Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos

The Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) (Template:Langx) is one of the rapid transit companies serving the city of São Paulo, alongside the São Paulo Metro, Via Quatro and Via Mobilidade, all four forming the largest metropolitan rail transport network of Latin America.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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 system, the CPTM currently operates 57 stations in five lines, with a total length of Template:Convert. The system carries about 2 million passengers a day. On 7 December 2018, CPTM set a weekday ridership record with 3,221,035 trips.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2021, the operation of Lines 8 and 9 was granted to the private company Via Mobilidade.<ref>https://www.parceriaseminvestimentos.sp.gov.br/projeto-qualificado/linha-8-diamante-e-linha-9-esmeralda/</ref>

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 paper ticket sold at 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	Termini	Length	Stations	Daily ridership (Apr 2019)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Line 7	Ruby	Brás ↔ Jundiaí	Template:Convert	19	473,400
Line 10	Turquoise	Brás ↔ Rio Grande da Serra	Template:Convert	13	391,000
Line 11	Coral	Palmeiras-Barra Funda ↔ Estudantes	Template:Convert	17	752,800
Line 12	Sapphire	Brás ↔ Calmon Viana	Template:Convert	13	272,000
Line 13	Jade	Engenheiro Goulart ↔ Aeroporto-Guarulhos	Template:Convert	3	13,300

Express services

Line	Color	Termini	Length	Stations
Line 7	Service 710<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Jundiaí ↔ Rio Grande da Serra	Template:Convert	32
Line 10
Line 10	Turquoise (Line 10 Express<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>/Line 10 Education Express<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>)	Tamanduateí ↔ Prefeito Celso Daniel-Santo André	Template:Convert	3
Line 10	Turquoise (Line 10+ Express)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Luz ↔ Prefeito Celso Daniel-Santo André	Template:Convert	5
Line 13	Jade (Airport Express)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Palmeiras-Barra Funda ↔ Aeroporto-Guarulhos	Template:Convert	5

Future developments

Under Construction

Line	Color	Termini	Length	Stations
Line 11	Coral	Penha	Template:N/a	1

Planned

Line	Color	Termini	Length	Stations
Line 10	Turquoise	Bom Retiro	Template:N/a	1
Line 10	Turquoise	Cerealista	Template:N/a	1
Line 10	Turquoise	Parque da Mooca	Template:N/a	1
Line 10	Turquoise	ABC	Template:N/a	1
Line 11	Coral	Estudantes ↔ César de Sousa	Template:Convert	1
Line 11	Coral	Bom Retiro	Template:N/a	1
Line 11	Coral	Cerealista	Template:N/a	1
Line 11	Coral	Lajeado	Template:N/a	1
Line 12	Sapphire	Calmon Viana ↔ Suzano	Template:Convert	1
Line 12	Sapphire	Gabriela Mistral	Template:N/a	1
Line 12	Sapphire	Cangaíba	Template:N/a	1
Line 12	Sapphire	União de Vila Nova	Template:N/a	1
Line 13	Jade	Aeroporto-Guarulhos ↔ Bonsucesso	Template:Convert	4
Line 13	Jade	Engenheiro Goulart ↔ Parque da Mooca	Template:Convert	8
Line 14	Onyx	Bonsucesso ↔ Jardim Irene	Template:Convert	22
Line 24	Quartz	Alphaville ↔ Campo Limpo	Template:Convert	20
Line 25	Topaz	Embu das Artes ↔ São Bernardo do Campo	Template:Convert	21

Gallery

• Linha6dentro.jpg

  Internal view of a 2000 Series CPTM train

• Estação da Luz 2015.jpg

  Luz Station.

• Brooklin ¹².jpg

  CPTM 2070 Series train in Brooklin CBD.

• Estação Ferraz de Vasconcelos2.jpg

  Ferraz de Vasconcelos Station.

• Trem Serie 2500 na estação Engenheiro Goulart (2020).jpg

  Engenheiro Goulart Station

See also

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

References

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External links

• Template:In lang Official page of the CPTM
• Template:In lang Secretaria dos Transportes Metropolitanos