Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos

The Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) (Template:Lit) is one of the rapid transit companies serving the city of São Paulo, alongside the São Paulo Metro, ViaQuatro and ViaMobilidade, all four forming the largest metropolitan rail transport network of Latin America. 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 . The system carries about 2 million passengers a day. On 7 December 2018, CPTM set a weekday ridership record with 3,221,035 trips.

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.

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.

In 2021, the operation of Lines 8 and 9 was granted to the private company Via Mobilidade.

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)
Line 10	Turquoise	Palmeiras-Barra Funda ↔ Rio Grande da Serra		15	391,000
Line 11	Coral	Palmeiras-Barra Funda ↔ Estudantes		17	752,800
Line 12	Sapphire	Brás ↔ Calmon Viana		13	272,000
Line 13	Jade	Engenheiro Goulart ↔ Aeroporto-Guarulhos		3	13,300

Express services

Line	Color	Termini	Length	Stations
Line 10	Turquoise (Line 10 Express/Line 10 Education Express)	Tamanduateí ↔ Prefeito Celso Daniel-Santo André		3
Line 10	Turquoise (Line 10+ Express)	Luz ↔ Prefeito Celso Daniel-Santo André		5
Line 13	Jade (Airport Express)	Palmeiras-Barra Funda ↔ Aeroporto-Guarulhos		5

Former services

Line	Color	Termini	Length	Stations
Line 7	Service 710	Jundiaí ↔ Rio Grande da Serra		32
Line 10
Line 13	Jade (Connect)	Brás ↔ Aeroporto-Guarulhos		5

Future developments

Under Construction

Line	Color	Termini	Length	Stations
Line 11	Coral	Penha	—	1

Planned

Line	Color	Termini	Length	Stations
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	Estudantes ↔ César de Sousa		1
Line 11	Coral	Bom Retiro	—	1
Line 11	Coral	Cerealista	—	1
Line 11	Coral	Lajeado	—	1
Line 12	Sapphire	Calmon Viana ↔ Suzano		1
Line 12	Sapphire	Gabriela Mistral	—	1
Line 12	Sapphire	Cangaíba	—	1
Line 12	Sapphire	União de Vila Nova	—	1
Line 13	Jade	Aeroporto-Guarulhos ↔ Bonsucesso		4
Line 13	Jade	Engenheiro Goulart ↔ Gabriela Mistral		2
Line 14	Onyx	Bonsucesso ↔ Jardim Irene		23
Line 24	Quartz	Alphaville ↔ Campo Limpo		20
Line 25	Topaz	Embu das Artes ↔ São Bernardo do Campo		21

Gallery

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

External links

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