SÃO PAULO – Urban Rails

São Paulo's is among the younger metros in the world and it's considered one of the most modern although today's extension does not cover all areas of this populous city. The metro network (Lines 1-3, 49 km) is complemented by a 270 km suburban network operated by CPTM (Lines A-F). Two new subway lines must be concluded in 2006 and the total network will reach 340 km. The metro runs underground through the city centre but on elevated structures or at grade in outer areas. To reduce the cost of new construction the decision was taken to upgrade some suburban lines to metro standard to provide more frequent service. This was already finished along Line E > 6, which serves the eastern neighbourhoods of the city and operates like an express metro parallel to Line 3, and on Line C > 7, although both lines are still operated by CPTM.


Subway and Metropolitan train scheme
http://img25.exs.cx/img25/5917/sao-paulo-map.gif

Metro – Ana Rosa Station – line 1 - blue
http://img127.exs.cx/img127/1402/Ana_Rosa.jpg

Metro – Brás station – line 3 – red – crossing with metropolitan another line of train
http://img127.exs.cx/img127/3264/Bras_Metro_elevated.jpg

Metro – Brigadeiro station – line 2 - green
http://img127.exs.cx/img127/7127/Brigadeiro_station_from_train.jpg

Metropolitan train – Brás station
http://img127.exs.cx/img127/7113/Bras_Station_Panorama.jpg

Metropolitan train – Brás station
http://img127.exs.cx/img127/5706/bras-station.jpg

Trem Metropolitano – estação Dom Bosco
Metropolitan train – Dom Bosco station
http://img127.exs.cx/img127/3856/Dom_Bosco_Station_far_east_of_Sao_Paulo.jpg

Metro – line 5 – violet – Capão Redondo station
http://img127.exs.cx/img127/4180/Capao_Redondo_Station.jpg

Metro – line 3 – green – Consolação Station
http://img127.exs.cx/img127/9144/Consolacao_platform_and_book_vending_2.jpg

Metro – line 5 – violet – Largo Treze Station
http://img127.exs.cx/img127/7784/Largo_Treze_Station_platform.jpg

Metropolitan Train arrived at Luz Station which is integrated with Metro lines
http://img127.exs.cx/img127/9647/Line_A_train_to_Luz_6.jpg

Metropolitan train – Luz Station
http://img127.exs.cx/img127/306/luz-station1.jpg
http://img127.exs.cx/img127/876/Luz_Station_from_west.jpg
http://img127.exs.cx/img127/9840/Luz_Station_tracks_2.jpg

Metropolitan train – inner view of Luz Station
http://img127.exs.cx/img127/7959/Luz_Station_inside.jpg

Metro – line 1 - blue – Liberdade Station – (oriental district)
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/1372/Liberdade_Station.jpg

Metro – line 1 - blue – Liberdade Station – (oriental district)
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/4232/Liberdade_Station_Japanese_Add.jpg

Metro – line 3 – red – Pedro II Station
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/4091/line3-pedro-II-1.jpg

Metro – line 3 – red – Train and downtown skyline
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/6740/Line_3_train_and_downtown_skyline.jpg

Metro – line 3 – green – Sumaré Station
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/13/line2-sumare-1.jpg

inside_a_Line_6_train http://img3.exs.cx/img3/7729/inside_a_Line_6_train.jpg

line7-santo-amaro1
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/7234/line7-santo-amaro1.jpg

Line_5_train_interior http://img3.exs.cx/img3/1506/Line_5_train_interior.jpg

Line_6_and_D_trains_at_Luz http://img3.exs.cx/img3/7555/Line_6_and_D_trains_at_Luz_3.jpg

Line_6_train_arrives_at_Luz http://img3.exs.cx/img3/4343/Line_6_train_arrives_at_Luz.jpg

Line_6_train_at_Bras http://img3.exs.cx/img3/6066/Line_6_train_at_Bras_2.jpg

Metropolitan train – line 6
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/9069/Line_6_train_head_side_2.jpg
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/7561/Line_6_train_interior.jpg

Line_7_train_at_Cidade_Universitária_Station http://img3.exs.cx/img3/349/Line_6_train_leaving_Bras_4.jpg

Line_7_train_at_Cid1_Univ_Station http://img3.exs.cx/img3/7892/Line_7_train_at_Cid1_Univ_Station.jpg

Line_A_train_to_Luz
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/7352/Line_A_train_to_Luz_5.jpg

Vila_Olimpia_platform http://img3.exs.cx/img3/4350/Vila_Olimpia_platform.jpg

Vila_Olimpia_platform
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/1715/Vila_Olimpia_platform.jpg

Luz_Line_1_Station
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/8181/Luz_Line_1_Station.jpg

Paraiso_station_ http://img3.exs.cx/img3/9965/Paraiso_station_2.jpg

Republica_Metro_Train http://img3.exs.cx/img3/1193/Republica_Metro_Train.jpg

Republica_Metro http://img3.exs.cx/img3/6517/Republica_Metro_3.jpg

Metro – line 5 - violet - Capão Redondo – Largo Treze
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/3645/sp-line5-02.jpg
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/4640/sp-line5-03.jpg
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/1315/sp-line5-04.jpg
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/8793/sp-line5-06.jpg
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/8114/sp-line5-01.jpg

Sumare_station
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/1149/Sumare_station.jpg

Metro – line 2 – green – Vila Madalena Station
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/2526/train_at_Vila_Madalena_2.jpg
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/2599/Vila_Madalena_access.jpg
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/1079/Vila_Madalena_station.jpg
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/450/Vila_Madalena_station_6.jpg

Metro – line 2 – green – Trianon – Masp Station
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/1484/Trianon_Masp_platform.jpg
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/2667/Trianon-Masp_station_2.jpg
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/9715/Trianon-Masp_station_4.jpg
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/6223/Trianon-Masp_station_turnstiles.jpg

Metro – Sé (grand central) Station
http://img3.exs.cx/img3/946/Se_Station__vert1_.jpg

nice pics!!!!!

thank you very much to let me know how is the metro in Sao Paulo. I seems clean with a good service :)

:okay:

Really great pics!!!!

So the line 4 is not open yet? Is there a date proposed for the opening? That means that there is still the Ponte Orca?

I love the Vila Olimpia, Barra Funda, Se - and especially the bridge-tunnel station of Sumare (nice few!) a lot.

http://img3.exs.cx/img3/4232/Liberdade_Station_Japanese_Add.jpg

WTF? Looks like Tokyo!!!

Anyway, SP needs at LEAST another 10 subway lines like Mexico City. I was really surprised how pathetically small SP's subway network is.

http://img127.exs.cx/img127/306/luz-station1.jpg
SAO PAULO

http://www41.tok2.com/home/sydney/cent2.jpg
SYDNEY

What is going on here??!!!

GREAT PICS:okay:

The stations seem furnished like Milan metro Line 2!
Same pavement, same panels, same types, even same colour (green for Line 2 in Milan)...
Don't you know if they commissioned the construction of the stations, or only their furnishment,at MM spa (Metropolitana Milanese), the ingeneering society of Milan metro?

really great pics, it's a pity the metro is so small in Sao Paulo.


:okay:

Hi, I'm Mauricio Carvalho and I'm the author of the São Paulo pics above, which I donated to the Urbanrail.net site. I have many more pics, and a lot of information on São Paulo and its rail network. E-mail me or pm me if you want.

I would like the Australian guy to repost his Sydney station pic, because the link is broken. I've always known that São Paulo's Luz Station was exactly like Sydney's station, but I have never seen Sydney Station... so please!

Nice pics, lots of variety, people, city, crowds. Thanks for sharing them.

Really great pics!!!!

So the line 4 is not open yet? Is there a date proposed for the opening? That means that there is still the Ponte Orca?


Yes, Ponte Orca is still there, even though it was almost abolished because of bureaucratic garbage.

Line 4 is in its inital phase of construction, schedule to open commercially by 2007 only five of the eleven stations will exist at this stage - Luz, Republica, Paulista (linked with Consolacao) Pinheiros and Butanta. These are vital because they are the ones that connect line 4 with the other lines - line four intersect all but line 5.

Line 2 (green, Paulista line) is being extended eastward to the Ipiranga region, three stations will open in 2006: Chácara Klabin, Imigrantes and Ipiranga. Then it will go on to Sacomã station, then the line intersects with CPTM line D at Tamaduateí station, where it proceeds to Vila Prudente station. These two last stations still have no schedule to open.

Line 5 will be extende to Santa Cruz and Chácara Klabin stations, gaining some 10 underground stations... its gonna be huge but I dont see it happening before 2012.

Hm, now I see the Sydney station pic..... it doesnt look like Luz at all! And its uglier too... weird, I was told Luz and Sydney central were exact copies.

Edit: Some more pics of Sao Paulo metro

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL


CITY'S POPULATION: 11 million (18 million metropolitan area)
METRO SYSTEM: 331 km (CPTM = 260 km + CMSP = 61 km)
DAILY RIDERSHIP: circa 5,200,000 passengers (as of late 2009)
NUMBER OF STATIONS: 151 (15 under construction, over 50 planned)
OFFICIAL WEBSITES: http://www.metro.sp.gov.br/ (Metro Company) http://www.cptm.sp.gov.br/ (CPTM)



http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/brands/0015/9581/brand.gifhttp://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr183/american_lipe2/logonovo_cptm_horz.png
Metro and CPTM logos
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/metro/Ana%20Rosa/Consolao03.jpg
Consolação Station, 1991, line 2

http://olhojandirense.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/novo-tren-linha-verde2.jpg
New Line 2 train, made in Brazil

São Paulo is Brazil's largest city with some 11 million inhabitants. Its first metro line opened in 1974 (line 1) and then lines 3 (1978) and line 2 (1991), but by then Brazil's financial crises stopped metro construction and the city's complementary, much older suburban rail system (now under CPTM) was in a state of chaos and abandonment.

By the late 90's Brazil's situation improved and the first actions to be taken to solve São Paulo's mass transit problems were to upgrade the CPTM system, which by 1995 transported some 500,000 passangers a day, but now transports over 2,000,000.

New trains were bought, replacing the old ones, which were refurbished, increasing supply of trains:

http://www.newscomex.com/adm/fotos/noticia_10011.jpg
New Alstom train for CPTM line 9 (made in Brazil), about 100 new trains are coming!

Now the city's, the state's and the nation's situation improved so many projects were revived and new projects were created.

Currently three lines are under construction/extension:

Line 4 is completely new and will open partially in 2010, with 6 stations and the remaining 5 stations by 2012.

Line 2 is being extended eastward and three new stations will open in 2010 (one maybe still this year)

Line 5 is being extended northward and 10 new stations will be added, greatly improving this now still isolated line.

As you can see from today's (2009) map:

http://www.urbanrail.net/am/spau/sao-paulo-map.gif

Line five is only connected to line 9 and kind of form a "second metro system" almost separated from the rest (the gray lines in this map are metro too).

Line 4 will greatly improve this as it will connect line 9 to the central part of the system, drastically improving mobility in the city.

The expansion of line 2 to the east will also create a new connection at Tamanduateí, with CPTM line 10, also vastly enriching travel possibilities and undoing the system's current bottleneck at its central sections.

Planned extensions for 2017 (I would be happy enough if half of that is actually built by that year :cheers:)
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/2146/extensao2017narrow.jpg
Click here (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/spau/Rede_SP_2017.png)for a full view of this map.

The system today transports over 5 million passengers a day (Metro Company: 3 million, CPTM: 2 million) but since many only consider the Metro Company as actual metro, São Paulo is usually ranked lower in international comparisons. The truth is both systems operate full metros, with headways below 10 minutes and fully segregated tracks, aside from complete tariff integration (no pay to go from one system to the other).

São Paulo's metro operates at a flat rate of around 1.30 USD per trip regardless of length, time of day, day of week or number of transfers. An electronic rechargeable metro card is the most used physical ticket in the system (called Bilhete Único). There is a small discount for frequency.

http://cotidianosantanaemfoco.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/b_unico02.jpg

The current under-construction expansions are expected to increase ridership to almost 6 million by late 2010 and will add yet another 3 million by 2017, resulting in a daily week-day ridership of 9 million passengers a day, rivalling giants such as Tokyo and Moscow (and Beijing and Shanghai in the near future).

