Touristic Express
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| Overview | |||
| Type | Commuter rail/Heritage railway | ||
| System | São Paulo Metropolitan Trains | ||
| Status | Operational | ||
| Locale | Greater São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Termini | Luz Station Jundiaí, Lua error: expandTemplate: template "CPTM stations" does not exist., or Lua error: expandTemplate: template "CPTM stations" does not exist. | ||
| Stations | 5 | ||
| Services | 3 | ||
| Ridership | 13,175 passengers (2018) | ||
| Operation | |||
| Opened | 18 April 2009 | ||
| Owner | Government of the State of São Paulo | ||
| Operator(s) |  CPTM | ||
| Character | At-grade | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 170 km (110 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Electrification | 3,000 V DC catenary | ||
| Operating speed | 90 km/h (56 mph) | ||
| Signalling | Automatic block signaling | ||
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The Touristic Express (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) is a service of the Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos, a tourist train that makes trips between Luz Station, in São Paulo, and Paranapiacaba, Mogi das Cruzes and Jundiaí, with the objective of showing and disseminating the history of railroads and trains, which boosted the capital and the cities that are part of the São Paulo railway network.[1] [2]
Characteristics
The express forms a large tourist network along the CPTM lines, connecting the capital of São Paulo and the historic district of Paranapiacaba, in the Serra do Mar, in Santo André; with the Fruit Circuit in the interior of São Paulo, from the municipality of Jundiaí; and with the Flower Circuit in the municipality of Mogi das Cruzes.[3]
The route is covered by ALCO RS-3 (6001 and 6004) and GE U20C (3157 and 3159) diesel-electric locomotives from CPTM, with custom paint and traveling at about 40 kilometers per hour. These drive Budd–Mafersa 800 stainless steel passenger cars for long distances, with a capacity of 88 and 87 people (PI 3253 and SI 3255), manufactured in 1962. The route to Mogi das Cruzes also has a bike rack with 45 positions.
These cars were provided by the National Department of Transport Infrastructure and belonged to the former EFA and Fepasa. Currently, two more passenger cars (SI 3254 and SI 3259) are under renovation to join the Express.[4]
Passengers carried
From its creation until 2018, the Tourist Express transported more than 140 thousand passengers. However, the number of passengers is falling, as part of the tourism sector affected by the political-economic crisis in Brazil from 2014 to 2018:[5][6]
| Year | Passengers | Travel |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 10,000[7] | |
| 2010 | 15,000[9] | |
| 2011 | 12,000[8] | |
| 2012 | 17,000 | 104[10] |
| 2013 | 15,000 | |
| 2014 | 15,000 | |
| 2015 | 15,000 | |
| 2016 | 14,000 | |
| 2017 | 15,000 | 101 |
| 2018 | 13,000 | 99 |
| 2019 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
Proposed routes
There were plans for four more new tourist routes, including one route connecting Luz to the city of São Roque, where there is the Wine Route (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.), and three others lasting a weekend:
- one connecting Luz to the climatic resort of Campos do Jordão, with a connection in the city of Pindamonhangaba, with a transfer to the Estrada de Ferro Campos do Jordão trains,
- one connecting Luz to the city of Aparecida do Norte, where there is the Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida, and
- another route connecting Luz to the Santos coast, going down and up the Serra do Mar, in addition to serving the users of the Baixada Santista.
However, these projects depend on the authorization of ANTT, in addition to Rumo Logística (Luz/São Roque Section) and MRS Logística (Luz/Aparecida Section).[11] However, none of these routes got off the ground.
Currently, CPTM is studying the concession of the Touristic Express to the private sector.[12]
See also
References
- ↑ "Expresso Turístico". CPTM. Archived from the original on 2016-05-23. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
- ↑ "Em 2018, Expresso Turístico da CPTM atendeu mais de 13 mil turistas | Governo do Estado de São Paulo". Governo do Estado de São Paulo (in português). 2019-02-06. Archived from the original on 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
- ↑ "Expresso Turístico da CPTM completa 15 anos com planos de expansão". Via Trolebus. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
- ↑ "Vagões são retirados da Estação Ferroviária de Bauru e levados para SP". G1. 29 June 2018.
- ↑ Alex Rodrigues (18 May 2018). "Reflexos da crise econômica devem persistir até 2020 no turismo". Agência Brasil. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ↑ Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (2020). "Relatórios da Administração da CPTM 2013-2018". CPTM (site oficial). Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ↑ Maria Lúcia Zanelli (27 January 2010). "Transporte de Turismo". Diário Oficial do Estado de São Paulo, Caderno Executivo II, Página III. Retrieved 3/1/2025. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (10/04/2012). "Relatório da Administração 2011". Diário Oficial do Estado de São Paulo, Caderno Empresarial 2, Página 9. Retrieved 3/1/2025. Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ Agência Imprensa Oficial (30 April 2011). "Um passeio pela história". Diário Oficial do Estado de São Paulo, Caderno Executivo II, Página IV. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ↑ Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (25 February 2013). "Relatório da Administração 2012" (PDF). Diário Oficial do Estado de São Paulo. Retrieved 3/1/2025. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "CPTM estuda expresso turístico para Santos". UOL. 22 June 2019.
- ↑ Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (2020). "Relatório da CPTM 2019". CPTM (site oficial). Retrieved 19 June 2020.
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