World Cup Brazil 2014

Metrorec, the State owned company which runs the metro of Recife, one of the host cities of the World Cup 2014, just announced that the works to build a new metro station will start in January of 2010; the new station should be finished by the end of 2010.

In Recife, the matches will be played in a complex called Cidade da Copa (City of the Cup), which will include a new stadium called Arena Capibaribe; the complex will be built in the city of São Lourenço da Mata, in the metropolitan area of Greater Recife.

The new metro station will be called Cosme e Damião (the Portuguese for brothers Saints Cosmas and Damian). The new station will be built between the already existing stations of Rodoviária (the inter State bus station) and Camaragibe. The works will be conducted at night, so as to not interfere with the daily traffic of trains and people.

The new station will be at a distance of approximately 600 meters (0.4 mi) of the entrance of the City of Cup, and about 2,5 km (1.6 mi) of the Arena Capibaribe (the dashed red line shows the border between Recife and São Lourenço).

The link between the metro stations and the stadium will be by bus. Metrorec informed that there are plans to create shuttle bus services between the arena and the three stations, Rodovária, Cosme e Damião, and Camaragibe, to try to divide the public and facilitate access and dispersion in days of matches.

This new station serves one of the poorest areas in Recife, and had been expected by local residents for a long time. Governments had a project ready, but lacked funds to build it. The Cup is starting to bring benefits to people of Recife.

This entry was posted on Saturday, November 21st, 2009 at 7:34 pm and is filed under cities, infrastructure.