en.Wedoany.com Reported - On March 31 local time, BYD's SkyRail Line 17 "Golden Line" for São Paulo, Brazil, officially commenced operation, marking the successful landing of the company's first overseas rail transit project. The project directly enhances local transportation connectivity by linking Congonhas Airport with the city's rail transit network. As a core practice of BYD's green transportation solutions in the global market, the project aims to provide a demonstration of high-efficiency, low-energy consumption branch line transportation for megacities.
BYD is a global leader in clean energy and transportation solutions. Since officially taking over the São Paulo Line 17 project in 2020, BYD spent four years adapting and optimizing the system for the existing beam structure, successfully addressing the challenging conditions left from the earlier phase, such as excessive beam surface height and steep gradients.
In terms of technical parameters, the SkyRail trains on this line are equipped with BYD's proprietary batteries and support fully automated driverless operation. The system integrates safety features including area intrusion protection, reversal at any position, and inter-zone rescue and evacuation, achieving low-noise, green, and all-weather safe operation indicators. São Paulo State Governor Tarcísio de Freitas stated at the opening ceremony that the delivered trains have reached advanced levels in communication, signaling, comfort, and safety.
This commencement of operation is a significant milestone in the internationalization process of BYD's rail transit business. Moving forward, BYD will use this project as a demonstration benchmark to continue advancing the strategic deployment of its "SkyRail" and "SkyShuttle" systems in the Latin American market.
The São Paulo Line 17 SkyRail trains utilize BYD's proprietary SkyRail batteries, offering advantages such as automated operation, green and low-noise performance, safety, and high efficiency. In response to the complex construction conditions and challenging operational scenarios left from the earlier phase, such as excessive beam surface height and steep gradients, BYD conducted targeted technological research and development, achieving all-weather safe and stable system operation and providing safety functions like reversal at any position, area intrusion protection, and inter-zone rescue and evacuation. Through the vertical integration of "battery + signaling system," BYD filled the technological gap in the local infrastructure project, achieving a complete closed loop from hardware delivery to system standard output. This integrated supply model not only strengthens its competitive advantage in the Latin American supply chain but also provides replicable technological references and operational models for the green upgrade of urban transportation worldwide.
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