Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (short form: CPTM, pronunciation: sheh-peh-cheh-ehm) is an rapid-transit company owned by the Estado dos Transportes Metropolitanos = State secretary of the Metropolitan Transport. Created in 1993 from railroads already existed in Região Metropolitana de São Paulo .

The CPTM has 92 stations with six lines, with a total distance of 270 km:

• Line A: Connecting station with Luz and Barra Funda in Francisco Morato, via Franco da Rocha and Caieiras with extensive operations to Campo Limpo Paulista, Várzea Paulista and Jundiaí, in the Região Metropolitana.
• Line B: With Júlio Prestes and Barra Funda stations in São Paulo, Itapevi, serving Amador Bueno serving Osasco, Carapicuíba, Barueri and Jandira
• Line C: Part of the stations of Osasco and Presidente Altino , with line B, and runs from rio Pinheiros to Jurubatuba , in the capital.
• Line D: Connecting Luz and Brás , passes through Rio Grande da Serra , São Caetano do Sul, Santo André, Mauá and Ribeirão Pires .
• Line E: A stretch, the Express Leste (Eastern Express), via Luz a Guaianazes ; another line passes through Guaianazes a Estudantes , in Moji das Cruzes, into Suzano , Poá and Ferraz de Vasconcelos.
• Line F: It connects the Brás to the Calmon Viana station, of the line and, passes through Itaquaquecetuba.

The São Paulo Railway (SPR) in 1867 and later in 1946 Estrada de Ferro Santos-Jundiaí (EFSJ, pronunciation: eh-ehf-ehs-zheh) already operated where lines A and D are today. Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil (EFCB), operated on what is now line F in 1875. These had been congregated in 1957 to other Brazilian railroads and thus, the Rede Ferroviária Federal (RFFSA, pronunciation: ehr-ehf-ehf-ehsh-a) was created. The urban sections of the RFFSA had originated from Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos (CBTU) in 1984; the Paulistana section of the CBTU joined and formed CPTM in 1993.

On the other hand, Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana operated in 1875 on current lines B and C; it was incorporated into other lines of the State and formed into Ferrovia Paulista (FEPASA) in 1971. The subdivision, FEPASA DRM, of rapid-transit, was incorporated the CPTM in 1996.

Currently, the Company works in the improvement of the connection in the three stations of the Brás, Luz and Barra Funda. It is the call project Integration Center. The station Júlio Prestes, a current terminal of line B, will be disactivated, to give place to a cultural complex. Line B will pass only to the stations of Luz and Brás.

External links

(in Portuguese)

• official Page of the CPTM
• Secretaria dos Transportes Metropolitanos

See also:

• List of railway companies