The expansions include three monorail lines, which if materialized would endow Sao Paulo with the world's largest monorail system.

http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt138/rcaterina/Outros/Audiencia_Publica_Linha17_final_180.jpg
One of Sao Paulo's planned monorail stations.

http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/SaoPaulo/foto/0,,26725980-FMM,00.jpg
The end of tunneling work for line 4 in October 2009 - first stations scheduled to open by March 2010.

http://www.klepsidra.net/pa007/trem-linha4-1.jpg
The new train (Rotem) for line 4. Driverless.

http://www.klepsidra.net/pa007/trem-linha4-2.jpg
Line 4 will feature screen platform doors. It will be among the most modern metro lines in the world.

Here is the PDF with the september 2009 constriction update pictures for line 4 for the more engineering-inclined:http://www.metro.sp.gov.br/expansao/...etembro_09.pdf

Video on the extension of line 5, which started this year (sorry Portuguese only, institutional government video)
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Render of a future line 5 station:
http://www.destakjornal.com.br/images/news/20091008/3034720.jpg









More pics to showcase the incredible diversity of a system built over the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries:

http://www.estacoesferroviarias.com.br/c/fotos/caieiras061.jpg
Caieiras Station, 1883 (built, obviously, as a regular station not metro, now serving CPTM line 7)

http://amorimjuliana.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/museu-lingua-portuguesa.jpg
Luz Station, 1901 (lines 7, 8, 11, 10, 1 and 4) - will become the busiest in the system by 2011, of course there is a huge underground section, this is just the old British-built building from the Victorian age, now housing the Museum of the Portuguese Language.

http://wlinux73.digiweb.psi.br/galeria/pics/29.jpg
Former Roosevelt station (1870, now part of Bras station)

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/metro/Linha%205/Capao_Redondo_Station.jpg
Line 5 - Capao Redondo Station (2002)

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/metro/VIla%20Mariana/IMG_2803.jpg
Vila Mariana station (1974) entrance - typical line 1 station from the mid seventies, all stations to the south of it are almost identical, the first batch of São Paulo metro stations.


http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/metro/Liberdade/IMG_2818.jpg
Liberdade Station (Asian Quarter) also from late 70's (line 1)

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/metro/Liberdade/Liberdade_Station_Japanese_Add.jpg
Liberdade Station (1975)


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Santo Amaro Station (2002) - Line 5 - The station itself is a cable-stayed bridge over a river.

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/8866/dsc012620ax.jpg
Another pic of the "bridge-station".

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/CPTM/Linha%20C/003.jpg
Train at Hebraica Rebouças Station, line 9 (CPTM, 2000). This line for the most part follows the Pinheiros river and is entirely at grade, totalling 34 km and 18 stations. Like all CPTM lines, it was formerly a regular railroad line for general purposes but has now been converted for metro-only uses. It transports only some 200,000 passengers a day because it still needs line 4 to connect it to the central part of the system. Ridership will rise to at least 600,000 a day by late 2010. New trains have been bought.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/CPTM/Linha%20C/006.jpg
The cool and cozy interior of a typical new line 9 station, all built in 2000. Line 9 existed since the 70's as a partial metro line but few stations existed. The old stations are being modernized.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/CPTM/Linha%20C/VilaOlmpia02.jpg
Vila Olimpia station, line 9 - exterior of a typical new line 9 station with bridge over Riverside Highway.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/CPTM/Linha%20C/IMG_9547.jpg
The "old" section of Santo Amaro station, serving line 9, which dates from 1982. It's a unique station, no other is even remotely similar to it. It was connected to the modern Santo Amaro station in 2002 when line 5 was built above it.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/CPTM/Linha%20E/IMG_8983.jpg
Line 10 Train near Bras station.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/CPTM/Linha%20E/IMG_3876.jpg
Line 10 Train at Dom Bosco station (2000) at the far east of the city.

http://dulcefarniente.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/metro12.jpg
Sé (central) Station - the busiest in the system, and it shows in this picture. Best avoided during rush hours.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/CPTM/linhaE/mogi/mogi01.jpg
Mogi Das Cruzes station, at the city of the same name just east of Sao Paulo with a crummy surviving VW Fusca (Beetle):lol:. The CPTM system, unlike the "Metro" system, reaches many neighboring cities.

http://xs108.xs.to/xs108/06452/Metro28.jpg
Line 1 (northern extension)

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o241/cacobianchi2/SoPaulo035.jpg
Luz station CPTM (1901)

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Julio Prestes Station, 1936 (line 8) - originally a long distance railroad station, now underused, main building houses the São Paulo Music Hall and Philharmonic Orchestra.

http://www.encontratatuape.com.br/imgs/imagens-tatuape/shopping_tatuape.jpg
Tatuapé Station (1987), lines 3, 11 and 10, eastern part of town.

http://oglobo.globo.com/fotos/2007/06/30/30_MHG_sp_estacao.jpg
Alto do Ipiranga station (2006), foreshadowing the architecture of most of the city's future underground stations.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/CPTM/bras/bras_026.jpg
Brás Station (east of city center, lines 3, 10, 7, 11, 12), one of the largest physically, this picture only shows part of its CPTM section, to the left there is a huge elevated annex Metro station and two old-days railroad buildings to the right. The hole station is an amalgamation of several stations from different years.

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r153/cezaraes/Bras_Metro_elevated.jpg
View from the elevated part of Brás station

http://www.abinfo.com.br/ld2009/files/UsefulIInformation_UndergroundAndLightrailSystem_02.jpg
CPTM train (line 9) - new "red" livery (Alstom made in Brazil)

Thanks for the metro info! At least it goes fast - here it would take another 10 years only to go through the planning and burocratic phase... The want to make an additional tram line here for years - maybe it will open in 2010 (planning started in the end 90s...) When I think that I was first in Osasco in early 2002 and then again one year later - boom! There was the Rodoanel!!! Increadable. I also wonder how far they are with the Tiete restauration...

wow nice thread , more pictures pls

Great pics.....São Paulo metro are really awesome!!

that is thrugh. i like it very much!!! more pics please...

Nice trains and transport system, although it needs heavy expansion!

Very modern/minimalist subway. I love it! I was wondering whether it is ever overused/ as in always crowded? Does it have a huge ridership?

very very nice pic for a wonderful metro system. thanx for sharing!!!

Does it not have air con on some of the trains?

Yes, line 5 has air conditioning, as well as lines 7 and 6.

You people want more pictures??? Well, it took me two whole days to take the above pitcures, I do have more in my hard disk, I might post them soon, those the above are the best.

I might go to São Paulo some other day to take pictures of remote, very little known lines. Line A, in the north of the city is especially interesting with old British-style station like Luz, only small, and even older, from circa 1885 (Luz is from 1901).

Next march line green 2 will gain two new stations and a third one in September, so be prepared, besides line F will be revamped and also gain 3 new stations within a year from now or so. Line D´s extreme south is also interesting, with old stations. Brace yourselves for a whole new batch of São Paulo metro pics by MOPC!!!!

of course we DO want more pics!!!
can't wait

I´m itching to take new pics, especially of the northern and western lines!

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL


POPULATION: 11 million (18 million metropolitan area)
METRO SYSTEM: 331 km (CPTM = 260 km + CMSP = 61 km)
DAILY RIDERSHIP: circa 5,200,000 passengers (as of late 2009)
NUMBER OF STATIONS: 151 (15 under construction, over 50 planned)
OFFICIAL WEBSITES: http://www.metro.sp.gov.br/ (Metro Company) http://www.cptm.sp.gov.br/ (CPTM)



http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/brands/0015/9581/brand.gifhttp://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr183/american_lipe2/logonovo_cptm_horz.png
Metro and CPTM logos
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/metro/Ana%20Rosa/Consolao03.jpg
Consolação Station, 1991, line 2

http://olhojandirense.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/novo-tren-linha-verde2.jpg
New Line 2 train, made in Brazil

I'm opening this thread on the São Paulo metro system as there hasn't been any for a while in this section and there has been a lot of developments in the system, especially when it comes to current construction and future plans.

As you might know, São Paulo is Brazil's largest city with some 11 million inhabitants. Its first metro line opened in 1974 (line 1) and then lines 3 (1978) and line 2 (1991), but by then Brazil's financial crises stopped metro construction and the city's complementary, much older suburban rail system (now under CPTM) was in a state of chaos and abandonment.

By the late 90's Brazil's situation improved and the first actions to be taken to solve São Paulo's mass transit problems were to upgrade the CPTM system, which by 1995 transported some 500,000 passangers a day, but now transports over 2,000,000.

New trains were bought, replacing the old ones, which were refurbished, increasing supply of trains:

http://www.newscomex.com/adm/fotos/noticia_10011.jpg
New Alstom train for CPTM line 9 (made in Brazil), about 100 new trains are coming!

Now the city's, the state's and the nation's situation improved so many projects were revived and new projects were created.

Currently three lines are under construction/extension:

Line 4 is completely new and will open partially in 2010, with 6 stations and the remaining 5 stations by 2012.

Line 2 is being extended eastward and three new stations will open in 2010 (one maybe still this year)

Line 5 is being extended northward and 10 new stations will be added, greatly improving this now still isolated line.

As you can see from today's (2009) map:

http://www.urbanrail.net/am/spau/sao-paulo-map.gif

Line five is only connected to line 9 and kind of form a "second metro system" almost separated from the rest (the gray lines in this map are metro too).

Line 4 will greatly improve this as it will connect line 9 to the central part of the system, drastically improving mobility in the city.

The expansion of line 2 to the east will also create a new connection at Tamanduateí, with CPTM line 10, also vastly enriching travel possibilities and undoing the system's current bottleneck at its central sections.

Planned extensions for 2017 (I would be happy enough if half of that is actually built by that year :cheers:)
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/2146/extensao2017narrow.jpg
Click here (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/spau/Rede_SP_2017.png)for a full view of this map.

The system today transports over 5 million passengers a day (Metro Company: 3 million, CPTM: 2 million) but since many only consider the Metro Company as actual metro, São Paulo is usually ranked lower in international comparisons. The truth is both systems operate full metros, with headways below 10 minutes and fully segregated tracks, aside from complete tariff integration (no pay to go from one system to the other).

São Paulo's metro operates at a flat rate of around 1.30 USD per trip regardless of length, time of day, day of week or number of transfers. An electronic rechargeable metro card is the most used physical ticket in the system (called Bilhete Único). There is a small discount for frequency.

http://cotidianosantanaemfoco.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/b_unico02.jpg

The current under-construction expansions are expected to increase ridership to almost 6 million by late 2010 and will add yet another 3 million by 2017, resulting in a daily week-day ridership of 9 million passengers a day, rivalling giants such as Tokyo and Moscow (and Beijing and Shanghai in the near future).

The expansions include three monorail lines, which if materialized would endow Sao Paulo with the world's largest monorail system.

http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt138/rcaterina/Outros/Audiencia_Publica_Linha17_final_180.jpg
One of Sao Paulo's planned monorail stations.

http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/SaoPaulo/foto/0,,26725980-FMM,00.jpg
The end of tunneling work for line 4 in October 2009 - first stations scheduled to open by March 2010.

http://www.klepsidra.net/pa007/trem-linha4-1.jpg
The new train (Rotem) for line 4. Driverless.

http://www.klepsidra.net/pa007/trem-linha4-2.jpg
Line 4 will feature screen platform doors. It will be among the most modern metro lines in the world.

Here is the PDF with the september 2009 constriction update pictures for line 4 for the more engineering-inclined:http://www.metro.sp.gov.br/expansao/...etembro_09.pdf

Video on the extension of line 5, which started this year (sorry Portuguese only, institutional government video)
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Render of a future line 5 station:
http://www.destakjornal.com.br/images/news/20091008/3034720.jpg









More pics to showcase the incredible diversity of a system built over the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries:

http://www.estacoesferroviarias.com.br/c/fotos/caieiras061.jpg
Caieiras Station, 1883 (built, obviously, as a regular station not metro, now serving CPTM line 7)

http://amorimjuliana.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/museu-lingua-portuguesa.jpg
Luz Station, 1901 (lines 7, 8, 11, 10, 1 and 4) - will become the busiest in the system by 2011, of course there is a huge underground section, this is just the old British-built building from the Victorian age, now housing the Museum of the Portuguese Language.

http://wlinux73.digiweb.psi.br/galeria/pics/29.jpg
Former Roosevelt station (1870, now part of Bras station)

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/metro/Linha%205/Capao_Redondo_Station.jpg
Line 5 - Capao Redondo Station (2002)

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/metro/VIla%20Mariana/IMG_2803.jpg
Vila Mariana station (1974) entrance - typical line 1 station from the mid seventies, all stations to the south of it are almost identical, the first batch of São Paulo metro stations.


http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/metro/Liberdade/IMG_2818.jpg
Liberdade Station (Asian Quarter) also from late 70's (line 1)

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/metro/Liberdade/Liberdade_Station_Japanese_Add.jpg
Liberdade Station (1975)


http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p281/tlag/P1060130.jpg
Santo Amaro Station (2002) - Line 5 - The station itself is a cable-stayed bridge over a river.

