All São Paulo articles
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Metro Report InternationalAlstom invests in Brazil amid strong outlook for South American metro sector
BRAZIL: Alstom is about to start producing metro trainsets for São Paulo Line 6 at its Taubaté factory as the company invests to support growing rail markets in South America.
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NewsSão Paulo airport express extended to Palmeiras-Barra Funda
BRAZIL: São Paulo suburban rail operator CPTM has extended its Expresso Aeroporto service from Luz to Palmeiras-Barra Funda with effect from September 1. This has been facilitated by a R$158m project to modernise the 2 km cross-city connection between Luz and Palmeiras-Barra Funda. This was previously ...
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Organisations
ViaMobilidade
Concessionaire for several of São Paulo’s metro and suburban routes. See São Paulo network map. On August 4 2018 ViaMobilidade took over as concessionaire for metro Line 5 (lilac) for a 20-year term awarded in January 2018. It has also been selected as operator for the future Line 17 (gold) ...
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Metro Report InternationalMonorail extended in São Paulo
BRAZIL: A one-stop extension of São Paulo monorail Line 15 from São Mateus to Jardim Colonial was inaugurated on December 29, taking the operational length of the line to 13∙4 km. Initially the station is only open between 10.00 and 15.00 each day, and passengers have ...
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Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM)
Suburban mainline network, comprising 7 routes with 94 stations. See São Paulo network map. CPTM was created in 1992 to run São Paulo’s suburban services. It inherited 78 km of former Fepasa (state railway) suburban routes, and in 1994 took over operation of the 198 km of lines formerly run ...