot easier. Back then, you actualy needed to have cash to charge their metro pass. In 2020, the Brazilians created Pix, which is a free money transfer between any two banks at any time of the day or night using the bank smartphone app.

[@Rod2912]

They are now rolling out an improvement on the payment methods of the system, the Aeroporto - Guarulhos station was one of the first to receive it. You can now pay with credit and debit cards, or smartphones / smartwatches via NFC. As everything here takes a while to be fully settled, it is not available in all stations, just in the main ones for now

[@Balrov1]

@@sohopedeco Pix is a Brazilian payment method that Brazil is way ahead of US and Europe.. Really... And the problem is that to have a pix you need some sort of a bank and they require a cpf number.. This is a problem that foreigners have in here, althoug they can have a temporary cpf now not everybody know this.. And remember that to operate pix you need internet, so you need a Cellphone with a brazilian sim-card and to activate it you need your cpf number also.. It's the same problem for foreigners about the food delivery apps because they also require the cpf number, and in some cases actually in a lot of cases, the international credit cards can have a problem with Brazilian machines, they need to operate only on credit.. A problem still to be solved if you're travelling alone..

[@A556CPTM]

In train system you can pay with money R$ 4,40 for a ticket.

[@BionicPoodle]

@@Balrov1 multiple Europen countries, all UE and UK adopted UPI, instant payment system created by India in 2016, and PIX was based on Indian UPI system, it isn't an original idea, UPI is used in 21 European, Australia and Asian countries. US has an old school banking system, Europe doesn't, and things will change this year in the US, FedNow is live, it is a instant 24/7 payment system just like UPI and PIX, banks are already working to integrate FedNow in their apps, get your facts straight.

[@jayareclark922]

I live next to a metro station in SP and I love the metro! It is safe, reliable, affordable, efficient. It's much easier to get around than any other metro I've ever been to. Thanks for this great video!

[@guilhermefaleiros4892]

I took the metro to Guarulhos airport several times. It takes 30-40 minutes, and they have a free bus service from the station to the airport (plus 10-20minutes). Its pretty convenient actually, since Uber is more expensive. I would often get a bus from my countryside city to Tietê station and then get to choose between one hour in uber that costs 90 reais (roughly U$18) of metro, wich is likely faster, especially in heavy traffic hours, and costs R$4,50 (0,8USD)

[@augusto0123]

I live in São Paulo and that is a great description of the city's metro/train lines. Congratulations and thank you!

[@jacksmith427]

another great video ! as a uni student in Glasgow, id love to see a video on our subway - the only in the world to not have been expanded since its inception - if you have the time !!

[@christinaa.1165]

I use the São Paulo Metro system several times a week and I’m always grateful for it. The trains are very clean, fast and we don’t need to wait 5 minutes before another one arrives. Truly a marvel.

[@MisterMe20l]

Line 17 is a mistery. I left Brazil in 2017 to live in Germany. At that time the line was alredy beeing built for quite some time. The "frustrating" part is that I came back in 2022 and it was looking exacly the same it did 5 years ago... It even started to grow trees in the middle of the concrete pillars because of the lack of progress the project had

[@tube.brasil]

corruption in the PSDB socialist party government which contracted it.

[@DrMrHide]

Man, your brazilian portuguese pronounciation is spot-on. Kudos for that. Is still possible to notice that is a foreign language to you, but is very rare to see someone not butchering Brazilian names, since that, in addition to the portuguese roots, our words have a lot of influence from indigineous peoples' languages...

[@gabrielprates8385]

The line 13 does not end at Guarulhos because the airport operator (after privatization) made every effort to stop the line from getting there. They even claim that it was going to be a shopping center where CPTM wanted to build the original station (at the airport terminal). Lines 8 and 9 were recently privatized, and boy, let me tell you, it was the WORST decision ever made. The service is now HORRIBLE! Last year, they had an incredible 157 severe failures that disrupted the train service, plus SEVEN derailments. This year, they already have 50 falis and 3 derailments. We did not have derailments with CPTM, and the failures were less severe. With their last operating year seeing 30 of them. Plus, with CPTM, we had more trains, we had to wait less, they were much cleaner, and CPTM's AC did work. The service was much better with the state-owned CPTM! Now the current government wants to privatize even more lines, including Line 7, ending the 710 service! absolutely unbolieveble.