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/8866/dsc012620ax.jpg
Another pic of the "bridge-station".

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/CPTM/Linha%20C/003.jpg
Train at Hebraica Rebouças Station, line 9 (CPTM, 2000). This line for the most part follows the Pinheiros river and is entirely at grade, totalling 34 km and 18 stations. Like all CPTM lines, it was formerly a regular railroad line for general purposes but has now been converted for metro-only uses. It transports only some 200,000 passengers a day because it still needs line 4 to connect it to the central part of the system. Ridership will rise to at least 600,000 a day by late 2010. New trains have been bought.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/CPTM/Linha%20C/006.jpg
The cool and cozy interior of a typical new line 9 station, all built in 2000. Line 9 existed since the 70's as a partial metro line but few stations existed. The old stations are being modernized.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/CPTM/Linha%20C/VilaOlmpia02.jpg
Vila Olimpia station, line 9 - exterior of a typical new line 9 station with bridge over Riverside Highway.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/CPTM/Linha%20C/IMG_9547.jpg
The "old" section of Santo Amaro station, serving line 9, which dates from 1982. It's a unique station, no other is even remotely similar to it. It was connected to the modern Santo Amaro station in 2002 when line 5 was built above it.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/CPTM/Linha%20E/IMG_8983.jpg
Line 10 Train near Bras station.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/CPTM/Linha%20E/IMG_3876.jpg
Line 10 Train at Dom Bosco station (2000) at the far east of the city.

http://dulcefarniente.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/metro12.jpg
Sé (central) Station - the busiest in the system, and it shows in this picture. Best avoided during rush hours.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/CPTM/linhaE/mogi/mogi01.jpg
Mogi Das Cruzes station, at the city of the same name just east of Sao Paulo with a crummy surviving VW Fusca (Beetle):lol:. The CPTM system, unlike the "Metro" system, reaches many neighboring cities.

http://xs108.xs.to/xs108/06452/Metro28.jpg
Line 1 (northern extension)

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o241/cacobianchi2/SoPaulo035.jpg
Luz station CPTM (1901)

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/4305/julioprestes016dr.jpg
Julio Prestes Station, 1936 (line 8) - originally a long distance railroad station, now underused, main building houses the São Paulo Music Hall and Philharmonic Orchestra.

http://www.encontratatuape.com.br/imgs/imagens-tatuape/shopping_tatuape.jpg
Tatuapé Station (1987), lines 3, 11 and 10, eastern part of town.

http://oglobo.globo.com/fotos/2007/06/30/30_MHG_sp_estacao.jpg
Alto do Ipiranga station (2006), foreshadowing the architecture of most of the city's future underground stations.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/CPTM/bras/bras_026.jpg
Brás Station (east of city center, lines 3, 10, 7, 11, 12), one of the largest physically, this picture only shows part of its CPTM section, to the left there is a huge elevated annex Metro station and two old-days railroad buildings to the right. The hole station is an amalgamation of several stations from different years.

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r153/cezaraes/Bras_Metro_elevated.jpg
View from the elevated part of Brás station

http://www.abinfo.com.br/ld2009/files/UsefulIInformation_UndergroundAndLightrailSystem_02.jpg
CPTM train (line 9) - new "red" livery (Alstom made in Brazil)





I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED THANK YOU FOR VISITING AND COMMENTING

wow/ sao paulo's subway is definitively not small; did someone compared it with montreal's subway or another one ?

it think that map is a bit old; this one is the newest

http://br.geocities.com/zostratus9/rede-metro-cptm-2004.jpg

http://br.geocities.com/zostratus9/rede-metro-cptm-2004.jpg

Very interesting!

Did you mean 3 decades?

^^ heheh I should have know it would be confusing!

I meant to highlight the fact that what is NOW a metro system uses stations and rail that span three centuries: 19th, 20th and 21st.

The older stations were regular train stations but now are the metro. Nonetheless, the system is the result of a very long process that started around 1864, the creation of Sao Paulo's railroads.

I should have made it more clear in the opening post, sorry!

^^ I thought the same. That you meant three decades but as I starting reading your comments, I got your point that it was to illustrate the three different centuries but even so it gives the idea that we are talking about nearly 300 years while the 3 diff centuries may only cover 150 yrs of history. Good job though. I really hope the METRO becomes a viable mass-transit solution to Sao Paulo's congestion issues.

It is already a viable solution, and it will be more and more in the future.

First of all, congratulations for the excellent thread! I liked, I just would suggest to use more recent photos available, since some photos are very outdated (Line 9 stations, for example).

Just some considerations about the initial post:

[SIZE="7"]Train at Hebraica Rebouças Station, line 9 (CPTM, 2000). This line for the most part follows the Pinheiros river and is entirely at grade, totalling 34 km and 18 stations. Like all CPTM lines, it was formerly a regular railroad line for general purposes but has now been converted for metro-only uses. It transports only some 200,000 passengers a day because it still needs line 4 to connect it to the central part of the system. Ridership will rise to at least 600,000 a day by late 2010. New trains have been bought.

Actually, ridership will increase to 400,000-450,000 riders/day in late 2010, and only with the new trains purchased recently, wich will be manufactured soon.

Some consideration about the lines:

[SIZE="7"]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/CPTM/Linha%20E/IMG_8983.jpg
Line 10 Train near Bras station.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/CPTM/Linha%20E/IMG_3876.jpg
Line 10 Train at Dom Bosco station (2000) at the far east of the city.

Actually, these are Line 11 stations.

[SIZE="7"]http://www.encontratatuape.com.br/imgs/imagens-tatuape/shopping_tatuape.jpg
Tatuapé Station (1987), lines 3, 11 and 10, eastern part of town.

Actually, the existing lines in Tatuapé station are lines 3, 11 and 12.


[SIZE="7"]http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/CPTM/bras/bras_026.jpg
Brás Station (east of city center, lines 3, 10, 7, 11, 12), one of the largest physically, this picture only shows part of its CPTM section, to the left there is a huge elevated annex Metro station and two old-days railroad buildings to the right. The hole station is an amalgamation of several stations from different years.

Actually, the existent lines in Brás station complex are lines 3, 10, 11 and 12. Line 7 do not serves this station since around 2004.

Actually, this is the most recent map of the metropolitan network (with only the existing lines and stations):

http://www.cptm.sp.gov.br/E_IMAGES/geral/Mapa_Metropolitano_Out09.gif
http://www.cptm.sp.gov.br/E_IMAGES/geral/Mapa_Metropolitano_Out09.gif

Good thread, but the informations are a little confuse.

Some other considerations:

Line 8 does not reach Luz Station, only lines 1, 4(under construction), 7, 10 and 11.Luz Station, 1901 (lines 7, 8, 11, 10, 1 and 4) - will become the busiest in the system by 2011, of course there is a huge underground section, this is just the old British-built building from the Victorian age, now housing the Museum of the Portuguese Language.
Line 8 does not reach Luz Station, only lines 1, 4(under construction), 7, 10 and 11.
http://wlinux73.digiweb.psi.br/galeria/pics/29.jpg
Former Roosevelt station (1870, now part of Bras station)



This is the original Bras Station, not Roosevelt. Roosevelt was the name of the other side, buit by Central do Brasil Railroad

Tiago, Lipe, feel free to add any corrections, thank you!

The thing is that the new "numbering system" is still confusing to me, I remember the old lettering system better.

I just created this thread because we Brazilians have a great forum here but we share very little with the international part, besides our forums are Portuguese-only.

Do you have more information about the line 4 ?
The link that you posted doesn't work.

its true, the link became truncated by the forum and doesn't work let me look...

This should be the link for photo updates for September 2009 for line 2:

http://www.metro.sp.gov.br/expansao/verde/fotos_obras/2009/setembro/Linha2_setembro_09.pdf

and this should work for line 4:

http://www.metro.sp.gov.br/expansao/amarela/fotos_obras/2009/setembro/Linha4_setembro_09.pdf



Please tell me if it's working!

It works, thank you ! :)

That is an impressive network - good work - the Luz station looks a bit like Flinders Street Station in Melbourne - it was a bit like deja vu!

Tiago, Lipe, feel free to add any corrections, thank you!

The thing is that the new "numbering system" is still confusing to me, I remember the old lettering system better.

I just created this thread because we Brazilians have a great forum here but we share very little with the international part, besides our forums are Portuguese-only.

I started some threads about the São Paulo lines, long time ago, but with short time I couldn't continue the other lines threads.


Line 1 - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=681416
Line 3 - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=690630


Sorry about my terrible english :bash:

That is an impressive network - good work - the Luz station looks a bit like Flinders Street Station in Melbourne - it was a bit like deja vu!

Yes it was built by an English consortium which built that old railway in the 19th century. Today it's metro-only.

^^ Thanks for sharing the Currently Map!

NEW LINE 4 YELLOW (2010) A DREAM FINALLY COMES TRUE

PLANNED IN THE 60'S AND APPROVED IN 1996, construction finally began in August 2004. The line will relieve the city's horrible lack of connectivity in the Southwest, and will transport some 1 million passengers/day.

The line is scheduled to be delivered in three phases:

PHASE 1 (2010)= main connection stations (4), yard, Butantã Faria Lima station
PHASE 2 (2012)= other 4 stations (which will be left half-finished in 2010)
PHASE 3 (2014)= Vila Sônia station (far southwest of town)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Linha_4_-_Amarela2.PNG


http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv241/pranda2009/151375461_96a34ab871_o.jpg?t=1238439670

http://www.klepsidra.net/pa007/butanta-17-09-2009-2.jpg

Line 2 GREEN

UNDER EXPANSION TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST

Sacomã Station Latin America's first platform screen doors!


http://lh3.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S0ojRr1m8gI/AAAAAAAAHIM/bI1od-j0giQ/P2090037.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S0oi36s8p0I/AAAAAAAAHG8/hYqEJhnuw5A/P2090001.JPG

Also featuring Brazil's first glass turnstyles:
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/lroac/EstaoSacom13.jpg

Tamanduateí Station: the line's only fully elevated station, providing connection with CPTM metro line 10 (which runs from downtown to Southeastern satellite cities)

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S1Y5bGhM6TI/AAAAAAAAHYY/ZOHWh0F0ZQU/P2170060.JPG

amazing system for an amazing city, hope it gets expanded

^^ and will :)

HD Video of Line 2 - Green, worth the watch, includes Latin America's first platform screen doors at the new Sacomã Station:

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Official Video on the opening of Sacomã Station January 2010:

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Cool pic of the new eastern extension of line 2 and future Tamanduateí Station, to open in March/April 2010:

Thanks to forumer Eduardo GJF:

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S3cQ0ZBFhXI/AAAAAAAAIMw/vOJtjnY6kok/P2130018.JPG

Tamanduateí Station:

Thanks to forumer Eduardo GJF:

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S3cQu4Dev3I/AAAAAAAAIMo/1ib4QnzIfpA/P2130016.JPG

New Tamanduateí Train Yard:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S3cQs33-z3I/AAAAAAAAIMk/oSgwU1Hk_TI/P2130015.JPG

New Underground Luz Station Construction - Line 4: (thanks to forumer RRC):

http://i49.************/ivij2q.jpg

New Line 4 Butantã Station, to open by March 2010:

http://www.klepsidra.net/pa007/butanta-07-02-2010-1.jpg

CPTM Train Line 11:

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S2TGRfV5AEI/AAAAAAAAH1k/N8nLSZBGSfM/P2270033.JPG

HD video of Tatuapé surface station, line 3 Red in the Eastern part of town:

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From Brazilian forumer Rodrigo Guidotti

HD video of Brás and Pedro II stations just East of the city center, elevated stations

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From Rodrigo Guidotti

HD vid - Two Elevated stations of the Northern part of Line 1 - Tietê and Armênia

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by Rodrigo Guidotti

Two completely separate elevated stations: Imigrantes (east of line 2) and Carandiru (north of line 1). Great to take a look at the city in general!

