VLT for Vasco? Station could be just metres from the stadium!

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·26 November 2025

VLT for Vasco? Station could be just metres from the stadium!

The Advisory Council responsible for the renovation of São Januário, Vasco da Gama’s stadium, met on Tuesday morning at the Nautical Headquarters in Lagoa to discuss the planned interventions around the future Vasco stadium. Among the main topics was the possibility of extending the VLT line to the area, improving access to the site and making it easier for fans to get around.

The Rio de Janeiro city government already has studies to take the VLT to São Cristóvão, with a station that would be between 900 meters and 1 kilometer away from São Januário. The proposal presented by the Council is to bring this station closer, to about 400 meters from the stadium, making the journey faster and safer on game and event days.

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The yellow line is the city government’s VLT extension project. The dashed line is the proposal made by the Council — Photo: ge

The municipal secretary of Sports, Guilherme Schleder, is part of the Council and follows the discussions on urban mobility. According to Vasco’s 2nd vice-president, Renato Brito, the city government has shown willingness to consider adjustments to the initial project.

Renato explained that the dialogue has been progressing positively:

“We started talking about some interventions, the widening of Avenida Roberto Dinamite and, mainly, the VLT project. The city government has shown sensitivity in considering the possibility of bringing the last VLT station closer to the stadium.”

The executive also highlighted that Vasco is willing to contribute financially to make the change possible:

“Naturally, Vasco has made itself available to allocate part of the 6% of the funds from the construction potential for this intervention. It was an initial conversation, but if Vasco and the city government can make this joint effort, it will be very important for the flow of people in the new stadium.”

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The idea of bringing the VLT closer to São Januário had already been mentioned by councilman Pedro Duarte, the Chamber’s representative on the Advisory Council. A new meeting with the municipal secretary of Economic Development, Osmar Lima, should take place in the coming weeks to deepen the discussion.

In addition to the mobility topic, the Council also discussed the importance of developing a housing program for Barreira do Vasco, inspired by the model applied in the Comunidade do Aço, in Santa Cruz. For now, it is just an initial proposal.

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This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.