A new subway line crucial to moving thousands of visitors daily during the 2016 Olympics has been delayed to the eve of the event, officials in Rio de Janeiro said Friday.

On July 30th, after nearly 20 years in the works and more than doubling its initial cost estimates, the Line 4 subway officially opened in Rio de Janeiro. The mayor, the governor, and the interim ...

The Rio Light Rail (also known as VLT Carioca) connects the port region of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with the city's financial centre and the Santos Dumont Airport. A model of the light rail vehicle to ...

Rio de Janeiro's underground system has rolled out contactless payments in a partnership with Visa and other local and international providers. The technology is in place across all of Metro Rio's ...

Lemos admits there are probably too many buskers working the rails than the system, which carries 880,000 people on the subway each day, can handle. "Regulation is necessary," he says.

Getting Around Rio de Janeiro The best way to get around Rio is by foot, subway or taxi or Uber.

State investor Mubadala Investment Company concluded on Monday the acquisition of Rio de Janeiro subway for 1.8 billion reais ($327 million), holding company Invepar said in a securities filing on ...

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil added automated alerts to its emergency response system with the intent to keep citizens informed in moments of crisis.

Assailants shot and killed a man beside a subway-station ticket counter in central Rio de Janeiro Friday afternoon, prompting a shutdown of the station and renewing security concerns just over a ...

With the 2016 Olympics rapidly approaching, progress on one of host city Rio de Janeiro's most important infrastructure projects has slowed while its cost balloons, contributing to concerns about ...