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by Rodrigo Guidotti

HD - Stations Sé (São Paulo's busiest, serving lines 1 and 3) and Sumaré (elevated, West of line 2)

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by Rodrigo Guidotti

Two stations in Sao Paulo's poorest neighborhoods - Campo Limpo and Capão Redondo stations, elevated, at the Southwestern end of line 5

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by Rodrigo Guidotti

CPTM trains ariving at Tatuapé Station (East of Line 3) - Tatuapé station serves three lines, all parallel (one of them splits northeast later) - The two trains seen are Line 12 (blue train) and Line 11 (red train).

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by Rodrigo Guidotti

Another very cool video of Line 5, which serves some of Sao Paulo's poorest areas. These are Giovanni Gronchi and Vila das Belezas stations, both elevated. You can see the stark social contrast found in Brazil.

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CPTM Line 9 - Santo Amaro Station (with a view of Socorro Station)

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by Rodrigo Guidotti

Very modern/minimalist subway. I love it! I was wondering whether it is ever overused/ as in always crowded? Does it have a huge ridership?

Ridership of the Metro-CPTM systems is around 5,5 million people/day, due to increase to 7,5 million by 2011, especially with the all-new Line 4. It is heavily congested in the central sections, especially lines 1 and 3.

Fantastic Video showing CGI of station renders and footage of the construction of São Paulo's brand new 13 km long fully underground LINE 4!!!! Don't miss it if you like engeneering and subway contruction

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Update on new Line 2 Tamanduateí Station by Eduardo GJF:

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S4GPO6z0pzI/AAAAAAAAIi0/3XxmkgqcnLA/P2210001.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S4GPWLA-L8I/AAAAAAAAIjI/ZPNaFELaluA/P2210008.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S4GPQa-jPsI/AAAAAAAAIi4/0JLfG8-7Vhg/P2210003.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S4GPXqziLmI/AAAAAAAAIjM/o6g3GSVWC9A/P2210012.JPG

I'm glad to know my pics are useful here :okay:

We're all looking foward to the Line 2 Extension (mostly because of the connection with Line 10) and the brand new Line 4 - which will connect Lines 1, 2, 3, 7, 10 and 11 with the "almost-isolated" Lines 9 and 5. Both will be inaugurated in 2010.

Here we have a powerfull expansion plan for 2014, and i think são paulo will be the great city in mobility urban services.

however, we'll have a great challenge.

these pictures were very good...

:) The videos are great!!!

New Rotem train for line 4, entering testing phase.

http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac16/joaopaulistano/EnergizacaodoT401-fig01.jpg

New train for line 3, entering test phase:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/3_vermelha.jpg

Some of Sao Paulos metro lines run on old railways from the 19th century thus some of the system is not counted as real metro, although trains operate like a metro in intervals of a few minutes, no transfer fee to "real" metro lines, it's the same system actually.

A picture of São Paulo's CPTM line 7 serving the north of the metropolitan area:

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll150/maiconrenato/vab14.jpg

Level crossing on line 7:

http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx169/most_populary/IMG2739-01-1.jpg

Video of Line 7 train passing through a level crossing by Brazilian forumer Tiago Costa

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Another video of a more urban, central part of line 7. By Tiago Costa.

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Line 7 is great to show lesser known parts of the system which are far from the center and of more difficult access.

Line 7 uses an old railroad built by a British consortium in 1864, thus it displays features of 19th century British architecture and engineering:

http://www.folhanoroeste.com.br/admin2/fotos/f3j382_01.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2037/2205394210_5f16b4e3e0_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2240/2205392008_e7c8bdccfb_o.jpg

BONUS: 1970'S TRAINS AND PICS

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd49/Francorail/antigabarrafunda.jpg

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd49/Francorail/100frente.jpg

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd49/Francorail/LavadorBFunda.jpg

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd49/Francorail/sjbudd02.jpg

More archtectural details from line 7

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/CPTM/Linha%20A/IMG_8839.jpg

Varzea Paulista station gee Im a freak but not even I knew this station existed hehehe
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/CPTM/Linha%20A/IMG_8819.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/CPTM/Linha%20A/IMG_8874.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/CPTM/Linha%20A/IMG_8831.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/CPTM/Linha%20A/IMG_8840.jpg

Plate celebrating Brazil's Second Emperor

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/CPTM/Linha%20A/IMG_8838.jpg



Historical plate:

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/CPTM/Linha%20A/IMG_8836.jpg

São Paulo's old central Luz station was built as part of this old railroad, now the station serves several Metro and CPTM lines, including line 7.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/CPTM/Linha%20A/IMG_1287.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/CPTM/Linha%20A/IMG_1283.jpg

Jundiaí Station - Jundiaí is a city of 400,000 inhabitants north of Sao Paulo and is the only city outside the Sao Paulo metropolitan area to be served by the CPTM Metro system.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f350/rocam29/CPTM/Linha%20A/IMG_8845.jpg

New Line 4 - PAULISTA STATION - almost ready to rock'n'roll - opening scheduled for 30 days from now (late March)!!!!

(pics from forumer richter30)

Street access almost complete:

http://images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/OgAAAJy3GrjMdQyiR7MWAeRr_JdRYwiVFHNGGLZN2FVHqyrIin8PsKZNW9YPFyWobtrR9x84wsyXwGiV9iIIfiL01esAm1T1UPZaAkLywkbuvKqvDfycMGBJPkup.jpg

http://images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/OgAAAECgj-StYrAAT8LWV-2m_7jZEV5ESYx7pJ_PPdBTHTfmdKGXDPxHXpy4CbVyNx_TFT5hIO9lTdJ9cGL3m_0vs8oAm1T1UMfgpX2nyqR_FatBalSbXdis_5DY.jpg

http://images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/OgAAALsmD505ciPhLtPbsDq0TvVJxzUpICNrMpD9h5ihcqNEtdjn8NhyxHFEqcSiqpBZ0zItLhS-qWdVPQ3GUBarQbwAm1T1ULLDq9dBUIhmgqFHvWPrck7-0GGd.jpg

http://images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/OgAAAGDwKRCzfpvr31aZM5b15YVfUge89rR6J2is8GG90W6FFPVZYGdWsadzqCOlL7Obse07DnzjCAie90vFvFoheBgAm1T1UBPOM6I-c7gEMTsS5iYdQz4l6CkL.jpg

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http://images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/OgAAAKkV85Spxc8NKXy2YIuedEcs-Fos9ZLBUcQE41hvsdHtYFCEZn3OrCfW6Gp11jzh2Kp4O190WJrYoTbjJAJY164Am1T1UAuQFNjJfBbGflJVD49tW29PHahm.jpg

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New Line 2 stations Vila Prudente and Tamanduateí station UPDATE by richter30

Vila Prudente:
http://images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/OgAAAERPXCyUrbzfrWLU9XYHLptBuadYnS9eVL0iJsmt2PGli4OExskepuym5tR2pgdW6Cf7xAhGwoiZG_3Ezd3G50kAm1T1UHqROyb7h7bNhN8gjI42WnqaHSWv.jpg

http://images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/OgAAANFueslwZJHP7AvzNju0nwcGBIz5CUbZjyE83NZ5teTSYjzJ9RV8vPAs79O_sm9s-8t_GVaAy0IBWAUFfRFm5LwAm1T1UGKhJ-WriHUTqOUHsodh7g6ZSCHg.jpg

Tamanduateí

http://images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/OgAAAB_fHEnZYc7gloOhQLontuaPqgBTVN44HMYyoVS9Xyi3IDfLxoCDayVV_lcgN_StPZOnhvr9h8rSUKl6GVoBZN8Am1T1UA_Jgw6W_83MUQ6fwpPmHaJdKEMo.jpg

http://images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/OgAAAC8wZNKdaVg1XRGGXtiyfnf3qSE0ERWfCTXVleaQ-CI_jpTJ-inTK4YVEhoQNpKjFuk8fKsoY5aXABh-1tXQgvkAm1T1UKhTlz7gbVS_ZNO0BDWCXvEHRhLp.jpg

http://images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/OgAAAAamyOSrJWNPC25JCHdS2Gd5_Wx3up5J79--7AXpCeJWvIrnzhgKOvFHhv6rpAPAfb-KFN_Mmt_d_LlVP29Q9UgAm1T1UOIsGsR7YIEQSKEZpBiXhZP2w0Jn.jpg


http://images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/OgAAAEmNsrLMXXsuek1tyBnTsT_riYB3W7t-h80EwNOy2nK6FVlbr-IHZ77TwFY27oZjIUsdy8w8Lda6JL4AtOp7meYAm1T1UFV5-SHe31HHdVhvv3L5fiCHzO_e.jpg

http://images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/OgAAALny4xoNLheWjM8tRM-ANMGfogdzuAi_9tsD2El2fr2oF_cnRfWCiAA9BuoSQByZFbgQWz9shodsvqRoJh3FziMAm1T1UIm_BTUBNEQfVJRBzu7yplZXDP9I.jpg

One more pic of Vila Prudente station:

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/668/evp25fev20105.jpg

Here's a cool picture of Sao Paulos's new bike path built along CPTM line 9 along the Pinheiros River, just opened. Behind it Santo Amaro Station (lines 5 and 9):

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/9281/cicloviaralfhg20100226.jpg

Edit: found a pic of Sao Paulo's State Governor (the bald guy) biking along the bike path. heheeh

http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/SaoPaulo/foto/0,,36897562-FMM,00.jpg

Video of new CPTM train "caught" in one of Sao Paulo's train yards during testing

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Here you can see the bike path right between CPTM Line 9 and the river, going under Sao Paulo's stay-cable bridge

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/8027/100226f031.jpg

NEW EXCLUSIVE SSC PICTURES OF CPTM'S NEW SERIES 7000 TRAINS

by forumer Eduardo GJF

01- Car 7004 coupled to the Trackmobile:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S4wT5dwrOkI/AAAAAAAAIqM/4o0AypQiej8/P2280018.JPG

02- 7004
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S4wT6ks1POI/AAAAAAAAIqQ/rj_iDHk_gIk/P2280020.JPG

03- Side stickers:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S4wT3B8SeSI/AAAAAAAAIqI/E2JdtwdGdEY/P2280016.JPG

04- Intermediate cabins

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S4wUAO6OrmI/AAAAAAAAIqk/QYj_0dpXEHg/P2280028.JPG

05- Truck detail:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S4wT_G1rHUI/AAAAAAAAIqg/vPd5aJyE3M0/P2280027.JPG

06- 7001:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S4wULQ1yAOI/AAAAAAAAIrE/_wSWvtoRvrc/P2280092.JPG

07- Again:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S4wUHhQByaI/AAAAAAAAIq8/XLKWQlO6Xb0/P2280089.JPG

08- Close up:
(meu atual wallpaper - e avatar)
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S4wUJi4EtvI/AAAAAAAAIrA/WC0aYZab-bI/P2280090.JPG

09- The cabin:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S4wUBNU_kgI/AAAAAAAAIqo/ve_4vRZhbSw/P2280029.JPG

10- View from intermediate cabin:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S4wT7rnBN2I/AAAAAAAAIqU/wKmkMszC0i8/P2280022.JPG

11- Panel, left side:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S4wUCdOqfKI/AAAAAAAAIqs/8lusY_Q56nw/P2280031.JPG

12- Panel, right side:
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S4wUDZIAz_I/AAAAAAAAIqw/8BG-j5DCbkQ/P2280032.JPG

13- Upper panel:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S4wUEQnrQEI/AAAAAAAAIq0/4GlBo8hu7zk/P2280034.JPG

14- Passenger room (with sandbags):
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S4wT9JOfkeI/AAAAAAAAIqY/HASZ42y4EZM/P2280023.JPG

15- Sprinkler system:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S4wT9oGGFuI/AAAAAAAAIqc/DnOk3X3Oyrw/P2280024.JPG

Tamanduateí station update: (by forumer Eduardo GJF):

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S48eCKsNF-I/AAAAAAAAIuE/pxrFO09KLPA/P3030005.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S48eDYx1FAI/AAAAAAAAIuI/JLXt16UD1iU/P3030006.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S48eGXC2FvI/AAAAAAAAIuQ/jGlK7xIFeQU/P3030008.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S48eM7QW-CI/AAAAAAAAIuc/UBZ04ONLetU/P3030011.JPG

More of the brand new CPTM series 7000 train, built in the Basque Country by CAF, apparently scheduled to operate on line 12 (some units might go to line 7):

By forumer mhtm:

http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy49/MHTM/S-7000%20CPTM/101_0982.jpg

http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy49/MHTM/S-7000%20CPTM/101_1026.jpg

http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy49/MHTM/S-7000%20CPTM/101_0996.jpg

A nice random pic of line 11 in maintenance

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S48eRIz40eI/AAAAAAAAIuk/kY7SQSXyB58/P3030014.JPG

Faria Lima Station arising from amidst the rubble! Opening soon! (line 4)

by forumer Hideki

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/5637/040320103421024x768.jpg

Cool pic of a Mafersa Metro train being towed out of town by two diesel locomotives for repair and reform works.

