As Brazil prepares to host two major sporting events - the Football World Cup and the Summer Olympic Games - the country is looking to breathe new life into its economic growth. Transport infrastructure is set to benefit from the government's stimulus plan, which recently announced a vast project to develop the rail network. In all, almost 10,000 km of track will be laid across the country, which currently has around 30,000, with a view to catching up. The high point of this new railway ambition is the high-speed line project between Sao Paulo and Rio, which has been blocked for a long time, and which the government believes should become a priority objective. The TAV (Trem de Alta Velocidade) project would link Brazil's two main economic centres in less than two hours. A dynamic that runs counter to Russia, which is also getting ready to organise the Olympic Games and the World Cup, but which seems to be in the spotlight. abandon its rail ambitions.
