Belém, Pará, Brazil
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Overview - Belém
Located on Guajará Bay, Belém is the capital of and the largest city by population in Pará. It has approximately 1,303,000 inhabitants in the city proper as of 2022. The Belém metropolitan area comprised 1,957,533 residents as of the 2022 IBGE census estimate.
Belém's rapid transit network consists of two bus rapid transit lines.
BRT Belém
Opened 2014, BRT Belém consists of a bus rapid transit line that serves the city of Belém, Pará and the surrounding suburbs.
BRT Almirante Barroso & BRT Augusto Montenegro
BRT Belém Almirante Barroso and Augusto Montenegro form a bus rapid transit line on a North-South alignment. It runs from Terminal São Brás in the south to Terminal Maracacuera in the north via Terminal Mangueirão, serving 22 stations. São Brás is comprised of two separate stations, one of which is exclusively used for disembarking, and Bosque consists of two station pairs (serving one direction each) located around 400m apart but branded as a single station.
BRT Belém was opened in January 2014 with only the ROW available, with BRT service on Phase 1 beginning sometime around April 2017. Phase 2 to Tapanã opened in September 2018, and the last extension to the line was Phase 3 to Maracacuera in November 2019.
BRT Metropolitano
Opened 2025, BRT Metropolitano consists of a bus rapid transit line that serves the city of Belém, Pará and the eastern suburbs.
BR-316
The BRT Metropolitano's BR-316 corridor is a bus rapid transit line on a southwest-northeast alignment. It runs from Terminal São Brás in the southwest to Terminal Marituba in the northeast via Terminal Ananindeua, serving 6 stations with intermediate stations under construction.
The BRT Metropolitano's BR-316 corridor was opened in November 2025.
References & Helpful Links
Official Website for BRT Belém: BRT Belém
Maps
Unofficial Map - BRT Belém [January 2020] by Nildo Costa (www.behance.net)
Other Sources
Other Websites
External Citations
Asset Notes
BRT Belém color taken from background color of official website as of July 23, 2022. BRT Metropolitano color taken from system overview as of November 1, 2025.