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São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Company
São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Company
Overview
Native name	Portuguese: Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos
Owner	São Paulo State Government
Area served	Greater São Paulo, Brazil
Transit type	Commuter rail
Number of lines	5
Line number	Current: ; ; Planned: ; ;
Number of stations	57
Chief executive	Pedro Tegon Moro (Chairman)
Headquarters	Rua Boa Vista, 162; Sé; São Paulo
Website	www.cptm.sp.gov.br
Operation
Began operation	28 May 1992; 32 years ago
Character	Mostly at-grade; Partially elevated
Rolling stock	Ex 72 CAF/ADTranz/Alstom 2000 Series (9 trains); 40 Alstom/Bombardier/CAF 2070 Series (5 trains); Ex 36 CAF 2100 Series (6 trains); 64 CRRC Qingdao Sifang 2500 Series (8 trains); 24 ADTranz/Bombardier/CCC/GEVISA/MPE 5400 Series (6 trains); 288 CAF 8000 Series (36 trains); 280 CAF 8500 Series (35 trains); 72 Alstom 9000 Series (9 trains); 240 Hyundai Rotem 9500 Series (30 trains);
Headway	4' to 35'
Technical
System length	196 mi (315 km)
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Old gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Electrification	3,000 V DC catenary
Average speed	60 km/h (37 mph)
Top speed	90 km/h (56 mph)
System map
System map
	Legend
	Line 7 • Line 10 • Line 11; Line 12 • Line 13 • Airport Express
	Legend
	Pref. Celso Daniel-
	Santo André

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.

Part of the Greater São Paulo rail system, the CPTM has 57 stations in five lines, with a total length of 199 kilometres (124 mi). The system carries about 2 million passengers a day. On 7 December 2018, CPTM set a weekday ridership record with 3,221,035 trips.^[1]

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.^[2]^[3]

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.^[4]

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 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, including lines operated by the São Paulo Metro.

Lines

Line	Color	Termini	Length	Stations	Daily ridership (Apr 2019)^[5]
Line 7	Ruby	Brás ↔ Jundiaí	62.7 km (39.0 mi)	19	473,400
Line 10	Turquoise	Brás ↔ Rio Grande da Serra	35 km (22 mi)	13	391,000
Line 11	Coral	Luz ↔ Estudantes	50.5 km (31.4 mi)	16	752,800
Line 12	Sapphire	Brás ↔ Calmon Viana	38.8 km (24.1 mi)	13	272,000
Line 13	Jade	Engenheiro Goulart ↔ Aeroporto-Guarulhos	12.2 km (7.6 mi)	3	13,300

Express services

Line	Color	Termini	Length	Stations
Line 13	Jade (Airport Express)^[6]	Palmeiras-Barra Funda ↔ Aeroporto-Guarulhos	31.1 km (19.3 mi)	5
Line 10	Turquoise (Line 10 Express^[7]/Line 10 Education Express^[8])	Tamanduateí ↔ Prefeito Celso Daniel-Santo André	9.2 km (5.7 mi)	3
Line 10	Turquoise (Line 10+ Express)^[9]	Luz ↔ Prefeito Celso Daniel-Santo André	17.7 km (11.0 mi)	5
Line 7	Service 710^[10]	Jundiaí ↔ Rio Grande da Serra	101.7 km (63.2 mi)	32
Line 10	Service 710^[10]	Jundiaí ↔ Rio Grande da Serra	101.7 km (63.2 mi)	32

Future developments

Under Construction
Line	Color	Termini	Length	Stations
Line 11	Coral	Luz ↔ Palmeiras-Barra Funda	3.6 km (2.2 mi)	1
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	4.3 km (2.7 mi)	1
Line 11	Coral	Bom Retiro	—	1
Line 11	Coral	Cerealista	—	1
Line 11	Coral	Lajeado	—	1
Line 12	Sapphire	Calmon Viana ↔ Suzano	2.6 km (1.6 mi)	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	10.5 km (6.5 mi)	4
Line 13	Jade	Engenheiro Goulart ↔ Parque da Mooca	13.5 km (8.4 mi)	8
Line 14	Onyx	Bonsucesso ↔ Jardim Irene	39 km (24 mi)	22
Line 24	Quartz	Alphaville ↔ Campo Limpo	24 km (15 mi)	20