EFCB - Linha Auxiliary

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Rio de Janeiro – Três Rios – Porto Novo
Gauge : 1600 mm ( Irish track )
Legend
End station - start of the route
 240.1 Porto Novo
Station, station
 Simplício
Station, station
 Teixeira Soares
Station, station
 Benjamin Constant
Station, station
 Sapucaia
Station, station
 Anta
Station, station
 Chiador
Station, station
 Penha Longa
Station, station
 Santa Fe
   
 formerly Linha de Três Rios-Caratinga
   
 formerly Linha do Norte
Station, station
 197.7 Três Rios
Station, station
 Barao de Angra
Station, station
 Paraíba do Sul
   
 EFCB - Linha do Centro to Japeri
   
 Inema
   
 Werneck
   
 Cavaru
   
 Andrade Costa
   
 Caiapó
   
 Taboões
   
 Vila Rica
   
 Avelar
   
 Mestre Xisto
   
 General Zenobio
   
 Bueno de Andrada
   
 Macedo Silva
   
 Arcocelo
   
 Pati do Alferes
   
 Pedras Ruivas
   
 Miguel Pereira
   
 Barão de Javari
   
 formerly Ramal de Jacutinga
   
 111.7 Governador Portella
   
 Francisco Fragoso
   
 Vera Cruz
   
 Mount Líbano
   
 Engenheiro nobility
   
 Arcádia
   
 Santa Branca
   
 Conrado
   
 Mangueiras
   
 Pães Leme
   
 Botais
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EFCB - Linha do Centro by Três Rios
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61.7 Japeri
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EFCB - Linha do Centro to Rio de Janeiro
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Teófilo Cunha
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Aljezur
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Carlos Sampaio
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Station, station
 Amaral
Station, station
 Aíva
Station, station
 Santa Rita
Station, station
 Ambaí
Station, station
 Caioaba
Station, station
 Andrade Araújo
Station, station
 Prata
Station, station
 Rocha Sobrinho
Station, station
 Eden
Station, station
 Thomazinho
Gleisdreieck - straight ahead, to the right, from the right
 Linha de Belford Roxo
Station, station
 Costa Barros
Station, station
 Barros Filho
Gleisdreieck - straight ahead, to the right, from the right
 Ramal de Deodoro to the EFCB - Linha do Centro
Station, station
 Honório Gurgel
Station, station
 Rocha Miranda
Station, station
 Turiassu
Station, station
 Magno
Station, station
 Eduardo Araújo
Station, station
 Engenheiro Leal
Station, station
 Cavalcanti
Station, station
 Thomas Coelho
Station, station
 Terra Nova
Station, station
 Cintra Vidal (Pilares)
Station, station
 Monhangaba
Station, station
 Del Castilho
Station, station
 Maria da Graça
Station, station
 Jacarezinho
Station, station
 Heredia de Sá
Station, station
 Triagem
Station, station
 Mangueira
Station, station
 São Cristóvão
Station, station
 Alfredo Maia
End station - end of the line
 0.0 Barão de Mauá (Rio de Janeiro)

The EFCB - Linha Auxiliar is a partly historic railway line in the states of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais in Brazil. It was operated by the Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil (EFCB) railway company.

history

Overall network of the EFCB
Rail network of the Leopoldina

The EFCB - Linha Auxiliar was originally constructed from 1892 to 1898 by the railway company E. F. Melhoramentos to Entre Rios (Três Rios).

In 1903, EF Melhoramentos was affiliated to the Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil (EFCB) and from that moment on was called Linha Auxiliar (auxiliary line).

From 1950 the railway line only went to Três Rios and the connection to Porto Novo was transferred to the operation of the Estrada de Ferro Leopoldina .

Today the route is part of the broad gauge network of MRS Logística .

course

The railway line ran from the Alfredo Maia station in the center of Rio de Janeiro to Porto Novo in the valley of the Paraíba do Sul in the state of Minas Gerais with a direct connection to the Linha do Centro of the Estrada de Ferro Leopoldina railway company .

The EFCB - Linha Auxiliar relieved the somewhat more southerly located EFCB - Linha do Centro , which led from Rio de Janeiro to the central Minas Gerais up to the Rio São Francisco .

Todays situation

Today mainly suburban trains run on the sections near the city of Rio de Janeiro .

The line between Amaral and Três Rios was closed in 1996. The rest is used today either in suburban traffic from Rio or the MRS Logística as an alternative route (Japeri-Arará) in freight transport.

Sidings

The Linha EFCB - Linha Auxiliar has the following sidings:

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