The Salvador Metro (Brazilian Portuguese: Metrô de Salvador, commonly called Metrô or Sistema Metropolitano Salvador-Lauro de Freitas) is a rapid transit system serving Salvador city, the state capital of Bahia and the fifth largest city in Brazil. The current system is 38 km (23.6 mi) long and has twenty two stations, which began partial public service on June 11, 2014. The system also has a station at the Salvador Bahia Airport in Lauro de Freitas. It is operated by CCR METRàBAHIA Company.
Additionally, Salvador was served by a railway line known as the Suburban Line (Calçada-Paripe) that did not connect with the Metro. This suburban line will soon become an LRT line integrated to the 38 km (23.6 mi) of the Metro of Salvador.
The construction of the SMSL was carried out in an expansion divided in six stages that integrated the traditional center of the city to Pirajá (and later, in 2023, Campinas and the district of ÃÂguas Claras) and to the neighboring municipality of Lauro de Freitas through Line 1 and Line 2 respectively, totaling 38 kilometers and 22 stations.
The Metro connects to other transport systems such as: a Bus rapid transit system which shares the Lapa station with the Metro, and the 36.4 km and 34 Station LRT Line which is currently being built to replace the Suburb train and extend it and is predicted to be concluded by 12th of August 2028 and will encounter the Metro at stations in ÃÂguas Claras and Bairro da Paz.
The result of political fighting and contract conflicts, the project suffered multiple delays from its original completion date of 2003. In final form, the Bahia state government taken over responsibility for finishing then salvador metro line in 2013. When service finally subsequently start, it operated on the 7.6 km, five stop Lapa - Retiro portion of Line 1 between 12.00 and 16.00. Trains operated every ten minutes, and passenger travel were free. On game days, however, only football fans with game tickets were allowed in.
Nearly a decade have gone by after that first opening, and in the Brazilian state of Bahia's capital, circumstances have undergone a major shift.
On June 14 of this year, the 1.5 mile Pirajá - Campinas section of Line 1 cracked bringing the line's total length to 13.4 km, including 5.8 km of elevated track and 1.4 km of tunnel, with nine stations.
Starting in February 2015, construction on Line 2 was carried out. On December 5, 2016, the first 2.3 km of the Acesso Norte - Rodoviária extend opened. With the conclusion of the 3.5 kilometer Mussurunga - Airport section on April 26, 2018, Line 2 includes twelve stations & is now 19.6 km long. Both lines' services operate from 5:00 to 0:00, with service frequency modified according to demand.
The project is a Build, Operate, and Transfer (BOT) scheme for the operation of the urban rapid rail transportation system in the municipality of Salvador da Bahia, and includes the supply and installation of rolling stock and signaling equipment, and commercial operation of the system for the 25-year concession. Each train, consisting of four cars, has the capacity to carry 1,250 passengers.
Currently, the urban transportation system in Salvador is underdeveloped and largely road-based, causing significant congestion and delays. This level of road-based transport has significant impacts on the local economy and environment. For this reason the municipality and the state, together with the World Bank, have been involved since 1992 in the design and implementation of a transportation strategy. The international standard gauge is 3 kV overhead power supply. And Built by a consortium of Siemens and Camargo Corrêa and Andrade Gutierrez of Brazil.
This project is an integral part of the strategy that aims to improve the quality of public urban transportation in the area by connecting currently excluded low-income neighborhoods, and by furthering the development of a fully d urban transportation system.
Salvador Metro system is one of the systems of urban mobility that were deployed for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The connection of Line 2 with Line 1 of Salvador Metro contributes to connect the International Airport to Downtown Salvador and the Fonte Nova Stadium. The new Line 2 of Salvador Metro integrates the metro stations of the Rótula do Abacaxi and the beach city of Lauro de Freitas in the metropolitan area, passing through the Salvador International Airport, with the Airport metro station.
The current route of Line 1 begins at the underground Lapa station, and runs for in Metro tunnels, before emerging to the surface. Brotas station (which serves the Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova stadium) is elevated, while Accesso Norte Station and Retiro stations are at-grade.
With Line 1 fully operational over its whole course from Lapa to Rodoviária , it is long (with underground, elevated, with the rest at grade), and serves ten stations.
A new bus station for Salvador has begun the operations by 20th of January 2026. With this modification, the Rodoviária station, located on Tancredo Neves avenue, got a new name: Iguatemi station. Also, ÃÂguas Claras station has changed to Rodoviária station, where the new bus station is built near the BR-324 federal highway.
The following lists the current, and planned, stations of the Salvador Metro, by their opening date: