Scheduled for February, the National Railway Plan It is being implemented by the federal government in a sliced way. The original proposal contains, but the Ministry of Transport has chosen to announce, at this initial phase, three auctions.
O Southeast Rail Ring (Railway 118) It must be the first to have your announcement published. The Ministry of Transport estimate is that the auction will be held in December 2025.
In the list of rail concessions, is also the East-west corridorwhich is the junction of West-East Integration Railroad (FIOL) and from Midwest Integration Railroad (FI). The Ministry of Transport hopes to auction in July 2026.
The third auction announced is that of Ironalso scheduled for July next year. The project provides that the railroad will be able to carry up to 52 million tons of agricultural commodities per year, interconnecting the municipalities of Sinop (MT) and Itaituba (PA).
The three events total R $ 53.2 billion in public and private investments. The amount equals just over half of the total amount provided for in.
- Southeast rail ring: R $ 4.54 billion;
- Runner I am-Fiol: R $ 28.7 billion;
- Fergrão: R $ 20 billion.
Among the five projects planned, these three took the lead of the list of concessions because they are more mature within the study and analysis process, told the National Secretary of Railway Transport, Leonardo Ribeiro, to CNN.
“We are working on the expansion of railroads in the Northeast, North, Midwest, South, Southeast, but considering the complexities of the enterprises, we chose to build this policy and this national plan in a phased way,” said Leonardo Ribeiro.
The Ferroogrão project, however, is stopped in the Federal Supreme Court (STF) due to an action by PSOL, which questions the destination of part of Jamanxim National Park (PA) to the initiative of the railway.
Transport Minister Renan Filho signaled the Senate Infrastructure Commission on Tuesday (20) that the government can adapt the railway proposal, depending on the STF’s decision.
The auctions of the extension of North-south railway to the port of Vila do Conde (PA) and the railroad Transnordestine There are no date yet. At the level, the government undertakes to grant transnordestine connection to the North-South railroad in Estreito (MA).
New Grant Policy
To ensure the viability of project concessions, the Ministry of Transport put in public consultation the draft of the ordinance to create a National Policy of Railway Grantswhich regulates the application of public contribution, or derived from funds of early renewals and indemnities, in the auctions.
According to Leonardo Ribeiro, the initiative is “central” of the planning of rail auctions, as it contains devices that regulate the contribution of government resources in the projects.
“There are projects of the national plan that are Greenfield [termo usado para investimentos que são iniciados do zero]which will involve resources. This contribution is critical to raising the venture’s profitability rate, attracting the participation of the private sector, “said Leonardo Ribeiro.
Ferroogrão, for example, is a Greenfield project. With approximately 933 kilometers long, the project connects the grain producing region of the Midwest to the state of Pará, leading to the port of Miritituba.
The national policy of railroads is expected to be consolidated by the end of this year, told the executive secretary of the Ministry of Transport, George Santoro, to CNN.
“We published the draft that modernizes many items, giving a very large contractual modernization, with the possibility of making contributions with public resources in the projects and covering economic viability gaps. There are several possibilities. We opened a range,” he said.