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/8349/home0024full.jpg

Another shot of the same model of trains (servicing line 3 mostly) here in normal operation somewhere in the East Zone of SP.

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/lroac/TUES300Metr-SP2.jpg

Another shot of the new Rotem metro train for the new line 4:

http://www.estadao.com.br/estadaodehoje/20100304/img/3.12.imagem_metro.jpg

A nice pic of the main entrance of São Paulo's busiest metro station, Sé (lines 1 and 3)

http://images.cdn.fotopedia.com/flickr-3068543299-image.jpg

Official February 2010 photo update of line 4 construction!

http://www.metro.sp.gov.br/expansao/amarela/fotos_obras/2010/fevereiro/linha4_fevereiro.pdf

For line 2 too!

http://www.metro.sp.gov.br/expansao/verde/fotos_obras/2010/fevereiro/linha2_fevereiro.pdf

Amazing video of hyperactive kid falling onto the tracks just as the train approaches (jump to 2:20)! This appears to be CPTM line 8.

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:omg:

More updates on the Eastern extension of line 2 due to open in a few months (Tamanduateí and Vila Prudente stations):

By forumer pranda2009:


http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv241/pranda2009/tn_DSCN4234.jpg?t=1267826137

http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv241/pranda2009/tn_DSCN4243.jpg?t=1267827457


http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv241/pranda2009/tn_DSCN4251.jpg?t=1267827779

http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv241/pranda2009/tn_DSCN4267.jpg?t=1267830246


http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv241/pranda2009/tn_DSCN4283.jpg?t=1267830639

http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv241/pranda2009/tn_DSCN4323.jpg?t=1267832409

Vila Prudente: (also by Pranda2009):

http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv241/pranda2009/tn_DSCN4307.jpg?t=1267831856

http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv241/pranda2009/tn_DSCN4297.jpg

http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv241/pranda2009/tn_DSCN4291.jpg

This thread is absolutly complete with all information is possible about rail transport in São Paulo.
Congratulations, mopc!

I was just looking the first map on the first post.....someone needs to update it with a more recent one, because it is already out of date.....

besides that, this is just a perfect thread! Congratulations MOPC!!! GREAR WORK!!!!! :banana:

^^ Other people contributed such as Bruno BLZ and Tiago Costa, but thank you!

Great pic of a CAF train at one of the Eastern stations of line 11 (probably Dom Bosco station):

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S2TGeEXne2I/AAAAAAAAH2A/UZsk2QwyQI4/s912/P2270052.JPG

Some pics by forumer Tchelllo of Line 3 station Carrão, in the East Side of town...

http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg414/alvesisidoro/carrao/01.jpg

http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg414/alvesisidoro/carrao/02.jpg

http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg414/alvesisidoro/carrao/04.jpg

http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg414/alvesisidoro/carrao/05.jpg

http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg414/alvesisidoro/carrao/10.jpg

http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg414/alvesisidoro/carrao/13.jpg

Original thread contains more pictures of the whole neighborhood.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=801042

Republica station also from line 3, downtown, by Tchelllo:

http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp241/tchelinho/republica/85.jpg

Some new pics of line 4 (Faria Lima station and adjacent tunnel) from camilapicolo, posted by forumer DPJ1986

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/camilapicolo3.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/camilapicolo.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c160/DANIELPEREIRADEJESUS/camilapicolo2.jpg

Almost ready to open within a month!

New access for Cidade Universitária station, by forumer Lanterna

http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/9539/09032010037.jpg

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/622/09032010039.jpg

http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/3253/09032010040.jpg

It seems the soon-to-be-opened Paulista station of the much anticipated soon-to-be-opened line 4 has already been "baptized", as this picture from forumer Garciaex shows (broken glass) hehe


http://s466.photobucket.com/albums/rr25/garciaex/DSC01730.jpg

New CPTM train 7000 for line 12 by LRO

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/lroac/TUECAFSrie7000.jpg

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/lroac/TUESrie7000.jpg

Video of the same train also by LRO

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Cool vid of a CPTM series 4400 train in new red-gray livery

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I was just looking the first map on the first post.....someone needs to update it with a more recent one, because it is already out of date.....


Unfortunately I have no access to the first post, but all such threads have this problem, especially because the moderators here chose to merge all Sao Paulo threads into one, beginning with a thread from 2005...

The updated map can be found in later posts.

^^

Ok, thanks man!

NEW PICS LINE 4 - THIS LINE WILL NOT BE OPENED, IT WILL BE BORN!

A FEW DAYS FROM BIRTH!

http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/SaoPaulo/foto/0,,38083562-FMM,00.jpg

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/6520/linha45.png

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/4572/linha43.png

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1766/linha42.png

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/6758/linha4.png

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/9678/linha41.png

Pics by Daigo Oliva

Videos (cell-phone, low quality) of the first train tests at Paulista station of line 4, days before opening

by forumer richter30

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Just joined this great thread. Was recently vacationing in the Sao Paulo area (Guaruja and Santos) and plan to return soon to so some railfanning. Would like to know the possiblities of photographing on the rail lines. Are photographers hassled by the security personnel?

Obrigado

^^ Not anymore, forumers all inform that security personell in Sao Paulo no longer repress photographs in the system. There appears to have been a change in legislation.

By the way if you ever come down here PM me I live in Santos but I know SP very well.

Another new pic of line 4 dug out by forumer xcleintonx

http://www.estadao.com.br/fotos/NETO0208-p.jpg

Inside the train

http://i2.r7.com/data/files/2C92/94A4/274D/8631/0127/56F6/9446/1BB2/geral-interna-g.jpg

http://i2.r7.com/data/files/2C92/94A4/274D/8631/0127/56FB/F68E/1F68/cadeiras-g.jpg

Get ready for a whole lotta new line 4 pics in the coming days and weeks! Inauguration will be in April.

http://i2.r7.com/data/files/2C92/94A4/274D/8631/0127/56F5/61D9/1B51/corredor-g.jpg

http://i2.r7.com/data/files/2C92/94A4/274D/8631/0127/56F8/2CE5/1C8E/portas-esta%C3%A7%C3%A3o-g.jpg

http://i2.r7.com/data/files/2C92/94A4/274D/8631/0127/56F9/EE7D/1EA2/trilhos-corredor-g.jpg

http://i2.r7.com/data/files/2C92/94A4/274D/8631/0127/56FD/0A6B/1FA0/ventila%C3%A7%C3%A3o-g.jpg

http://i2.r7.com/data/files/2C92/94A4/274D/8631/0127/56FB/537E/1EEE/trem-g.jpg

Inside the train

http://i2.r7.com/data/files/2C92/94A4/274D/8631/0127/56F6/9446/1BB2/geral-interna-g.jpg

http://i2.r7.com/data/files/2C92/94A4/274D/8631/0127/56FB/F68E/1F68/cadeiras-g.jpg

Butantã station (line 4) by LRO

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/lroac/ObrasEstaoButant46.jpg

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/lroac/ObrasEstaoButant41.jpg

!!!Great, great photos!!! Which stations will be opening in April??

^^ Paulista and Faria Lima only.But they are desperate to open at least partially until March 30, when the current state governor no longer will be able to participate in openings or leave plaques with his name - he will be a candidate for the federal government... they're talking about "assisted operations" by March 26, probably with very limited opening hours.

Everything is behind schedule, The main transfer stations of Luz, Republica, Pinheiros will only open after July, I'd say October (election month...) so line 4 will be of little use until then...

Update on Vila Prudente station

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/lroac/ObrasEstaoVilaPrudente212.jpg

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/lroac/ObrasEstaoVilaPrudente215.jpg

Brazilian TV video on the new CPTM trains. Some 36 new trains will be bought for line 8 (West side) at the cost of US$ 1 billion.

http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/SaoPaulo/0,,MUL1532253-5605,00.html

In the last few years 10 billion USD have been spent on the city's rail system.

Official Metro PDF file with pics of new line 2 stations under construction for February 2010 worth a look!

http://www.metro.sp.gov.br/expansao/verde/fotos_obras/2010/fevereiro/linha2_fevereiro.pdf

And the same for line 4:

http://www.metro.sp.gov.br/expansao/amarela/fotos_obras/2010/fevereiro/linha4_fevereiro.pdf

by pranda2009

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0010-1.jpg?t=1268969090

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0014-1.jpg?t=1268969142

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0015-1.jpg?t=1268969173

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0006-1.jpg?t=1268969224

by pranda2009

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0022.jpg?t=1268969259

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0021.jpg?t=1268969282

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0020.jpg?t=1268969309


http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0018.jpg?t=1268969333

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0025.jpg?t=1268969420

And now a blast from the past, a great video showing the old Cobrasma Francorail series 5000 trains which today serve CPTM line 8 in the West Side.

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I sugest watching it on youtube to view it widescreen in HD! Apparently this same model still operates in the Paris Metro. In Sao Paulo they appeared between 1978 and 1981. They are the longest compositions in the city's metro today, with 12 cars.

!!!WOW!!! That certainly is a blast!! Great video, thank you for sharing.

^^ Thanks! Here's more line 4

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2756/4448386777_a3e40d9356_o.jpg

http://fotolog.terra.com.br/foto.cgi/L_ABB5pFMNJHnpYH6pkNu1cO2G_N:0k50ZdjlBr2CvTJH8xoy39-SsUh227b_Uo/88.jpg

Pictures from the SSC Brazil official CPTM visit on March 21, 2010. PURE GOLD!

Line 9
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0013.jpg?t=1269233205

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0028-1.jpg?t=1269233398


http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0040-2.jpg?t=1269233466

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0056-1.jpg?t=1269233518

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0061-1.jpg?t=1269233546

COntinued...

Forumers delighting themselves hehehe (I didn't go btw)

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0071-1.jpg?t=1269233634

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0079-1.jpg?t=1269233668

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0085.jpg?t=1269233734

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0088.jpg?t=1269233804

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0099.jpg?t=1269233895

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0100.jpg?t=1269233924

More...

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0132.jpg?t=1269234083

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0159.jpg?t=1269234113

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0166.jpg?t=1269234172

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0168.jpg?t=1269234201

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0170.jpg?t=1269234251

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0175.jpg?t=1269234279

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0177.jpg?t=1269234310

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0198.jpg?t=1269234378

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0224.jpg?t=1269234712

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0238-1.jpg?t=1269234734

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0242.jpg?t=1269234757

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac6/pcpranda/tn_DSC_0246.jpg?t=1269234785

Reform at the old Line 9 stations (Cidade Universitária and Ceasa pictured), by LipeAndreense

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/3518/universitariaobr1.jpg

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/9673/universitariaobr3.jpg

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/7213/universitariaobr5.jpg

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7631/universitariaobr7.jpg

Ceasa

http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/4108/ceasaobr1wwi.jpg

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/4088/ceasaobr3.jpg

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/3447/ceasaobr4.jpg

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2195/ceasaobr5.jpg

Absolutely pure GOLD!!! Great, great photos. Was that an open house tour offered by CPTM to the public in general?? Or was that a private tour??? Are there any future tours planned?? Would very much like to be placed on the email list for any future dates.

Please keep me in mind.......

Muito obrigado.

Absolutely pure GOLD!!! Great, great photos. Was that an open house tour offered by CPTM to the public in general?? Or was that a private tour??? Are there any future tours planned?? Would very much like to be placed on the email list for any future dates.

Please keep me in mind.......

Muito obrigado.

Hhehe I know very little of the nature of those tours, you see, in the ranking of most rail-crazed forumers, I rank around 76th.

You have to hang around the Brazilian Rail Infrastructure Forum

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1880

Every now and then one of the forumers (especially Tiago Costa) organizes such visits to both CPTM and Metro, you have to participate in the specific thread of the visit and say you want to attend. Those are arranged private visits probably granted to SSC fanatics two or three times a year. Since there are many left out, there might be an other one in a few months.

