São Paulo Metropolitan Trains

São Paulo Metropolitan Train
Overview
Native nameTrem Metropolitano de São Paulo
Area servedGreater São Paulo, Brazil
Transit typeCommuter rail, Rapid Transit
Number of lines7
Line number
  • Current:
  • Planned:
Number of stations94
Annual ridership447.9 million (2021)[1]
Website
Operation
Began operation1934; 90 years ago (1934)
Operator(s) Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (Lines 7, 10–13)
ViaMobilidade (Lines 8 and 9)
Headway4′ to 35′
Technical
System length273 km (170 mi)
Track gauge1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Electrification3,000 V DC catenary
Average speed90 km/h (56 mph)
System map

The São Paulo Metropolitan Train is a public transit rail system implanted in Greater São Paulo, serving 23 of its 39 municipalities. It has 273 km (170 mi) of length, 7 lines and 94 stations, transporting approximately 3 million passengers per day. Currently, it is operated by the state-owned company Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM), but two of the lines were auctioned to ViaMobilidade, which began operating their administrations in January 2022.

History

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GE-Pulmann train of Sorocabana, the first commuter train in São Paulo suburban area.

The story of railways in the state of São Paulo begins in 1867 with the construction of the first link between the cities of Santos, São Paulo and Jundiaí by São Paulo Railway, opened on 16 February 1867, which crossed the state plateau and going down the Serra do Mar. In 1946, Estrada de Ferro Santos-Jundiaí, administered by the federal government, assumed the operation of the railway, which is the current lines 7-Ruby and 10-Turquoise.

In the 1870s, the Companhia São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro build the Estrada de Ferro do Norte, a railway that connected São Paulo to cities of the Paraíba Valley. In 1890, this railway was incorporated by Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil (EFCB), connecting São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro. It is currently divided in lines 11-Coral and 12-Sapphire.

In 1926, EFCB built a variant to the main line call Variante de Poá, which is the current Line 12-Sapphire. On the other side, Estrada de Ferro Sorocaba built, in 1875, a link between the cities of São Paulo and Sorocaba, which is the current Line 8-Diamond. In mid-1937, Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana built a branch, connecting Mairinque to Santos, with the objective to take down the monopoly that São Paulo Railway had in the link between the plateau and the seaside. Later, with the objective to shorten the distance between the capital and Santos, the Jurubatuba branch was built in 1957, which started in Imperatriz Leopoldina station and headed towards Evangelista de Souza station of the Mairinque-Santos branch, forming today, in part, Line 9-Emerald.

In 1957, the federal railway are unified into one state-owned company, Rede Ferroviária Federal (RFFSA), amongst them EFCB and Estrada de Ferro Santos-Jundiaí. The urban sections of RFFSA of all country created in the 1970s the Empresa Brasileira de Transporte Urbano (EBTU), being replaced in 1984 by Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos. In 1971, all of the railways controlled by the state government of São Paulo were unified to become Ferrovia Paulista S/A (FEPASA), amongst them the Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana. Then, FEPASA created FEPASA DRM, which was a child company that operated the commuter transport in the metropolitan regions of the state of São Paulo.

Commuter trains

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Commuters boarding an overcrowded train in Osasco station in the 1970s.
Engenheiro Sebastião Gualberto station of East Line-Mogi right after being transferred to CPTM in 1994.

The first incursion of the state government in the administration of suburban transports occurred in 1934 with the creation of suburban trains by Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana, which invested in electrification and rigging in the suburbs São Paulo-Mairinque and São Paulo-Jurubatuba. After Sorocabana was incorporated by FEPASA in 1971, the Regional Unit of the Suburbs was created, later renamed to Metropolitan Regional Direction. Between 1975 and 1980. FEPASA/DRM developed a great plan of remodeling of the suburbs trains, transformed into metropolitan trains (West and South Lines). Yet, the economic crisis jeopardized the investments and delayed the projects implementations.[2][3]

At the same time, the suburban trains operated by RFFSA (Lines Santos-Jundiaí, Tronco Mogi and Variante Poá) received modest investments. With that, breakdowns and riots were common, with commuters promoting vandalism in stations, trains and other railway facilities. In 1972, during the discussion of the project of East-West Line, the Metro proposed the transfer of Tronco-Mogi Line and its conversion into a metropolitan train, proposed rejected by RFFSA.[4]

Even with the transfer of the suburban lines from RFFSA to the recently created CBTU, the precariousness of the urban trains administered by the federal government reached a peak in 1987 with the Itaquera rail crash. Caused by the lack of investments and maintenance failures, the accident caused the death of 51 passengers. On 30 April 1987, the state government and the Ministry of Transports signed an intention protocol for the transfer of CBTU East Line-Mogi to the Metro administration. The cost of the transfer and conversion of the line into metropolitan train was of US$ 350 million (almost Cz$ 9 billion) for the state.[5] During the year of 1987, the state government negotiated with the federal government. The lack of state funds and lack of interest of CBTU in the transfer (the company proposed to the state government a shared operation of the lines among CBTU, RFFSA and Metrô)[6] blocked the continuation of the project, besides it was the first step of the acquisition of the network by the state government years later.

