Ferrovia Centro Atlântica
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1996 |
| Seat | Belo Horizonte , Minas Gerais , Brazil |
| management | Marcello Spinelli, Presidente |
| Number of employees | 3600 (2008) |
| Branch | Transport and logistics |
| Website | www.centro-atlantica.com.br |
The railway company Ferrovia Centro Atlântica , also FCA, is a private railway company in Brazil, which belongs to the group of Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (VALE).
history
It was founded on September 1, 1996 as a result of the privatization of the state railway company RFFSA Rede Ferroviária Federal . The company took over the concessions for the two route networks
- EFVM Estrada de Ferro Vitória a Minas from Minas Gerais to Campos and Vitória in the state of Espírito Santo (SR8). There is regular passenger traffic on this route.
- FCA from Minas Gerais to Salvador da Bahia in the state of Bahia and Sergipe (SR7).
- In addition, there were lines of the private railway companies Ferroban and Fepasa from the state of São Paulo , which were taken over by the FCA and run as far as Brasília . The track width is 1.00 m.
In 1999, the FCA came under the control of the mining company Companhia Vale do Rio Doce , which took over a majority of the shares in FCA since 2003. The railway company FCA is pursuing a project that provides for the creation of an export corridor from Pirapora on the Rio São Francisco and the seaport terminal of Porto de Tubarão near Vitória in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo . This transport route should make a major contribution to the export business in the region around Pirapora as early as 2009. Another major project concerns the construction of a new railway line variant Ferroviária Litorânea Sul (VFLS) between Cariacica in Minas Gerais and Cachoeiro do Itapemirim in the state of Espírito Santo. With a total length of 165 km and a connection to the industrial center of Anchieta, this connection will replace an older route that is prone to accidents. The FCA completed a historic project in 2006. This is the Trem da Vale, a restored historic railway line that connects the famous baroque towns of Mariana and Ouro Preto in the state of Minas Gerais.