Another traditional update for Vila Prudente station, Line 2, schedule to open by June or so.

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/5263/mvprud4.jpg

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/8757/mvprud8.jpg

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/3948/mvprud20.jpg

More new passages for the old line 9 stations (Cidade Universitária)

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/lroac/ObrasEstaoVillaLobos-Jaguar.jpg

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/lroac/PassarelaEstaoCidadeUniversitria.jpg

And a bonus of new CPTM CAF train, the 7000 series, by Lr O AC


http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/lroac/TUECAFSrie70009.jpg

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/lroac/TUECAFSrie70008.jpg

BARRA FUNDA STATION - 1988

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Terminal_barrafunda.jpg

http://f.i.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/images/09023154.jpg

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More pics added April 7th!!!!:

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Adjacent Latin American Memorial:
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PORTUGUESA TIETÊ STATION - connected to Sao Paulo's main intercity bus station (Brazil's largest)

EDIT April 7 - more pics added!

http://sp0.fotolog.com/photo/32/39/1/reinaldoalves/1139010592_f.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3002/2710739926_968a5f1c67.jpg?v=1217259432

new pics (added April 7th):

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The new Sacomã station (line 2) is connected to Sao Paulo's BRT system (called Expresso Tiradentes). Some pics:

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http://kikipedia.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/sacoma-che.jpg?w=450&h=338

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New video of a line 4 train in tests, trial operation with passengers scheduled to start 5 days from now!

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Line 2 Train leaving Santos-Imigrantes Station

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A still of the above scene by LRO AC:

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Jabaquara Yard, line 1

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Elevated tracks near Santana station, line 1

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Portuguesa-Tietê station, line 1

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Inside a line 1 train, they are all like this (Budd Mafersas from the early 70's)

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Tracks going underground near Parada Inglesa station, line 1

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People conveyor belt between Consolação and Paulista stations (lines 2 and 4 transfer)

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This is the only transfer where each station has its own separate name, linked by this huge corridor. Paulista station will open in a few days for trial operations.

By Rafael Comitre

A nice explicative video of all CPTM rolling stock

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The new 4 line looks very modern! Congratulations! When it is expected to be open?

The new 4 line looks very modern! Congratulations! When it is expected to be open?

The firsts stations will open next month, April 2010.

http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq6/zolinale/36600.jpg?t=1269895682

http://saopaulo.sp.gov.br/spnoticias/lenoticia.php?id=208839#0

The new 4 line looks very modern! Congratulations! When it is expected to be open?

As the forumer said above, sometime in April, although there are many delays and some people speculate it might be May, but only two stations will open now, the remaining 9 will open later:

Republica, Luz, Pinheiros, Butantã will open later this year, closing phase I.

Phase II stations were always slated to open at least two years after phase I is complete, which means stations Higienopolis, Oscar Freire, Fradique Coutinho and Morumbi will open by 2012 or later.

A funny pic of metro personnel "hiding" under the platform at the train yard

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New vids of line 4 trains and Paulista station!

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Pic of Faria Lima station almost ready to open

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And updates on the other line under construction, the eastern extension of line 2! Due to open in a few months!

By forumer Eduardo GJF

Tamanduateí station
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Yard
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Train washer assembly
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New line 2 yard
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Vila Prudente station
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More line 2 updates

By Paulo Arós

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More updates by prolific forumer Eduardo GJF!!!


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Tamanduateí station
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Photo gallery of line 4 by a Brazilian news website:

http://noticias.uol.com.br/album/100329metrosp_album.jhtm?abrefoto=2#fotoNav=3

SAO PAULO METRO elected the best metro system in the Americas!!

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http://www.intelog.net/site/default.asp?TroncoID=907492&SecaoID=508074&SubsecaoID=483908&Template=../artigosnoticias/user_exibir.asp&ID=719103&Titulo=Metr%F4%20de%20S%E3o%20Paulo%20%E9%20escolhido%20como%20o%20melhor%20das%20Am%E9ricas

28/3/2010

Metrô de São Paulo é escolhido como o melhor das Américas

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O Metrô de São Paulo é o melhor das Américas (Best Metro Americas), de acordo com a The Metros, principal premiação do setor metroviário no mundo.

O anúncio foi feito durante a conferência MetroRail 2010, que reuniu em Londres, 250 executivos, representantes de 70 companhias de metrô de 40 países.

O júri, formado por especialistas de publicações como BBC News, Metro Report International, Passenger Focus e Spitfire Consultancy, escolheu o Metrô-SP pelos seguintes critérios: cobertura da rede, integração com outros sistemas de transportes, frequência, eficiência e segurança dos serviços, níveis de serviço ao cliente, avaliação do serviço e do preço pelo cliente, condições gerais como acessibilidade, segurança pública e operacional, altos níveis de confiabilidade e alto padrão de desempenho, inovação tecnológica, considerações e contribuições ambientais.

Segundo o presidente do Metrô-SP, José Jorge Fagali, a premiação é um reconhecimento da excelência dos serviços prestados. "Operando desde 1974, a companhia atualmente passa por um período de inovações, com significativos investimentos na expansão e modernização da rede, que somam R$ 11 bilhões no período entre 2007 e 2010".

A conferência escolheu o metrô de Londres como o melhor da Europa e o de Cingapura o da Ásia-Pacífico. Realizado anualmente, o evento tem o objetivo de promover a troca de conhecimento e intercâmbio de melhores práticas entre os executivos das companhias de metrô de todo o mundo.

A premiação The Metros foi criada para reconhecer as realizações mais significativas dos principais líderes do transporte de alta capacidade. Sua missão é identificar e reconhecer as companhias que tem demonstrado uma extrema habilidade em manter, com sucesso, seus padrões de excelência.


Por Agência IN

SAO PAULO METRO elected the best metro system in the Americas!!

http://j.imagehost.org/0397/dsc02521c.jpg

http://www.intelog.net/site/default.asp?TroncoID=907492&SecaoID=508074&SubsecaoID=483908&Template=../artigosnoticias/user_exibir.asp&ID=719103&Titulo=Metr%F4%20de%20S%E3o%20Paulo%20%E9%20escolhido%20como%20o%20melhor%20das%20Am%E9ricas

28/3/2010

Metrô de São Paulo é escolhido como o melhor das Américas

Multimodalidade


Nota
?
0 votos
O Metrô de São Paulo é o melhor das Américas (Best Metro Americas), de acordo com a The Metros, principal premiação do setor metroviário no mundo.

O anúncio foi feito durante a conferência MetroRail 2010, que reuniu em Londres, 250 executivos, representantes de 70 companhias de metrô de 40 países.

O júri, formado por especialistas de publicações como BBC News, Metro Report International, Passenger Focus e Spitfire Consultancy, escolheu o Metrô-SP pelos seguintes critérios: cobertura da rede, integração com outros sistemas de transportes, frequência, eficiência e segurança dos serviços, níveis de serviço ao cliente, avaliação do serviço e do preço pelo cliente, condições gerais como acessibilidade, segurança pública e operacional, altos níveis de confiabilidade e alto padrão de desempenho, inovação tecnológica, considerações e contribuições ambientais.

Segundo o presidente do Metrô-SP, José Jorge Fagali, a premiação é um reconhecimento da excelência dos serviços prestados. "Operando desde 1974, a companhia atualmente passa por um período de inovações, com significativos investimentos na expansão e modernização da rede, que somam R$ 11 bilhões no período entre 2007 e 2010".

A conferência escolheu o metrô de Londres como o melhor da Europa e o de Cingapura o da Ásia-Pacífico. Realizado anualmente, o evento tem o objetivo de promover a troca de conhecimento e intercâmbio de melhores práticas entre os executivos das companhias de metrô de todo o mundo.

A premiação The Metros foi criada para reconhecer as realizações mais significativas dos principais líderes do transporte de alta capacidade. Sua missão é identificar e reconhecer as companhias que tem demonstrado uma extrema habilidade em manter, com sucesso, seus padrões de excelência.


Por Agência IN

NEW CPTM train enters service on line 12! Pics galore!

Pics by forumer Will.82

Near Tatuapé station
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Vids of new CPTM train (called 7000 series) by forumer Richter30

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Vids of new CPTM train (called 7000 series) by forumer Richter30

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More new CPTM 7000 train by forumer ionhollfman, pics and vids!

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New trains also for line 3 - the busiest in the system!

First one just arrived! As you can see, this late March has been a blessing for the Sao Paulo metro system.


vid by Haiser:
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vid by ionhollfman
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Inside the train by Eduardo GJF

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And also of new CPTM train 7000 by Eduardo GJF as well

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Also platform screen doors are being installed in some old line 3 stations:

pic by Saviano Marcio
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Newly remodelled line 9 station - VILA LOBOS JAGUARÉ. It was originally built around 1980 but all stations from line 9 are undergoing similar renovations for visual improvements, more services, toilets and better accessibility (all stations in Sao Paulo will have wheel-chair accessibility by 2014)

by Eduardo GJF

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PS: for those who just opened this page 7 today, the great late March update starts on page 6, please visit, there are great pics and vids there as well!


And so this post does not stay empty, pic of the new line 4 > line 2 integration tunnel seen from Paulista station on line 4. There was some discussion as to why these "turnstyles" with no barrier were there, apparently they contain some sensor to count the amount of people transfering between lines :cheers:

http://www.revistaferroviaria.com.br/imagens/noticias/tela/374.jpg

Another vid of the new line 3 train (there are so many novelties this month that forumers actually haven't paid much attention to the new line 3 CAF, there are no pics yet, just videos!)

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And to vary, this thread's first non-railfan-made video of a station, line 9 station Interlagos, opened in 2008, made by some noisy kids. Have fun.

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This is also a very melancholic video of a train leaving line 9 station Grajaú (terminus) by forumer Tiago Costa.

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And a curious one for heavy railfans, a CPTM Alco RS-3 diesel locomotive used to tow trains when there is a power outage, here going through line 8 station Água Branca (West SP). By youtube user alexpisciottano (I don't know if he is a forumer)

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A nice scene at Presidente Altino transfer station (lines 9 and 8), a Siemens line 9 train leaving (with its unique, saxophone-like noise) and then an old Cobrasma line 8 train from the 70's arriving, still in old livery.

The Siemens is a 4-car composition, the exact opposite of the gigantic 12-car Cobrasma compositions which are the only ones serving line 8, once the best line in the system.

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Some aerial pics by GersonLDN (original thread, with many more of Sao Paulo and region: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1098377)

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Some line 5 station (Giovanni Gronchi maybe)
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Interesting video of line 9 Autodromo station near the Formula 1 race tracks, it shows this station's peculiar position, built right on a longitudinal elevation along the avenue, making it sort of elevated AND at grade at the same time, take a look:

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This other vid I just found shows the station's unusual position much better

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Pic by Eduardo GJF of the transfer tunnel between line 2 and 4, showing the high level of inclination users will have to face, but fortunately with a vertical people mover. It's funny because this inclined access was built in 1990 along with the old Consolação station, I wonder if they knew where the new line 4 station would be at in terms of elevation/depth.

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The workhorses of the East Side: CPTM CAF trains on line 11 and 12

by mhtm

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Line 2 update by Jair Pires


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LINE FOUR UPDATE

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Line 12 - The clash of generations

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by mhtm

New Line 3 Trains

fresh from the oven, dozens more soon to come

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by LRO

A nice scene at Presidente Altino transfer station (lines 9 and 8), a Siemens line 9 train leaving (with its unique, saxophone-like noise) and then an old Cobrasma line 8 train from the 70's arriving, still in old livery.

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That noise isn't entirely unique. :) The Keikyū 2100 series (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiky%C5%AB_2100_series) trains in Tokyo also have Siemens motors and make almost the same sound...

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...which has been immortalised by the rainfan-oriented pop group Super Bell"Z (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bell%22Z):

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And some Siemens Taurus locomotives in Europe have that sound too (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zu4otEmZOY&feature=related). :)

^^ Gee thanks! I imagined it might exist in other trains since they say the sound is produced by the AC/CD converter. And that music video, only in Japan hehee.

Refurbished line 9 station du jour: Cidade Universitária. As said earlier, this batch of line 9 stations was built in the late 70's/early 80's when this was a much simpler suburban rail line.

In 1999/2000 line 9 gained several new stations in its middle but old stations in the extremity remained "archaic", especially the northern ones (Cidade Universitária, Vila Lobos-Jaguaré, Ceasa and Piheiros). The first three ones have undergone a modernization inclunding full accessibility.

