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Cuiabá Light Rail (Portuguese: VLT de Cuiabá) is an unfinished light rail in the Brazilian city of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso. Work on the line has been suspended since 2015 due to suspicion of bidder fraud.[1] As of 2021, there is no intention to finish the construction and the system is to be replaced by BRT.[2]

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Cuiabá Light Rail
Overview
Native nameVLT de Cuiabá
LocaleCuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Transit typeLight rail
Number of lines0 (2 planned)
Number of stations0 (33 planned)
Daily ridership120,000 (projected)
Technical
System length0 (22 km (14 mi) planned)
System map

CPA
Batalhão
Morada do Ouro
Praça das Bandeiras
Avenida Juliano Costa Marques
Rua Luis Felipe
Avenida Senegal
Rua Cereja
Rua Trigo de Loureiro
Avenida Mato Grosso
Centro
Praça dos Bandeirantes
Praça dos Motoristas
Rua Flamengo
Rua Capitão Iporá
Rua Haiti
Rua Alziro Zarur
Avenida Carmindo de Campos
Rua Professor Filogônio
Rua Antônio Dorileo
Rua Pau Brasil
Coxipó
Praça Bispo Dom José
Igreja Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora
Rua Caetano Santana
Travessa Tuffic Affi
Cuiabá
Várzea Grande
Rua Vila Mariana
Rua Vereador Abelardo Azevedo
Avenida Dom Orlando Chaves
Secretaria Municipal dos Transportes
Auto Shopping Fórmula
Avenida Couto Magalhães
Aeroporto
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The light rail system was designed to connect Cuiabá ("Centro Político Administrativo") with Cuiabá International Airport in the city of Várzea Grande.[3]

The spanish manufacturer CAF delivered 40 tramway cars of the Urbos series with seven elements. They are 44 meters long.[4]

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Planned system

Cuiabá's Light Rail was planned to be 22 kilometres (14 mi) in length,[5] operating on two lines:

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Line Termini Length (km) Stations Status
1 Airport ↔ Centro Político Administrativo (CPA) 15 22 Under construction
2 Centro ↔ Coxipó 7.2 11 Under construction
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