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The first stretch of high-speed train line in Brazil will be between its main cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The distance of 412 km between the two city terminals: Campo de Marte in São Paulo and the Barão de Mauá station in Rio de Janeiro will be covered in one hour and twenty-five minutes at a maximum speed of 360 km/h.
The TAV (Portuguese: Trem de Alta Velocidade, meaning high-speed train) is Brazil's first planned high-speed rail service. The first line is proposed to run between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. It will travel 403 kilometres (250 mi) between Barão de Mauá station and Campo de Marte Airport. The journey will take 85 minutes, reaching a ...
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.
Apart from the large systems in Rio and São Paulo, the further cities in Brazil with smaller commuter train systems include the Cariri region, João Pessoa, Maceió, Natal, and Teresina. The other Brazilian metro systems are the Belo Horizonte Metro , Federal District Metro , Fortaleza Metro , Porto Alegre Metro , Recife Metro and Salvador Metro .
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.
Train of CPTM. Faria Lima station, on Line 4 - Yellow. With 13 lines, 187 stations and a total length of 377 km (234 mi) (of which about 353 km or 219 mi is within the São Paulo Metropolitan Region boundaries), [5] the São Paulo Metropolitan Rail Transport Network is the largest urban rail system in Latin America. [6]
In 2010, São Paulo state government showed off a project to build up 4 regional intercity train routes connecting the area surrounding São Paulo with high population cities close by, [2] which today rely exclusively on intercity buses that are almost completely saturated and running at absurdly short intervals at full capacity. The original ...
Line 8 (Diamond) (Portuguese: Linha 8–Diamante), formerly Line B (Gray), is a line of the São Paulo Metropolitan Trains system in Greater São Paulo, Brazil. [2] Since 27 January 2022, ViaMobilidade operates the line for 30 years, along with Line 9-Emerald. [3] [4]