Daily ridership 2,900,000 (2014) Website www.cptm.sp.gov.br Locale Greater São Paulo Number of stations 92 Transit type Commuter rail | Annual ridership 795,000,000 (2013) Founded 1992 Number of lines 6 Number of vehicles 126 (2010) | |
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Owner São Paulo (state) Government Chief executive Mário Manuel Seabra Rodrigues Bandeira Headquarters Rua Boa Vista, 185, Centro CEO Paulo de Magalhães Bento Gonçalves (Feb 2015–) Profiles | ||
Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) (English: São Paulo Metropolitan Train Company) is a commuter rail company owned by the São Paulo State Department for Metropolitan Transports. It was created in 1992 from several railroads that already existed in Greater São Paulo, Brazil.
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Part of the Greater São Paulo rail network, CPTM has 92 stations in six lines, with a total length of 258.4 kilometres (160.6 mi). It is one of the busiest rail networks in the world, carrying over 2 million passengers a day.
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History
The railways now run by CPTM were built between 1860 and 1957 by the São Paulo Railway (lines 7 and 10), Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana (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 CPTM.
Operation
CPTM operates six lines in the Greater São Paulo area, identified by number and color. Most of these lines run on surface tracks and share right of way with freight trains.
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.