Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil

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Overview - Feira de Santana

Located in the interior of Bahia, Feira de Santana second largest city by population in Bahia. It has approximately 616,000 inhabitants in the city proper as of 2022. The Feira de Santana metropolitan area comprised 616,272 residents as of the 2022 IBGE census estimate.

Feira de Santana's rapid transit network consists of two Bus Rapid Transit lines.

BRT Feira

Opened 2020, BRT Feira consists of two bus rapid transit lines that serve the city of Feira de Santana, Bahia and the surrounding suburbs.

BRT 1 - Av. Getúlio Vargas

BRT 1 - Av. Getúlio Vargas is a bus rapid transit line on a East-West alignment. It runs from Terminal Central in the west to Terminal Noide Cerqueira in the east, serving 9 stations.

BRT 1 was opened in October 2020 for trial service, with service gradually ramping up afterwards.

BRT 2 - Av. João Durval

BRT 2 - Av. João Durval is a bus rapid transit line on a North-South alignment. It runs from a junction with BRT 1 in the south to Terminal Ayrton Senna in the north, serving 7 stations.

BRT 2 was opened in October 2020 for trial service, and was completely rebuilt and reopened in September 2024. The last extension to the line was to Terminal Ayrton Senna in May 2023.

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Other Sources

Feira de Santana, Brazil at BRTDATA.org

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Asset Notes

Color for BRT Feira taken from a photograph of one of their buses.