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CPTM

Overview
Owner	São Paulo (state) Government
Locale	Greater São Paulo
Transit type	Rapid Transit and Commuter Rail
Number of lines	7
Number of stations	94
Daily ridership	2,752,000 (2017)
Annual ridership	827,700,000 (2017)
Chief executive	Mário Manuel Seabra Rodrigues Bandeira
Headquarters	Rua Boa Vista, 185, Centro
Website	www.cptm.sp.gov.br
Operation
Began operation	May 28, 1992
Operator(s)	CPTM
Number of vehicles	213 (2018)
Technical
System length	273.0 kilometres (169.6 mi)
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Electrification	3,000 V DC catenary line 11, 750 V DC third rail
Average speed	60 km/h (37 mph)
Top speed	90 km/h (56 mph)
System map

Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) (English: São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Company) is a rapid transit and commuter rail company owned by the São Paulo State Department for Metropolitan Transports. It was created in May 28, 1992 from several railroads that already existed in Greater São Paulo, Brazil.

Part of the Greater São Paulo rail network, CPTM has 94 stations in seven lines, with a total length of 273.0 kilometres (169.6 mi). The system carries about 2.8 million passengers a day. In June 8, 2018, CPTM set a weekday ridership record with 3,096,035 trips.^[1]

History

Most of railways now run by CPTM were built between 1860 and 1957 by the São Paulo Railway (lines 7 and 10), Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana (lines 8 and 9) and Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil (lines 11 and 12). These railways were eventually incorporated into the state-owned Rede Ferroviária Federal (RFFSA) in 1957 and Ferrovia Paulista S.A. (FEPASA) 1971. Finally, in 1992 the urban sections of RFFSA and FEPASA merged, forming CPTM.

Between the end of the 1990s and the early 2000s, CPTM began the conversion of some metropolitan lines to provide a service similar to rapid transit and better integrate with the São Paulo Metro. Most of the stations where either rebuilt or modernized and new trains were purchased allowing the headway of lines to be as low as four minutes in some lines. This experience started in Line E in the year 2000, in the stretch known as "East Express", serving the east end of São Paulo City and running parallel to Line 3 - Red.

In 2018 CPTM opened Line 13, its first line completely built and operated by CPTM. This line connects Line 12 to the São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport

Operation

Rail transport in São Paulo

CPTM operates seven lines in the Greater São Paulo area, identified by number and color. Most of these lines run on existing surface tracks that continue out of Greater São Paulo as MRS Logística intercity freight lines and share right of way with freight trains. The more lightly used outer sections of several lines have level crossings.

Service starts every day at 4 AM, when trains depart from each terminus, until the last train leaves at midnight. On Saturdays operation is extended until 1 AM.

The company charges a flat fare that can be paid either by magnetic ticket sold in the stations or with a rechargeable smartcard, and grants access to any of the rail lines on the Greater São Paulo, including lines operated by the São Paulo Metro.

Lines

Expansion

Gallery

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  Internal view of a 2000 Series CPTM train
  

  
  

  
  


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  Luz Station.
  

  
  

  
  


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  CPTM 2070 Series train in Brooklin CBD.
  

  
  

  
  


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  Ferraz de Vasconcelos Station.
  

  
  

  
  

See also

• São Paulo Metro


• List of suburban and commuter rail systems


• Transport in São Paulo


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  Bike station - The Mauá train station on Line 10 has a bike station, the only one on the CPTM system.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos.

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  (in Portuguese) Official page of the CPTM
  


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  (in Portuguese) Secretaria dos Transportes Metropolitanos