[@hotdawgsgood]

I'm pretty grateful for our Transportation system here, it feels like a privilege tbh, you really dont know how much its needed when your car is in maintenance or etc...

[@ncastellani]

finally a video talking about São Paulo!

[@masqueradethemusketeer3101]

Bro...i use this EVERYDAY and never ever tought it was coherent or well done...São Paulo is one of them cities that grew way too fast to be organized and a bunch of systems we have today are kinda jankly put toguether so the city dont fall appart...but its awesome to see a POV of someone that do not live here and listen to facts and curiosities about the thing i so hatefully use every day

[@VGOM2000]

I am a São Paulo resident and I love riding the metro system since I was a child. Although it needs to be improved, I still remember when there was no connections in the part where I lived my whole life, so I am glad that it exists the way it is now 😍

[@tomasfernandes9224]

Great video! I really liked how you considered CPTM as an almost metro, which really it is. Even Brazillian newspapers and some urbanists tend to ignore the importance of CPTM, which work both as a metro near dense neighbourhoods and as a regional and frequent railway connecting other cities to the system. I'd just point that the expasions you pointed out are on hold right now. The miniloop would be comprised of different expasions and new lines which have been altered in the last few years and may not create the same design some people expected in the past. However, juxtaposition of several new lines and expasions may create the same effect in the future. And there are two much bigger loops still in the planning board, connecting suburbs (remember that suburbs in Sao Paulo are very dense): 1) one connecting the south of the city to cities in the west (Line 24); and 2) the other connecting the south of the city to cities in the east (line 23). Both are on a very early stage of planning and we don't even now if they will be heavy rail or light rail. In regards of the tunnels, we haven't heard of them for a long time, even though the guy from Commu still talks about it. It probably is too expensive and not worth it now, since freight rail has been or will be diverged from these lines. In the near future I think most of the lines will connect both in Barra Funda and Brás, while RER type of services may be possible with some simple solutions, like the 710 service. I think that the most important expasion right now is line 20, which will finally connect the last of the major CBDs and the most important one nowadays, Faria Lima Avenue. The avenue is pretty carcentric, specially the newest parts, with abysmal transit, having only a bus lane in the left side (where cars turn to enter in the office buildings) used by something like 400 thousand people (yes, it is right). The sorrounding neighbourhoods have also a lots of jobs, density and even worse transit. Besides the people that already use transit, I think it is important to bring the metro to the region to put more affluent people in it and out of the cars - as a city in a very unequal country, transit and walking are very common ways of transporation for people who cannot afford a car, which is in itself a sort of status symbol for the middle and upper midle classes, making it very dificult to convince them on less carcentric policies, to be in public spaces and know people of different classes and consider them.

[@reekelm9526]

Awesome vid as always. I'd love to also see a walkthrough vid of Lyon's networklike this one!

[@RMTransit]

I plan to eventually!

[@christianquintino8103]

My father was a Westinghouse employee in Sao Paulo in 1960s -1970s this company develped much of technology used in first metro line and won bid to breakground in metro transportation during the early stages of mass movers.

[@staycgirlsitsgoingdown2]

You should do a video on Boston! There’s a lot of interesting stuff over here, we’ve got the oldest subway tunnel in North America and 3rd oldest in the world, a pretty extensive system, a list of problems that could be an entire documentary on its own, and quite a few plans in the works

[@PURPLEBUTTERFLY1010]

Boston funny

[@katrinabryce]

I think there's competing claims for 2nd oldest from Glasgow, Istanbul, and Budapest, so I wouldn't be sure that it is the 3rd oldest. I would say however that the Glasgow Subway isn't the second oldest in the world, because it isn't even the 2nd oldest in Glasgow.

