Bus transport in Rio de Janeiro explained

The Rio de Janeiro bus system forms an important part of the public transport system in the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

As of the end of 2015, there were 1,752 bus routes servicing the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region, including 705 licensed by the municipality of Rio de Janeiro.^[1]

Municipal buses

The City of Rio de Janeiro bus fleet is made up of over 8,000 vehicles, operated by 47 different companies.^[2]

BRT

BRT is a bus rapid transit system that, as of 2017, the consists of three operating lines, Transcarioca, Transoeste and Transolímpica.^[3] Two further lines, and are in planning or under construction.

Bus terminals

Terminal	Location	Services	Ref.
		Municipal, Transoeste, Transcarioca, Intermunicipal, Interstate	^[4] ^[5]
Américo Ayres	Meier	Municipal, Intermunicipal	^[6]
Arquiteto Paciello	Meier	Municipal
Campo Grande	Campo Grande	Municipal, Transoeste, Interstate
Cosme Velho	Cosme Velho	Municipal
Curicica	Jacarepaguá	Municipal
Daniel Barata	Penha	Municipal
Deodoro	Deodoro	Municipal, Interstate, Transolímpica
Enock Anselmo dos Santos	Irajá	Municipal
Fundão (Aroldo Melodia)	Ilha do Fundão	Municipal
Gardênia Azul	Jacarepaguá	Municipal
Gentileza	São Cristóvão	Municipal, Transbrasil, Light rail
Jamil Amiden - Av Chile	Centro	Municipal
Jardim Oceânico	Barra da Tijuca	Municipal, Transoeste
Madureira	Madureira	Municipal, Transcarioca
Nossa Senhora do Amparo	Cascadura	Municipal
	Santo Cristo	Intermunicipal, Interstate, International
Padre Henrique Otte	Santo Cristo	Municipal
Procópio Ferreira	Centro	Municipal
PUC Gávea	Gávea	Municipal, intermunicipal	^[7]
Recreio	Recreio dos Bandeirantes
Ribeira	Ilha do Governador	Municipal
Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz	Transoeste
Serrinha	Campo Grande	Municipal
Souza Marques	Cascadura	Municipal, Intermunicipal
Sulacap	Sulacap	Transolímpica
Terreirão	Recreio	Municipal
Usina	Tijuca	Municipal

Notes and References

Web site: Dados gerais do sistema de transporte por ônibus na região metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro – média mês – 2015 . FETRANSPOR . 15 February 2017.
Web site: Ônibus online . Prefeitura da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro . 16 February 2017.
Web site: Conheça o BRT . BRTRIO . 8 October 2014.
Web site: Terminal Alvorada. Rio Ônibus. 16 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170216131314/http://www.rioonibus.com/terminais/alvorada/. 16 February 2017. dead.
Web site: Mapa das estações . BRT Rio.
Web site: Terminal Américo Ayres. Rio Ônibus. 16 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170216130734/http://www.rioonibus.com/terminais/americo-ayres/. 16 February 2017. dead.
Web site: Terminal PUC Gávea. Rio Ônibus. 16 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170216133217/http://www.rioonibus.com/terminais/puc-gavea/. 16 February 2017. dead.