Metro São Paulo

São Paulo Metro

Basic data
Country	Brazil
city	São Paulo
opening	September 14, 1974
Lines	6th
Route length	101.1 km (thereof 12.9 km monorail)
Stations	89
use
Passengers	5.3 million per day (2019)
operator	Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo: 1 - 3, 5, 15 ViaQuatro: Line 4
Gauge	Lines 1, 2 and 3: 1600 mm Lines 4 and 5: 1435 mm Line 15: monorail

The Metrô São Paulo is the subway network of the Brazilian city ​​of São Paulo . The first line opened in 1974. Currently (April 2019) the network consists of six lines, more are under construction. Lines 1, 2 and 3 are wide-gauge with the usual gauge of 1600 mm in Brazil , lines 4 and 5 have regular gauge and line 15 was built as a monorail . The network has a total length of 101.1 km (including 12.9 km monorail) and has 89 stations.

Lines

line	route	opening	length	Stations
line 1	Tucuruvi - Jabaquara	September 14, 1974	20.2 km	23
Line 2	Vila Prudente - Vila Madalena	January 25, 1991	14.7 km	14th
Line 3	Corinthians-Itaquera - Palmeiras-Barra Funda	March 10, 1979	22.0 km	18th
Line 4	Sao Paulo-Morumbi - Luz	May 25, 2010	11.3 km	10
Line 5	Capão Redondo - Chácara Klabin	October 20, 2002	19.9 km	17th
Line 15	Vila Prudente - Vila União	August 30, 2014	12.9 km	10

numbering

Line numbers 1 to 6 are reserved for the subway, numbers 7 to 14 denote the local transport lines of the Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) and lines 14 to 18 are intended for the monorail lines.

line 1

Line 1 was the first to go into operation. On September 14, 1974 the southern section from Jabaquara to Vila Mariana was opened, followed by the central section to Santana in 1975 . In 1998 the line was extended north to Tucuruví .

Line 2

Line 2 was put into operation in 1991 between the Paraiso and Consolação stations . In 1992 the stations Ana Rosa and Clinicas were added. In 1998 the line was extended to Vila Madalena , followed by a short stretch to Imigrantes in April 2006 . Then it went to Tamanduateí and Vila Prudente . There were plans to continue the line to Penha station in order to create a transfer option to line 3, but this no longer appears in more recent plans. In Vila Prudente the line 15 connects, a monorail .

Line 3

Line 3 was opened in 1979 with a first section between Sé and Brás . Up to the end of 1988 the expansion followed up to the current terminus of Barra Funda and Itaquera-Corinthians . The line is considered completed.

Line 4

An entrance to the Higienópolis-Mackenzie station

Construction of line 4 began at the end of 2004 and the first section was inaugurated on May 25, 2010. At the beginning only the stations Paulista and Faria Lima were finished, and the line was only used Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. In 2011, the Butantã , Pinheiros , República and Luz stations were gradually put into operation. The operating times were also gradually extended, and from October the trains ran daily. The remaining five, Higienópolis , Oscar Freire , Fradique Coutinho , Morumbi and Vila Sônia , should be completed by 2012, but this did not happen in time. In 2014 only Fradique Coutinho was opened, and in 2018 Higienópolis , Oscar Freire and Morumbi . At the beginning of 2020, the new end point Vila Sônia is planned to be completed. A continuation to the city of Taboão da Serra has been planned for a long time, but so far without concrete planning.

This line is operated by the private company ViaQuatro, a subsidiary of Companhia de Concessões Rodoviárias .

Line 5

Line 5 went into operation in 2002 and was completed with the opening of the three stations Hospital São Paulo , Santa Cruz and Chácara Klabin on September 28, 2018. It now has a connection to lines 1 ( Santa Cruz ) and 2 ( Chácara Klabin ). The Campo Belo station , which is to provide a connection to the then completed line 17 from the end of 2019, was inaugurated on April 8, 2019 and went into full operation on the 13th.