[@staycgirlsitsgoingdown2]

@@katrinabryce it depends, according to Wikipedia it’s the 3rd oldest to still exclusively use electric traction, I think behind Glasgow and Budapest with London not counting since it originally used steam for parts. If you just go off opening and nothing else than it’s either 4th or 5th depending on if Budapest and Glasgow count as a tie for 3rd or separate entries as 3rd and 4th, since they opened the same year. I think Istanbul isn’t counted as a metro/subway since it’s a funicular

[@RMTransit]

I've talked about Boston before, eventually I'll do an explainer but, I think its a bit overrated so I am not in a rush ;)

[@MarioFanGamer659]

​@@staycgirlsitsgoingdown2 Glasgow Subway originally was cable hauled, it only got eletrified in 1935.

[@mtrivelin]

Great video about my city’s subway system. It's worth saying that I don't know if Silent Night (around 4:50 ) is the best choice of background music for a video about trains, however. Oddly funny.

[@dxd42]

Thank you for the video. As a São Paulo citizen, I can confirm the Metro/ Train system is vital for the City of São Paulo and all the metropolitan region. So vital, is sometimes better to take the Metro than take Traffic in the jam time 🤣

[@luizaugustoramos2520]

I’m not sure it’s the busiest, but definitely the most underrated metro network in the world! I’ve always told the people from São Paulo they should be proud of their metro. It’s easily one of the 5 best I’ve ever been

[@whattttt91]

You should do Jakarta sometime in the future, there's commuter rail, lrt, mrt, railink the longest brt in the world, and an hst. Going out of Jakarta there is more commuter rails called "KA Lokal" which is basically commuter rail without a EMU or DMU.

[@gabrielrangel956]

Thank you for explaining why Paraíso and Ana Rosa are subsequent stations that are both on lines blue and green, it always seemed like a strange decision to make, but if them both were meant to be originally on line blue it does make a lot of sense

[@pauloadm]

Hello my friends, The Paulista Avenue is not more the "central business" , because Paulista Avenue is old center. The "downtown" is Fraia Lima and Vila Olímpia

[@DanielLavedoniodeLima_DLL]

As someone born and raised in São Paulo, the cleanliness, safety and reliably frequent services of the metro system are something that I really missed when I travelled to other cities in the world

[@gabrielmoreno9455]

Comentários são tipo: "oh Sao Paulo looks great, Brazil is so good", dando a entender que são gringos, aí você vê o nome, é tipo "Carlinhos Pereira".

[@Rafa-yl8no]

Kkkkk

[@divkachan]

KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK EH FODA

[@davidsoares9810]

Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[@nadiainterF9]

Hello! Congrats on this great vídeo! Representing Line 11 - Coral here!!

[@lkh-xj1ck]

Hi, will you make a video about Kuala Lumpur's transit systems? Malaysia often gets overlooked among other South East Asian countries by foreigners.

[@RMTransit]

Yes, stay tuned.

[@lkh-xj1ck]

@@RMTransit That's great to hear! When will the video be out? Thanks in advance.

[@jordanprado4798]

Wow! He really brought all the info from the railway/metro system! Congrats for the great job 👏

[@jamesorlando8178]

This dropped just in time for my first trip to Sao Paolo!

[@sohopedeco]

*São Paulo

[@juscelino3404]

I'm saying hello from Avenida Paulista (Paulista Ave.) the most busy bussiness center of the country, where there are three stations of Line 2 green along the avenue known as Consolação, Trianon-Masp and Brigadeiro. The station Jabaquara of line 1 blue is the oldest. The station Se of line 1 blue is the most crowded station. Great video!!

[@meongmeong3599]

If i remember correctly, Sao Paulo also have experimental elevated guided busway, named Express Tiradentes. But it seems the experiment are failed, instead they converted to elevated BRT like Xiamen does. But I don't know into the detail

Yeah, you are right. The experiment could've been continued, but the line was simplified. Anyway, Expresso Tiradentes is working since then, with diesel buses and without guide wheels.

[@Rod2912]

And even though is an failed experiment, they managed to use the structure properly, serving as a conventional BRT system. The sad part is the structure which is not so friendly to its surroundings

[@meongmeong3599]

Well, atleast it is proper BRT though, having metro-like right of way with 💯% grade separation. Anyway, thank you for the detail

[@LuisFernandodaSilva1854]

Remembering that we also have a trolleybus system that unfortunately is stagnant and even in decline

[@RicardoAlmeidatm]

I was born in São Paulo but moved out to Ribeirão Preto (350 km northwest) when I was six. I frequently go back to visit my family and even knowing how monstrously huge the city is it still impresses me every time. The metro feels like magic to someone that essentialy turned into a country bumpkin over the course of 26 years away from the metropolis.