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8318/01passarelavistadarua.jpg

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Some pics of stations along the old line 12, where that fancy new red CPTM train 7000 is starting to run.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/CPTM/linhaF/usp_leste/usp_leste.jpg

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As you can see many of the original simple railroad stations remain among the refurbished/ new CPTM stations delivered a few years ago. All stations are scheduled to undergo renovations soon.

Pics of the unique Sumaré Station (line 2) from 1988, strangely built below a viaduct but above an avenue, so that its middle is elevated, but its sides and accesses are underground.


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http://www.tsfr.org/~efbrazil/estacao_sumare.jpg

Random pic: train crossing the new CPTM bridge over the Pinheiros River, line 9, between Jurubatuba and Interlagos stations, South Side.

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by Eduardo Vollmond (view deviatart gallery: http://eduardo-vollmond.deviantart.com/gallery/#_featured--2) he's a forumer here too.

Another random by the same author as above:

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Santa Cecília station (1982) totem in front of an art-deco façade in the city center. I've used this station millions of times and never noticed that hehe

A bit of history: one of the original plans for the São Paulo metro when the first serious studies were conducted around 1964

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/evandroalves/303955.jpg

That was supposed to have been built before the year 2000, but still today some of those lines remain plans, mostly due to the severe crisis which hit Brazil in the 80's and 90's. The only thing that was over-achieved was the CPTM system having been improved to "metro" standards in many lines.

Today's network:

http://www.urbanrail.net/am/spau/sao-paulo-map.gif

However if everything goes according to plan we will end this decade with much more than that plan:

2017 Plans:

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/2146/extensao2017narrow.jpg

Here is a couple other, better pics of the original plans from the 1960's


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This one contained only the immediate lines to be implemented by 1990....
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Another oft-neglected Sao Paulo metro station: Jurubatuba, line 9. Built in the distant past, it was pretty ugly until a renovation around 2003.

(obs: pics a little old, this line is no longer blue, it's emerald green now)
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by Felipe Golfeto

And Engenheiro Cardoso station, line 8, a station so obscure I wouldn't normally remember its name or location in the system.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg104/tdcosta100/Encontros/SSC%20-%2025-03-2008/10%20-%20Engenheiro%20Cardoso/DSC06389.jpg

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by Tiago Costa and Felipe Golfeto

Primavera Interlagos Station, line 9 (built 2008)

Location within line 9:
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg104/tdcosta100/Mapas/CPTM/Linha_9_-_Esmeralda_-_INT.png


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by Tiago Costa and Felipe Golfeto.

Lapa station, line 8 (there is another station called Lapa not far, on line 7, not connected to this one). Not exactly a beautiful station but a very traditional, important one in the West Side Italian neighborhood of Lapa.

Location in the system:

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BONUS: adjacent Domingo de Moraes Station, next on line 8 due West from Lapa (by Tchello)

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By Felipe Golfeto and (all uncredited ones) by Tchelllo

Official Metro pic of the inside of Tamanduateí station, line 2, due to open in a few months

http://www.expansao.sp.gov.br/OlalaCMS/uploads/fotos/5bb706836db9c08ba632cca1325a612f.jpeg

São Caetano station, line 10

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In the past:
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Cute little Várzea Paulista station on line 7, a leftover from late victorian railroad architecture.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/CPTM/linhaA/varzea_paulista/varzea_paulista.jpg

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New Line 3 Metro Train between stations in an elevated East Side section. By Eduardo GJF.

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Tucuruvi and Parada Inglesa stations, line 1, 1998


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Parada Inglesa

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Pedro II Station, line 3 (1979)

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This station was built as a transfer station to a part of line 4 which was cancelled, but the undergroun transfer platform was built and can be easily seen:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/Metro/linha3/pedro_segundo/pedro_segundo11.jpg
all above by Felipe Golfeto

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by Eduardo GJF
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd158/eduardo_vollmond/100_2684.jpg
by Eduardo GJF

Largo Treze station (2002), line 5, a one-of-a-kind station for being the only underground station on line 5.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg104/tdcosta100/Encontros%20TGV%20BR/Encontro%20TGV%20BR%2007-02-2008/5%20-%20Estacao%20Largo%20Treze/DSC05091.jpg

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Carandiru station (1976) line 1, elevated. By Felipe Golfeto.

http://s482.photobucket.com/albums/rr183/american_lipe2/Metro/linha1/5_carandiru/L1_carandiru.png

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http://s482.photobucket.com/albums/rr183/american_lipe2/Metro/linha1/5_carandiru/carandiru28.jpg

http://s482.photobucket.com/albums/rr183/american_lipe2/Metro/linha1/5_carandiru/carandiru32.jpg

http://s482.photobucket.com/albums/rr183/american_lipe2/Metro/linha1/5_carandiru/carandiru29.jpg

http://s482.photobucket.com/albums/rr183/american_lipe2/Metro/linha1/5_carandiru/carandiru30.jpg

The new line 3 metro trains appear to have a problem with excessive brake noise, as this video shows:

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Mopc parabéns pelo seu empenho em divulgar o metrô de São Paulo no internacional.

Thank you! ^^

Another great video of the new line 12 CAF 7000 CPTM train, under heavy rain (by LRO)

iE9eQYVXeZs

Still pic of that video made by me:

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/2162/caf7000.jpg

This one not by a forumer, it shows the 7000 on line 12 from the parallel-running line 3 train, pretty unique.

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A very nice thread that shows the whole metro system of a great city, congratulations!

A question, do you know when will line 4 open? Thanks!

A very nice thread that shows the whole metro system of a great city, congratulations!

A question, do you know when will line 4 open? Thanks!

First section on a couple weeks. All stations will be opened by 2012.

A very nice thread that shows the whole metro system of a great city, congratulations!

A question, do you know when will line 4 open? Thanks!

The forumer above might be a little optimistic, but line 4 will start operations indeed from a few weeks from now to about two months (maybe) with 2 stations only, Paulista and Faria Lima, another 4 to open until late 2010 (or early 2011) = this is called phase 1. Phase two stations (5) are intermediate stations which will remain closed until completion sometime between 2012 and 2014.

Another video of the new line 3 CAF metro train, showing the bizarre brake noise it makes in the end

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Line 4 Update - Faria Lima & Pinheiros Stations

April 5th

by Saviano


Faria Lima
http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SavianoMarcio/Linha%204%20-%20Amarela/FariaLimaPinheiros10.jpg

http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SavianoMarcio/Linha%204%20-%20Amarela/FariaLimaPinheiros11.jpg

http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SavianoMarcio/Linha%204%20-%20Amarela/FariaLimaPinheiros9.jpg

http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SavianoMarcio/Linha%204%20-%20Amarela/FariaLimaPinheiros16.jpg

http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SavianoMarcio/Linha%204%20-%20Amarela/FariaLimaPinheiros17.jpg

Adjacent Urban Bus Terminal under construction (edit: just found the underground part shown will actually be a parking lot, the above ground section will be a bus terminal)
http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SavianoMarcio/Linha%204%20-%20Amarela/FariaLimaPinheiros25.jpg

http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SavianoMarcio/Linha%204%20-%20Amarela/FariaLimaPinheiros26.jpg

Pinheiros
http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SavianoMarcio/Linha%204%20-%20Amarela/FariaLimaPinheiros27.jpg

http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SavianoMarcio/Linha%204%20-%20Amarela/FariaLimaPinheiros30.jpg

http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SavianoMarcio/Linha%204%20-%20Amarela/FariaLimaPinheiros31.jpg

Pillar for the walkway linking this new Line 4 Pinheiros station to the old line 9 Pinheiros Station across the Pinheiros Expressway
http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SavianoMarcio/Linha%204%20-%20Amarela/FariaLimaPinheiros33.jpg

http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SavianoMarcio/Linha%204%20-%20Amarela/FariaLimaPinheiros34.jpg

http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SavianoMarcio/Linha%204%20-%20Amarela/FariaLimaPinheiros37.jpg

http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SavianoMarcio/Linha%204%20-%20Amarela/FariaLimaPinheiros28.jpg

http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SavianoMarcio/Linha%204%20-%20Amarela/FariaLimaPinheiros27.jpg

And a small bonus as a preview of the future: geological probing services for the future line 6!

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_gDjy9G1wsAM/S7nFJHTHpGI/AAAAAAAAAGw/POds5gGjN_c/s640/Imagem0079.jpg
by tiago 2t

Tatuapé Station (lines 3, 11 and 12) (superficial, built in 1987)

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/Metro/linha3/tatuape/tatuape13.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/Metro/linha3/tatuape/tatuape7.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/Metro/linha3/tatuape/tatuape10.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/Metro/linha3/tatuape/tatuape14.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/Metro/linha3/tatuape/tatuape1.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/cruisespeed/Trens%20e%20Metros/Linha%203/Estacao%20Tatuape/Tatuap2.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/cruisespeed/Trens%20e%20Metros/Linha%203/Estacao%20Tatuape/Tatuap20.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/cruisespeed/Trens%20e%20Metros/Linha%203/Estacao%20Tatuape/Tatuap3.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/cruisespeed/Trens%20e%20Metros/Linha%203/Estacao%20Tatuape/Tatuap4.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/cruisespeed/Trens%20e%20Metros/Linha%203/Estacao%20Tatuape/Tatuap5.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/cruisespeed/Trens%20e%20Metros/Linha%203/Estacao%20Tatuape/Tatuap6.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/cruisespeed/Trens%20e%20Metros/Linha%203/Estacao%20Tatuape/Tatuap8.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z269/haiser/MetroSP/Linha%203/DSC08637_800x600.jpg

http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu114/jlm_album/pituach/100_1174.jpg

by Felipe Golfeto

Santo Amaro Station (lines 9 and 5)

Line 9 section built around 1983, line 5 section (cable bridge) opened in 2002.

Google Earth view of the entire Complex:

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/5972/santoamarogoogleview.jpg


Old section (built circa 1982; until 2002, called Largo Treze station) serving CPTM line 9:

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/1569/stoamarocptmentrance871.jpg
by Urias E. Takatohi (http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8719952)

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg104/tdcosta100/Encontros/TGV%20BR%20-%2020-04-2008/7%20-%20Santo%20Amaro%20CPTM/DSC07030-1.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg104/tdcosta100/Encontros%20TGV%20BR/Encontro%20TGV%20BR%2007-02-2008/4%20-%20Estacao%20Santo%20Amaro/DSC05011.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg104/tdcosta100/Encontros/TGV%20BR%20-%2020-04-2008/7%20-%20Santo%20Amaro%20CPTM/DSC07026.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg104/tdcosta100/Fotos%20Avulsas/Panoramicas/panoramicaSantoAmaroFinal.jpg

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http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg104/tdcosta100/TGV%20BR/25-02-2008/1%20-%20Estacao%20Santo%20Amaro/DSC05853.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/CPTM/linhaC/santoamaro/santoamaro.jpg

View of line 9 train approaching (taken from the new station)
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg104/tdcosta100/Encontros%20TGV%20BR/Encontro%20TGV%20BR%2007-02-2008/4%20-%20Estacao%20Santo%20Amaro/DSC04967.jpg

More:
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg104/tdcosta100/Encontros%20TGV%20BR/Encontro%20TGV%20BR%2007-02-2008/4%20-%20Estacao%20Santo%20Amaro/DSC04977.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg104/tdcosta100/Encontros%20TGV%20BR/Encontro%20TGV%20BR%2007-02-2008/4%20-%20Estacao%20Santo%20Amaro/DSC04998.jpg

View of old station from new Santo Amaro station:

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg104/tdcosta100/Encontros%20TGV%20BR/Encontro%20TGV%20BR%2007-02-2008/4%20-%20Estacao%20Santo%20Amaro/DSC05006.jpg


New station (this is perhaps the only metro station in the world built as a stay-cable bridge - obs: this bridge is only a metro station, there is no passage for cars)

http://images.orkut.com/orkut/albums3/ATgAAAB4niuRNHZi5CXE2JW3Epe61RgGkqqZsuOYpsLcddrOOq-Aadj3l88QTJkBNOkghuUBR_A08vsUgc55gwDDA9BBAJtU9VCElIbgWzU0b5TwBFZjczX5Kk7h9w.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg104/tdcosta100/Encontros%20TGV%20BR/Encontro%20TGV%20BR%2007-02-2008/4%20-%20Estacao%20Santo%20Amaro/DSC04979.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg104/tdcosta100/Encontros%20TGV%20BR/Encontro%20TGV%20BR%2007-02-2008/4%20-%20Estacao%20Santo%20Amaro/DSC05008.jpg

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07/04/2010 - 10h14

Crane that tipped over onto metro station construction site still blocking street in SP

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/1811/1009728.jpg


The hoist of a cranetruck that broke down and tipped over a truck in the construction site of future station Morumbi (4-Yellow Line) remains there as of early on Wednesday. According to CET (Traffic Engineering Company), the right lane of Avenida Francisco Morato remains blocked in the Downtown direction in Butantã, in western Sao Paulo. There is no slowdown in local traffic.