Line 15

Line 15 - the first monorail in Brazil

Line 15 is a monorail and has been in operation since August 30, 2014. However, the first section was only 2.6 km long, there were only the two stations Vila Prudente and Oratório . A first extension was put into operation in 2018 with the stations São Lucas , Camilo Haddad , Vila Tolstói and Vila União . In 2019, two further sections were opened, in August to Jardim Planalto . as well as in December via Jardim Planalto , Sapopemba and Fazenda da Juta to São Mateus . Originally, this was supposed to happen in June 2018.

In the final stage - originally planned for 2021 - the line should have a length of 26.6 km and connect Ipiranga with the Hospital Cidade Tiradentes station. However, only the section up to the next station Jardim Colonial is under construction so far , while the construction of the continuation has been suspended for the time being.

The extension of 2.1 km at the other end of the route to the station Ipiranga of the S-Bahn -like line 10 of the CPTM is planned, but so far only in planning. Line 5 is to be continued until there, and the station will be expanded into a large transfer hub.

Connection to the other train and bus network

The underground network is connected in many places with the network of the CPTM , which is operated like an S-Bahn . The EMTU bus network connects to the south . Some of these buses operate as trolleybuses on their own bus routes. Line 9 (Osasco – Grajaú) from CPTM is considered to be a subway line running on the surface.

Future construction projects

Future rail network in São Paulo, taking into account lines 1 to 15

Lines under construction

line	route
Line 4	Vila Sônia - Sao Paulo-Morumbi
Line 6	Brasilândia - São Joaquim
Line 15 ( monorail )	São Mateus - Vila Sônia
Line 17 ( monorail )	Morumbi - Jardim Aeroporto + Congonhas

Line 17

Construction site of line 17 in Avenida Jornalista Roberto Marinho in February 2015

The line is to have 18 stations and be almost 18 km long. The first construction phase between the Morumbi stations , with connection to line 9, and Jardim Aeroporto is currently under construction. The São Paulo-Congonhas airport will also be connected, and a transition to line 5 of the metro will be built at the Campo Belo station .

Originally planned for 2014, the fourth quarter of 2019 is now named as the completion date.

Two further construction phases are planned:

• Extension in the north by five more stations: The final stop will be São Paulo-Morumbi , which will serve as a transition to line 4.
• Extension in the south by five stations. The terminus is Jabaquara , the terminus of line 1.

Ten five-car trains have been ordered from the Malaysian company Scomi Engineering , which specializes in monorails. The electrical equipment is supplied by Škoda Electric .

Lines in planning

line	route
Line 2 (extension)	Vila Prudente - Dutra
Line 4 (extension)	Vila Sônia - Largo do Taboão
Line 5 (extension)	Capão Redondo - Jardim Ângela
Line 18 (monorail)	Tamanduateí - Estrada dos Alvarengas
Line 20	Lapa - Moema

Web links

Commons : Metrô São Paulo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• São Paulo Metro website (Portuguese / English)
• The São Paulo Metro at UrbanRail.Net (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ [1] Estado de São Paulo, December 16: Governo de SP entrega 3 novas estações do Metrô (Portuguese), accessed on April 25, 2019
2. ↑ [2] Official website of the Governor of São Paulo: Governo entrega estação Campo Belo e conclui ampliação da Linha 5-Lilás (Portuguese), accessed on April 25, 2019
3. ↑ [3] Metro-report.com of April 7, 2018: São Paulo Line 15 extended (English), accessed on April 16, 2018
4. ↑ [4] Metrô CPTM of September 4, 2018: Com apenas uma estação, terceira etapa da Linha 15-Prata tem previsão de entrega confirmada para 2021 (Portuguese), accessed on December 24, 2019
5. ↑ [5] Ferroviando of August 27, 2018: Monotrilho da Linha 15 Prata no Ipiranga e Cidade Tiradentes somente na próxima década (Portuguese), accessed on December 24, 2019
6. ↑ [6] folha digital from October 10, 2017 (Portuguese), accessed on April 25, 2018
7. ↑ [7] Metro-report.com of November 15, 2016 (English), accessed on April 24, 2016