System lines

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System Map - September 2020
Line Color Termini Opened Length Stations Hours of
Operation
Line 7 Ruby Jundiaí ↔ Brás 16 February 1867 62.7 km (39.0 mi) 19 Daily
(4:00 AM–12:00 AM)
Line 8 Diamond Júlio Prestes ↔ Itapevi 10 July 1875 35.3 km (21.9 mi) 20 Daily
(4:00 AM–12:00 AM)
Line 9 Emerald Osasco ↔ Bruno Covas/Mendes-Vila Natal 25 January 1957 35 km (22 mi) 20 Daily
(4:00 AM–12:00 AM)
Line 10 Turquoise Brás ↔ Rio Grande da Serra 16 February 1867 35 km (22 mi) 13 Daily
(4:00 AM–12:00 AM)
Line 11 Coral Luz ↔ Estudantes 1890 50.5 km (31.4 mi) 16 Daily
(4:00 AM–12:00 AM)
Line 12 Sapphire Brás ↔ Calmon Viana 1 April 1934 38.8 km (24.1 mi) 13 Daily
(4:00 AM–12:00 AM)
Line 13 Jade Engenheiro Goulart ↔ Aeroporto-Guarulhos 31 March 2018 12.2 km (7.6 mi) 3 Daily
(4:00 AM–12:00 AM)
Operational extension
Line Color Termini Length Stations
Line 8 Diamond Itapevi ↔ Amador Bueno 6.3 km (3.9 mi) 3
Express services
Line Service Termini Length Stations
Line 7 Service 710 Jundiaí ↔ Rio Grande da Serra 101.7 km (63.2 mi) 32
Line 10
Line 10 Express/Line 10 Education Express Tamanduateí ↔ Pref. Celso Daniel-Santo André 9.3 km (5.8 mi) 3
Line 10+ Express Luz ↔ Pref. Celso Daniel-Santo André 17.7 km (11.0 mi) 5
Line 13 Airport Express Palmeiras-Barra Funda ↔ Aeroporto-Guarulhos 31.1 km (19.3 mi) 5

Future developments

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Under Construction
Line Color Termini Length Stations
Line 8 Diamond Ambuitá — 1
Line 9 Emerald Bruno Covas/Mendes-Vila Natal ↔ Varginha 2.3 km (1.4 mi) 1
Line 11 Coral Luz ↔ Palmeiras-Barra Funda 3.6 km (2.2 mi) 1
Line 11 Coral Penha — 1
Planned
Line Color Termini Length Stations
Line 8 Diamond Água Branca — 1
Line 10 Turquoise Bom Retiro — 1
Line 10 Turquoise Cerealista — 1
Line 10 Turquoise Parque da Mooca — 1
Line 10 Turquoise ABC — 1
Line 11 Coral (Expansion) Estudantes ↔ César de Sousa 4.3 km (2.7 mi) 1
Line 11 Coral Bom Retiro — 1
Line 11 Coral Cerealista — 1
Line 11 Coral Lajeado — 1
Line 12 Sapphire (Expansion) Calmon Viana ↔ Suzano 2.6 km (1.6 mi) 1
Line 12 Sapphire Gabriela Mistral — 1
Line 12 Sapphire Cangaíba — 1
Line 12 Sapphire União de Vila Nova — 1
Line 13[7] Jade (Expansion) Aeroporto-Guarulhos ↔ Bonsucesso 10.5 km (6.5 mi) 4
Line 13[7] Jade (Expansion) Engenheiro Goulart ↔ Parque da Mooca 13.5 km (8.4 mi) 8
Line 14[7] Onyx Bonsucesso ↔ Jardim Irene 39 km (24 mi) 22
Line 24[7][8] Quartz Alphaville ↔ Campo Limpo 24 km (15 mi) 20
Line 25[9] Topaz Embu das Artes ↔ São Bernardo do Campo 34 km (21 mi) 21

Rolling stock

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Main article: São Paulo Metropolitan Trains rolling stock

The metropolitan trains rolling stock has trains of 19 different series, some of them out of service for being older,[10][11] and some of them recently delivered.[12][13][14]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Meier, Ricardo (19 January 2022). "Linhas da CPTM transportaram 8% mais passageiros em 2021". Metrô CPTM (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Vinte anos sem renovações" (in Portuguese) (17924). São Paulo: Folha de S. Paulo. 30 April 1978. ISSN 1414-5723. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "Subúrbios: um metrô de 200 km para São Paulo" (in Portuguese) (17060). São Paulo: Folha de S. Paulo. 26 November 1975: 30. Retrieved 15 September 2022. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ Prefeitura do Município de São Paulo (1979). "Leste-Oeste: em busca de uma solução integrada" (in Portuguese). Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo: 203. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ "Linha Leste deve custar Cz$ 9 bilhões" (in Portuguese) (21212). Folha de S. Paulo. 1 May 1987: 11. Retrieved 15 September 2022. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ "Relatório Anual de 1987" (PDF). Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos. 1988: C-18. Retrieved 15 September 2022. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ a b c d Meier, Ricardo (3 December 2023). "Linha 24 da CPTM tem seu 'mineral' revelado, o quartzo". Metrô CPTM (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  8. ^ Lobo, Renato (30 November 2023). "Nova Linha 24 da CPTM ganha nomenclatura: Quartzo". Via Trólebus (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  9. ^ Meier, Jean Carlos (12 August 2024). "Fim do mistério: Linha 25-Topázio é o nome oficial do ferrovia 'Arco Sul', de trens metropolitanos". Metrô CPTM (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Trem mais antigo da CPTM fará sua despedida neste sábado, dia 26". Noticiando (in Portuguese). 25 May 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  11. ^ Meier, Ricardo (5 June 2017). "Novo trem coreano da CPTM está prestes a estrear na Linha 7". Metrô CPTM (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  12. ^ Lobo, Renato (18 July 2018). "CPTM recebe novos trens e companhia realoca unidades entre linhas". Via Trólebus (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Entrega e Operação dos Trens" (PDF). Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (in Portuguese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Frota de Trens - CPTM". Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
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