[@paulomartins3494]

minha cidade sendo reconhecida ❤❤❤

[@vivaolivremercado4047]

Sempre foi

[@henrique-rm2pm]

been waiting for a video on sao paulo metro for a long time !!! so excited

[@TuukkaVarjoranta]

Extremely interesting video!

[@RMTransit]

Glad you enjoyed it! It was a long time in the making!

[@andrecoelho8152]

Great video! Nowadays you can go direct from barra funda or luz station to guarulhos airport.. the train leaves every hour to the airport But good research bro! Congrats, better than a lot of brazilians channels

[@amanda.2416]

I live in the northwest region of São Paulo and I'm looking forward for the construction of line 6 of subway. The city is densely populated and the currently lines are not enough. Even with buses, trains and subway, there's places we take up to 2 hours a day to get to work, going from suburbs to the center of the city. And no, we're not commuting, that's still inside São Paulo.

[@Lucas-hl4iv]

Pois é, mas vai explicar isso pra muitos paulistanos da bolha... é o melhor sistema do universo, limpíssimo. Pouco importa se tem a extensão que deveria ter para abranger boa parte da região.

[@amanda.2416]

@@Lucas-hl4iv Nossa, nem fala. É um ótimo sistema? É, mas não atende as periferias nem de longe, e os melhores empregos estão no centro ou centro-sul, e muitos empregadores se recusam a contratar pessoas que necessitem pegar mais que duas conduções para o trabalho. Onde eu moro, pra qualquer lugar mais centralizado que eu vá, preciso de três conduções, já perdi a conta de quantos processos seletivos fui rejeitada por morar longe (estou desempregada). É um problema de mobilidade que perpetua as desigualdades sociais.

Seria muito legal se a prefeitura criasse algum tipo de incentivo pra empresas nas periferias e gerar mais empregos fora dos centros atuais

[@jaymemessro2931]

I've been waiting for this moment for 1.5 years! Thanks Reece

[@marcelohenrique1040]

Me too

[@heyumnew1401]

As a são paulo citizen myself i can confidently say that what this video presents is not a metro line, its a sardine can with wheels, every day of the week

[@Shiro61Lyrics]

YES

[@thiago_afonso]

I loved that video. I'm from São Paulo and I think you've shown very well and with lots of details the São Paulo metropolitan rail network.

[@cardenasr.2898]

Happy independence day to all my irmãos brasileiros

[@ronshiiron8346]

ehh nothing to cheer about actually. It's under a proto-venezuela transition rn.

[@joseluciocorrea1866]

I'm not in favor of the present government, but your comment is really absurdly exaggerated! Our PIB is growing, this year Brazilian crops are at an all time record growth, democracy is in full swing! Brazil is not another Venezuela and never will be one! Thanks God!@@ronshiiron8346

[@williamr.r.6440]

​@@ronshiiron8346 Jesus, what is your problem?

[@hl8176]

I love São Paulo, it's the most vibrant metropolis at night that I've seen in the world

[@obifox6356]

Impressive system! Also impressive to see its continuing growth, in contrast to N. American cities.

[@lekokillersan]

As a Paulistano, i loved the video, usually São Paulo is forgotten when talking about the biggest cities in the world, but those who know the city realize the magnitude of things here... SP

[@5511rafa]

Hope Reese will do a video on the Guarulho Airport's people mover when it goes into operation in April of 2024. The 3 future metro lines that are currently in construction (line 2 extension, line 6, and line 17), as far as I know, are all forecasted to enter service sometime in 2026.

[@fiude]

When i was in São Paulo, I was amazed by the metro system.

[@HenriqueGarciaCosta]

YESSSSS IT'S BACK

[@RMTransit]

Completely rewritten!

[@WernerFigueiredo]

A+ for the effort on words pronunciation mate. Great job