Linha do Centro

Porto Novo-Ubá

Legend EFCB - Linha Auxiliary 0.0 Porto Novo Além Paraíba Melo Barreto Ramal do Sumidouro Fernando Lobo Volta Grande Ramal de Pirapetinga Trimonte Providência São Martinho Abaíba Recreio Linha de Manhuaçu R. Junqueira Vista Alegre Ramal de Leopoldina Aracati Cataguazes Ramal de Miraí Barao de Camargos Sinimbu Dona Eusebia Astolfo Dutra Sobral Pinto Diamante Ligação Linha de Três Rios-Caratinga Ubá Linha de Três Rios-Caratinga

The Linha do Centro is a railway line in Brazil . It includes the connection between Porto Novo do Cunha and Ubá, the place of origin of the Estrada de Ferro Leopoldina . In Porto Novo the Linha do Centro meets the EFCB - Linha Auxiliar of the company Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil , which connected this railway line with the town of Três Rios on Linha do Norte.

history

Route network of the CFLeopoldina

The first section of the Linha do Centro was completed in 1874 and led from Porto Novo to Volta Grande. A year later the line went to Santa Izabel (Abaíba) and in 1879, the railway line reached Ubá via Cataguazes. In addition, a siding to Leopoldina was built, the Ramal de Leopoldina . This siding gave the railway company its name. In Ubá, the Linha do Centro met the Linha de Três Rios-Caratinga . From this point on, the railway company Estrada de Ferro Leopoldina bought various lines and sections of the route from other companies and thus became at least temporarily the largest railway company in the country. Today, more than half of all these lines have been deactivated, and operations have been divided between various private railway companies from 1996 after a period of state centralization via the RFFSA. Passenger trains no longer run on Linha do Centro; it is only used for freight traffic.

Web links

• Railway stations in Brazil
• Visit to the Simplicio train station at Além Paraíba
• Historical map from 1961