Private company

Empresa Metropolitana de Transportes Urbanos de São Paulo

Brazilian company responsible for operating the São Paulo Metropolitan Region's bus network1

The Empresa Metropolitana de Transportes Urbanos de São Paulo, or EMTU, was a company owned by the Secretaria de Estado dos Transportes Metropolitanos (STM) (English: State Secretariat for Metropolitan Transports). Created on 13 December 1977, it was responsible for the transport, by bus, of 5 million people in the Greater São Paulo área. It was liquidated by decret of governor Tarcísio de Freitas on 20 March 2025.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Dec 13, 1977Founded1
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Photo: Ramirocd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

The Empresa Metropolitana de Transportes Urbanos de São Paulo, or EMTU, was a company owned by the Secretaria de Estado dos Transportes Metropolitanos (STM) (English: State Secretariat for Metropolitan Transports). Created on 13 December 1977, it was responsible for the transport, by bus, of 5 million people in the Greater São Paulo área. It was liquidated by decret of governor Tarcísio de Freitas on 20 March 2025.2

Timeline

  1. Dec 13, 1977Founded Founded1