According to the Via Amarela the consortium responsible for the construction, the lifting of the vehicle is being carried out by technicians. The crane fell into the construction site around 4 p.m local time yesterday (6). No one was injured.

Also according to the Consortium, the construction works in the station were not paralyzed, since all Line 4 stations are underground.


*****
Translated by me from http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/cotidiano/ult95u717258.shtml

Retro-Update of Portuguesa-Tietê and Barra Funda station picture galleries on page 6:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=151447&page=6

April 7th - NEW PICS ADDED!! (posts 128 and 129)

^^ They´re on page 7. BTW, very good pictures. I really like those concrete elevated stations.

Line 4

http://images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/OgAAAIGjBFRc3-JX5H7s8nnVHjsoxb6np0CHArCAto7rkw3dOh5tgHjP8Fr82pfNTPchqwERHd702sSFsKC9lzbVh_oAm1T1UGnthFmr8uUCjYCMVWLnH7Yqi-fE.jpg

http://images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/OgAAAFMXHTKibZp_R6ZY2NFX7MFzz9ovAAzbuAcdIS95bAavb9JUVHbOO_8pBiYX-9nMeGYzrejVAiTnqHaRRyJLOfEAm1T1UJ6MEZEbRNjK9tpqdYhjhSLYG43u.jpg

http://images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/OgAAAK4VHiF_CByWfvsribNtMB7-upARiDRTTPLNKKuehpr84ZLbcz2Y-72NufjZ4Qx8HOWUROPsOG7IuFSXPH0mR-QAm1T1UCcXSZyatUQuteSL98YHX1vnSXNC.jpg

http://images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/OgAAAKTbqj3nU3hNtvYg1MOvifIWjkuLKoxLnvK5P06_vuibDXZIHKr5JOwlUlmc9XmW_dOHNqmEd_x6P-FWrBd9rEIAm1T1UF6wWVLsrOamKfYTVgyBxOp-Og2P.jpg
http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/0,,GF80588-5605,00.html


People are saying April 21 will be the opening day, but no one knows.

Júlio Prestes Station (1936) - Line 8


Built to serve normal long distance passenger services for the old Sorocabana Railways to São Paulo state, with the downfall of long distance passenger rail it was eventually restricted to suburban rail (which evolved into today's line 8). Today it is underused as a station since line 8 transfers at Barra Funda to several other lines, while Júlio Prestes is a terminus line, isolated (although physically near the very important, though older and smaller, Luz station)

Probably the most monumental and beautiful construction in São Paulo city.

Original design
http://piquerobi.tripod.com/estacao_julio_prestes_projeto_.gif


1940's:
http://www.cdcc.usp.br/ciencia/artigos/art_23/sampaimagem/estacaojulioprestes1948.jpg

1982:

Suburban service by the defunct Fepasa (state-owned São Paulo railway company, existed until late 90's)
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd49/Francorail/EstacaoJulioPretesanos80.jpg


Modern day pics
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Esta%C3%A7%C3%A3o_J%C3%BAlio_Prestes_-_fachada.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/CPTM/julio_prestes/julio_prestes002.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/CPTM/julio_prestes/julio_prestes003.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/CPTM/julio_prestes/julio_prestes004.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/CPTM/julio_prestes/julio_prestes005.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/CPTM/julio_prestes/julio_prestes006.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/CPTM/julio_prestes/julio_prestes007.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/CPTM/julio_prestes/julio_prestes012.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/CPTM/julio_prestes/julio_prestes009.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/CPTM/julio_prestes/julio_prestes013.jpg

The whole thing is a steel behemoth! Too bad there are plans to mothball it as a passenger station. The office section is now used as tha São Paulo Music Hall.
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/CPTM/julio_prestes/julio_prestes014.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/CPTM/julio_prestes/julio_prestes018.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/CPTM/julio_prestes/julio_prestes019.jpg

Signage still is from the days of Fepasa, when the company revamped its suburban service in the late 70's/ early 80's (those trains were als bought at that time).
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/CPTM/julio_prestes/j_prestes1.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/CPTM/julio_prestes/j_prestes3.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g304/american_lipe/CPTM/julio_prestes/j_prestes4.jpg

Detail of benches:

http://i352.photobucket.com/albums/r322/vambrozio/14092009416.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg104/tdcosta100/TGV%20BR/2009-09-17%20-%20Obras%20JPR/101_0283.jpg

New platform extremities were completed in January 2010:

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S0OTZowMqPI/AAAAAAAAG-4/SWWqgSES2tI/P2040052.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S0OTb9rCVWI/AAAAAAAAG_A/5L3HqVIJYLM/P2040054.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S0OTeIYUNfI/AAAAAAAAG_E/OsWMzsQIJEY/P2040056.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S0OTjhNabwI/AAAAAAAAG_U/O4N3DN0lgfs/P2040060.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S0OTl69UGHI/AAAAAAAAG_Y/YD15N07fuA8/P2040061.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S0OTsxTogrI/AAAAAAAAG_s/R5yQ7NMcA8c/P2040068.JPG

Plaque commemorating the new revamped Fepasa suburban service, 1979.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S0OTqhWvaKI/AAAAAAAAG_k/1WdtP1VQkkI/P2040066.JPG

Ticket office from the 1930's!
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S0OTuEGbcNI/AAAAAAAAG_w/T6t6Bkg9bbA/P2040070.JPG

Modern standardized CPTM totem:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S0OTvRtM37I/AAAAAAAAG_0/p_V468zfkXY/P2040072.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S0OTxCuc1yI/AAAAAAAAG_4/Q4893d0_5m8/P2040077.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S0OT14i1jeI/AAAAAAAAHAE/ez0pRtwDbo8/P2040086.JPG

São Paulo State flag waving on top
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S0OT2gR76jI/AAAAAAAAHAI/gpQk36yR6IU/P2040087.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_VtMozWloUOc/S0OT4N_BqOI/AAAAAAAAHAM/lT8SyouwV9w/P2040091.JPG

BONUS: "SALA SÃO PAULO" (SÃO PAULO MUSIC HALL), since 2000 inside the former office space of Sorocabana Railways (later Fepasa)

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/1204/salasp2er.jpg

More:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2KLOVw5yobY/SwlDfhDaTPI/AAAAAAAAAOM/XiuyIErKRyY/s1600/sala_sao_paulo_photo01.jpg

Line 5 construction moving ahead in the South Side of town and a bonus was that old Santo Amaro tramway tracks have been unearthed during the digs! The new section of line 5 will run exactly along the tracks of the old tramway (defunct since 1968), but underground of course (pics by Saviano Marcio):

http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SavianoMarcio/Linha%205%20-%20Lilas/Adutora6.jpg

http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SavianoMarcio/Linha%205%20-%20Lilas/Adutora9.jpg

http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SavianoMarcio/Linha%205%20-%20Lilas/Adutora10.jpg

Meanwhile new line 5 station Adolfo Pinheiro is getting started! (conclusion: 2011)

http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SavianoMarcio/Linha%205%20-%20Lilas/AdolfoPinheiro4.jpg

Scheme of line 5 after extension is completed (official plans say 2014, I say around 2015):

http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt138/rcaterina/Diagramas/Linhas/diagramal5-final.gif

Geographical map with other lines indicated:

http://www.metro.sp.gov.br/expansao/lilas/images/fgmapa_lilas.jpg

Another similar map from a newspapar:

http://i322.photobucket.com/albums/nn434/gerd_jak/linha5.jpg

Perspective:
http://www.expansao.sp.gov.br/OlalaCMS/uploads/publicacoes/09.10.28-19.57.36-maquete1.jpg.jpeg

Some new pics of Butantã station, line 4, scheduled to open this year

http://www.klepsidra.net/pa007/butanta-10-04-2010-1.jpg

http://www.klepsidra.net/pa007/butanta-10-04-2010-3.jpg

http://www.klepsidra.net/pa007/butanta-10-04-2010-4.jpg

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http://www.klepsidra.net/pa007/butanta-10-04-2010-11.jpg

http://www.klepsidra.net/pa007/butanta-10-04-2010-9.jpg
by pa007

New official video of line 4 construction progress (already shows trains operating in tests)

http://www.metro.sp.gov.br/expansao/sumario/video/video/linha4_marco_2010.wmv

Random pic: line 8 train near Julio Prestes station

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New line 2 train at Alto do Ipiranga station, by Lro A C. This train is part of a batch of 16 new trains for line 2 being delivered since 2009 to prepare the line for the projected increase in ridership from 350,000/day to 800,000/day with the three new Eastern stations in the line (Sacomã, Tamaduateí and Vila Prudente - the first of which is already open since Jan/10, the two remaining will open by mid 2010)

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/lroac/TUENovoAlstomA96C-225L2Verde2.jpg

The Julio Prestes´ gare pictures are great!

LINE 2 - GREEN - UPDATE

by Saviano Marcio showing the special structure to cover of the viaduct. (taken on March 30)

1 -
http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/2909/elevadocobertura1.jpg (http://img202.imageshack.us/i/elevadocobertura1.jpg/)

2 - Descobri para que servia aqueles furos todos nas vigas.
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/8840/elevadocobertura2.jpg (http://img442.imageshack.us/i/elevadocobertura2.jpg/)

3 -
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/4541/elevadocobertura5.jpg (http://img412.imageshack.us/i/elevadocobertura5.jpg/)

4 -
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/7666/elevadocobertura4.jpg (http://img188.imageshack.us/i/elevadocobertura4.jpg/)

5 - Vai ter fechamento até embaixo .
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LINE 2 - GREEN - UPDATE

http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt258/lroac/ObrasEstaoVilaPrudente259.jpg

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A bit of history: the implosion of the Mendes Caldeira 30-storey highrise in downtown São Paulo in 1975 to give place to Sé station

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And a short video of the opening of Sé station in February 1978:

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LINE 7 - RUBY - NEW TRAIN UPDATE

by Wanderlei (not a forumer), posted by richter30

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by Vinícius Garcia

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by Felipe

More:

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by Paulo Oci

Line 2 - Green - Update

by Eduardo GJF

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OMG, the top of that concrete parapet is :puke: !!!

I hope the structurally important parts are of higher quality! :ohno:
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New Line 4 pics: Paulista Station

http://www.expansao.sp.gov.br/OlalaCMS/uploads/fotos/e7ef9b945989a8633f2e40cc307db518.jpeg

http://www.expansao.sp.gov.br/OlalaCMS/uploads/fotos/c5022b37354a6cdaf824fe6d73920d0a.jpeg

Butantã station line 4

http://www.klepsidra.net/pa007/butanta-18-04-2010-3.jpg

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Update on Tamanduateí, including the new CPTM station on line 11 which will connect to the new line 2 station. The line 11 station is quite old and is being rebuilt for the new reality. By Eduardo GJF.

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Mauá Station (line 10) pics of new totem with new CPTM logo by mhtm:

http://i776.photobucket.com/albums/yy49/MHTM/Foto0916.jpg

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Santo André Station, line 10

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Line 2 update by Eduardo GJF

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More (focusing on the changes being made to the existing Tamanduateí station, line 10, which is very old but is being completely rebuilt, including the remanagement of the old railway:

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Special video by Eduardo GJF frontal view of train ride along line 10 not stopping at Tamanduateí Station:

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LINE 4 UPDATE - FARIA LIMA STATION ACCESS

(latest word is line 4 will open by April 30 or the following week)

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BY KaSchramm

República Station (LINE 4) Update

Surface being repaved
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New yellow signage (República was opened as a line 3 station in 1982, now the new line 4 station will lie between the old one and the surface)
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Butantã update

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Line 2 Green Update

Elevated to Tamanduateí station
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Tamanduateí Station
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Tamanduateí street access
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Vila Prudente station

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Pics by Lro AC.

Both are likely to open by June/July 2010 (Vila Prudente maybe earlier, although it comes after Tamanduateí).