ViaMobilidade is a company in Brazil belonging to Companhia de Concessões Rodoviárias, being responsible for the operation, maintenance and investments in Line 5–Lilac, Line 8–Diamond and Line 9–Emerald of São Paulo Metropolitan Trains for 20 years, through a public-private concession contract, in partnership with the Government of the State of São Paulo.
Besides CCR, the consortium also has RuasInvest as investor, branch of one of the most traditional bus groups of São Paulo.[1] Both companies also manage the Line 4–Yellow of ViaQuatro. Besides that, the consortium will operate Line 17–Gold,[2] currently under construction, and will connect stations Morumbi of ViaMobilidade Line Line 9–Emerald, in Marginal Pinheiros, to Congonhas Airport, in Southside São Paulo, and will also operate Line 15–Silver.[3]
On 20 April 2021, the company won an auction in the B3 headquarters and operates the former CPTM lines 8–Diamond and 9–Emerald for 30 years.[4]
Lines
editLine | Color | Termini | Length | Stations |
---|---|---|---|---|
Line 5[5] | Lilac | Capão Redondo ↔ Chácara Klabin | 19.9 km (12.4 mi)[6] | 17 |
Line 8 | Diamond | Júlio Prestes ↔ Itapevi | 35.2 km (21.9 mi) | 20 |
Line 9 | Emerald | Osasco ↔ Bruno Covas/Mendes-Vila Natal | 34.0 km (21.1 mi) | 20 |
Operational Extensions
editLine | Color | Termini | Length | Stations | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Line 8 | Diamond | Itapevi ↔ Amador Bueno | 6.3 km (3.9 mi) | 3 | Commute on this operational extension is free of charge, a fare being required to access the rest of the system on Itapevi station. |
Future developments
editLine | Color | Termini | Length | Stations |
---|---|---|---|---|
Line 8 | Diamond | Ambuitá | — | 1 |
Line 9 | Emerald | Bruno Covas/Mendes-Vila Natal ↔ Varginha | 2.16 km (1.34 mi) | 1 |
Line 17[7] | Gold (Monorail) | Morumbi ↔ Washington Luiz/Aeroporto de Congonhas | 6.7 km (4.2 mi) | 8 |
Line | Color | Termini | Length | Stations |
---|---|---|---|---|
Line 5 | Lilac | Capão Redondo ↔ Jardim Ângela | 4.3 km (2.7 mi) | 2 |
Line 5 | Lilac | Chácara Klabin ↔ Ipiranga | 3.6 km (2.2 mi) | 3 |
Line 8 | Diamond | Água Branca | — | 1 |
Line 17 | Gold (Monorail) | Morumbi ↔ São Paulo-Morumbi | 6.8 km (4.2 mi) | 5 |
Line 17 | Gold (Monorail) | Washington Luiz ↔ Jabaquara | 4 km (2.5 mi) | 5 |
ViaMobilidade fleet
editLine 5–Lilac has a fleet of 34 vehicles:
Line | Year | Manufacturer | Trains | Fleet Numbering / Vehicles |
5 | 2001/2002 | Alstom | 08 | 501 to 508 |
5 | 2013/2014 | CAF | 26 | 509 to 534 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Linha 5 do metrô de SP tem atraso e fila na estreia da gestão privada" (in Portuguese). Folha da S. Paulo. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ Pires, Fernanda; Rocha, Rodrigo (19 January 2018). "CCR vence leilão das linhas 5-Lilás e 17-Ouro do metrô de SP" (in Portuguese). Valor Econômico. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ Meier, Ricardo (11 March 2019). "Consórcio ViaMobilidade - Linha 15 assumirá Linha 15-Prata do Metrô" (in Portuguese). Metrô CPTM. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Pela 1ª vez, governo de SP concede linhas de trens da CPTM à iniciativa privada; CCR assume linhas 8 e 9 por 30 anos". G1 (in Portuguese). 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "Obras de expansão da Linha 5-Lilás - Metrô São Paulo". Archived from the original on 27 July 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ^ "ViaMobilidade completa 1 ano operando a Linha 5-Lilás". www.viamobilidade.com.br. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
- ^ "Obras de expansão da Linha 17-Ouro - Metrô São Paulo". Retrieved 7 February 2017.
External links
edit