Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos

Headway4' to 35'TechnicalSystem length196 mi (315 km)Track gauge1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)Old gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gaugeElectrification3,000 V DC catenaryAverage speed60 km/h (37 mph)Top speed90 km/h (56 mph)

System map

Legend Estudantes Mogi das Cruzes Brás Cubas Jundiapeba Suzano Calmon Viana Rio Grande da Serra Poá Ribeirão Pires Ferraz de Vasconcelos Guapituba Aracaré Mauá Antonio Gianetti Neto Capuava Itaquaquecetuba Santo André Guaianases Prefeito Saladino Engenheiro Manoel Feio Utinga José Bonifácio São Caetano do Sul Jardim Romano Tamanduateí Dom Bosco Ipiranga Itaim Paulista Juventus-Mooca Corinthians-Itaquera Jardim Helena-Vila Mara São Miguel Paulista Comendador Ermelino USP Leste Aeroporto-Guarulhos Guarulhos-CECAP Engenheiro Goulart Tatuapé Brás Luz Palmeiras-Barra Funda Água Branca Lapa Piqueri Pirituba Vila Clarice Jaraguá Vila Aurora Perus Caieiras Franco da Rocha Baltazar Fidélis Francisco Morato Botujuru Campo Limpo Paulista Várzea Paulista Jundiaí Line 7 • Line 10 • Line 11 Line 12 • Line 13 • Airport Express Legend Jundiaí Luz Pref. Celso Daniel- Santo André  10E   10+  Mogi das Cruzes Paranapiacaba

The 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 on 28 May 1992, from several railroads that already existed in Greater São Paulo, Brazil.

Part of the Greater São Paulo rail network, the CPTM has 57 stations in five lines, with a total length of 199 kilometres (124 mi). The system carries about 2 million passengers a day. On 7 December 2018, CPTM set a weekday ridership record with 3,221,035 trips.^[1]

History

Most of railways now run by the CPTM were built between 1860 and 1957 by the São Paulo Railway (the lines 7 and 10), Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana (the 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 the CPTM.

Between the end of the 1990s and the early 2000s, the 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 the 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 the Line 3 - Red.

The proposed Trens Intercidades regional railway project is considering using the Line 7 tracks for providing service to neighboring cities of Jundiaí, Campinas and Americana.^[2][3]

In 2018, the CPTM opened the Line 13, the first line completely built and operated by the company. This line connects the Line 12 to the São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport, with a special Express service connecting it to the central Luz station, and another service connecting it to the Brás station, both only operating on a specific schedule.^[4]

Operation

The CPTM operates five 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

Line	Color	Terminus	Length	Stations	Daily ridership (Apr 2019)[5]
Line 7	Ruby	Luz ↔ Jundiaí	60.5 kilometres (37.6 mi)	18	473,400
Line 10	Turquoise	Luz ↔ Rio Grande da Serra	37.2 kilometres (23.1 mi)	15	391,000
Line 11	Coral	Luz ↔ Estudantes	50.8 kilometres (31.6 mi)	16	752,800
Line 12	Sapphire	Brás ↔ Calmon Viana	38.8 kilometres (24.1 mi)	13	272,000
Line 13	Jade	Engenheiro Goulart ↔ Aeroporto–Guarulhos	12.2 kilometres (7.6 mi)	3	13,300

Expansion

Line	Color	Terminals	Length	Stations	Status
Line 11	Coral	Luz ↔ Palmeiras-Barra Funda	3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi)	1	Under construction
Line 12	Sapphire	Calmon Viana ↔ Suzano	2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi)	1	In planning

Express services

Line	Color	Terminals	Length	Stations
Line 13	Jade (Airport Express)[6]	Luz ↔ Aeroporto-Guarulhos	28.3 kilometres (17.6 mi)	4
Line 10	Turquoise (Line 10 Express[7]/Line 10 Education Express[8])	Tamanduateí ↔ Prefeito Celso Daniel-Santo André	9.2 kilometres (5.7 mi)	3
Line 10	Turquoise (Line 10+ Express)[9]	Luz ↔ Prefeito Celso Daniel-Santo André	17.7 kilometres (11.0 mi)	5
Line 7	Service 710[10]	Jundiaí ↔ Rio Grande da Serra	101.7 kilometres (63.2 mi)	32
Line 10

Gallery

• 
  Internal view of a 2000 Series CPTM train
• 
  Luz Station.
• 
  CPTM 2070 Series train in Brooklin CBD.
• 
  Ferraz de Vasconcelos Station.
• 
  Engenheiro Goulart Station

See also

• São Paulo Metropolitan Trains rolling stock
• São Paulo Metro
• List of suburban and commuter rail systems
• Transport in São Paulo
• Bike station

References

External links

• (in Portuguese) Official page of the CPTM
• (in Portuguese) Secretaria dos Transportes Metropolitanos