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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Rio de Janeiro Metro (Portuguese: Metrô Rio IPA: [mɛˌtɾo ˈʁi.u], commonly referred to as just the Metrô [Meˈtɾo]) in Rio, is a mass-transit underground railway network that serves the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Metrô was inaugurated on March 5, 1979, with five stations operating on one line. The system now covers a total of 41 kilometres (25 mi), serving 35 stations, divided into two lines: Line 1 (16 kilometres (9.9 mi)) and Line 2 (30.2 kilometres (18.8 mi)), which together travel over a shared stretch of line that covers 10 stations and an approximate distance of 5 kilometers. Metrô Rio is the second largest metro system in Brazil after the São Paulo Metro.The system currently consists of two lines. Line 1 (orange line) serves downtown Rio, touristic areas in the South Zone, and several neighbourhoods in the North Zone. It is a semicircular line, and is fully underground. It runs from Uruguai Station to Ipanema/General Osório Station. Line 2 (green line) serves working-class residential neighbourhoods extending toward the north. It is a northwest-to-southeast line, and almost completely above-ground (mostly at grade and partly elevated). This line started as a light rail, but due to increasing numbers of commuters, it gradually changed to rapid transit or metro. Because of its origin as light rail, it is at grade except for Estácio station (the former connection station between lines 1 and 2), which is underground and Cidade Nova station, which is elevated.An additional line, Line 4 (blue line), is planned to be completed by 2016. This will finally reach the Barra da Tijuca neighbourhood in the West Zone, passing under São Conrado and Rocinha. All stations will be underground, but when arriving in Barra da Tijuca, trains will exit a tunnel, pass by an elevated bridge and go underground again.The Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro remains responsible for the expansion of the metro network, through Rio Trilhos. In late December 2007, the lease was renewed until 2038 and Metro Rio assumed responsibility for the construction of Cidade Nova station, which serves as a link between Line 2 and Line 1 ending the need to transfer stations, with the purchase of 114 cars, and construction of Uruguai station, extending Line 1 further north.The extension works of Line 2, called Line 1A, which ended the need for a transfer at Estácio Station and allowed the direct connection from Pavuna to Botafogo were started by Metrô Rio on November 13, 2008 and the tracks were completed in December 2009. With the extension, the 250 thousand passengers that circulate daily on Line 2 do not need to change trains any more in order to get to the South Region. The interconnection of the two metro lines will reduce, by up to 13 minutes, the journey time from Pavuna station to the city's downtown, the destination of 83% of Line 2's passengers.. }

• Rio_de_Janeiro_Metro abstract "The Rio de Janeiro Metro (Portuguese: Metrô Rio IPA: [mɛˌtɾo ˈʁi.u], commonly referred to as just the Metrô [Meˈtɾo]) in Rio, is a mass-transit underground railway network that serves the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Metrô was inaugurated on March 5, 1979, with five stations operating on one line. The system now covers a total of 41 kilometres (25 mi), serving 35 stations, divided into two lines: Line 1 (16 kilometres (9.9 mi)) and Line 2 (30.2 kilometres (18.8 mi)), which together travel over a shared stretch of line that covers 10 stations and an approximate distance of 5 kilometers. Metrô Rio is the second largest metro system in Brazil after the São Paulo Metro.The system currently consists of two lines. Line 1 (orange line) serves downtown Rio, touristic areas in the South Zone, and several neighbourhoods in the North Zone. It is a semicircular line, and is fully underground. It runs from Uruguai Station to Ipanema/General Osório Station. Line 2 (green line) serves working-class residential neighbourhoods extending toward the north. It is a northwest-to-southeast line, and almost completely above-ground (mostly at grade and partly elevated). This line started as a light rail, but due to increasing numbers of commuters, it gradually changed to rapid transit or metro. Because of its origin as light rail, it is at grade except for Estácio station (the former connection station between lines 1 and 2), which is underground and Cidade Nova station, which is elevated.An additional line, Line 4 (blue line), is planned to be completed by 2016. This will finally reach the Barra da Tijuca neighbourhood in the West Zone, passing under São Conrado and Rocinha. All stations will be underground, but when arriving in Barra da Tijuca, trains will exit a tunnel, pass by an elevated bridge and go underground again.The Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro remains responsible for the expansion of the metro network, through Rio Trilhos. In late December 2007, the lease was renewed until 2038 and Metro Rio assumed responsibility for the construction of Cidade Nova station, which serves as a link between Line 2 and Line 1 ending the need to transfer stations, with the purchase of 114 cars, and construction of Uruguai station, extending Line 1 further north.The extension works of Line 2, called Line 1A, which ended the need for a transfer at Estácio Station and allowed the direct connection from Pavuna to Botafogo were started by Metrô Rio on November 13, 2008 and the tracks were completed in December 2009. With the extension, the 250 thousand passengers that circulate daily on Line 2 do not need to change trains any more in order to get to the South Region. The interconnection of the two metro lines will reduce, by up to 13 minutes, the journey time from Pavuna station to the city's downtown, the destination of 83% of Line 2's passengers.".