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Brás (São Paulo Metro)
Brás is a station on the Line 3-Red of São Paulo Metro and on the Lines 10-Turquoise, 11-Coral, 12-Sapphire and the Service 710 of CPTM. History The first station at this location was opened on February 16, 1867, under the name 'Braz' by the São Paulo Railway (SPR). On November 6, 1875, the Northern Railway (Estrada de Ferro do Norte, later the Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil) opened a terminal station, called the 'Estação do Norte' for their northern rail lines. The name of this station was changed to "Roosevelt" on September 15, 1945, by presidential decree in homage to the American President Franklin Roosevelt, who died that year. During the 1950s the government took control of the lines operated by the SPR, and creating the National Rail Company RFFSA (liquidated in 2007). During the 1980s, with the construction of the East-West Line (Red line 3 on the São Paulo Metro) the train station was integrated with the newly inaugurated metro station, forming the int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brás (district Of São Paulo)
Brás is one of 96 districts in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Administratively part of the Southeast Zone of São Paulo, Brás is located immediately to the east of the historic downtown in the Subprefecture of Mooca The Subprefecture of Mooca is one of 32 subprefectures of the city of São Paulo, Brazil. It comprises six districts: Brás, Mooca, Belém, Pari, Água Rasa, and Tatuapé. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Service 710 (CPTM)
Service 710 ( pt, Serviço 710) is a commuter rail service operated by Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos in the Greater São Paulo, Brazil. It is a route that unifies both lines 7-Ruby and 10-Turquoise of the metropolitan rail network of the state of São Paulo. It offers a service from Jundiaí to Rio Grande da Serra stations and from Francisco Morato to Mauá during peak hours. Outside the Francisco Morato-Mauá loop, commuter will have to leave the train and wait for the next one to proceed, with a 12 minutes headway. See also * Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos * Line 7 (CPTM) * Line 10 (CPTM) * Trens Intercidades Trens Intercidades (TIC) is a four line regional rail network proposed by the government of the State of São Paulo in Brazil, linking the city of São Paulo with Jundiaí, Campinas, São José dos Campos, Sorocaba and Santos. Background In 2010 ... References External links * Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos Rapid transit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paranapiacaba
Paranapiacaba is a district of the municipality of Santo André in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is located approximately by road southeast of the centre of the city of São Paulo, and about east of Rio Grande da Serra. The word ''paranapiacaba'' means "where you will find the sea" in Tupi. There are about 1,200 residents. Paranapiacaba was established as a company town for the employees of São Paulo Railway, a privately owned British railway company. A large industrial complex, which the district is known for, lies off the main road from Rio Grande da Serra, on the way into the main village. The growth of this centre was facilitated by the railway, transporting cargo and people from São Paulo Interior to the port of Santos. The village design has been characterized as being panoptic. Geography The village is located on a slope opposite Santo André, approximately by road southeast of the centre of the city of São Paulo, and about east of Rio Grande da Serra. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estrada De Ferro Central Do Brasil
The Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil was one of the principal railways of Brazil, uniting the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Minas Gerais. Origins On 9 February 1855, The imperial government of Brazil signed a contract with Edward Price for the construction of the first section of a railway which had the aim of linking the court (then in the city of Rio de Janeiro) with the provinces of São Paulo and Minas Gerais. It was constituted as the ''Companhia de Estrada de Ferro Dom Pedro II'', under the directorship of Christiano Benedicto Ottoni. Works commenced on 11 June 1855 and on 29 March 1858, the 48 km gauge section from Rio de Janeiro to Freguesia de Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Marapicu (now Queimados) was completed. At this time there were 5 stations: Campo, Engenho Novo, Cascadura (all in the city of Rio), Maxambomba (now Nova Iguaçu) and Queimados. On 8 November the railway was extended to Belém (now Japeri) at the foot of the Serra do Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a beta global city, Rio de Janeiro is the sixth-most populous city in the Americas. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent João VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Paulo Railway Company
The São Paulo Railway Company (SPR, nickname ''Ingleza'', transl.: ''The English'') was a privately owned British railway company in Brazil, which operated the gauge railway from the seaport at Santos via São Paulo to Jundiaí. The company was nationalised in 1946 and became the Estrada de Ferro Santos-Jundiaí. The São Paulo Railway consists of three parts: * The long adhesion railway at the coast from Santos to Piaçaguera near Cubatão * The long steep grade from Piaçaguera to Paranapiacaba * The adhesion railway on the plateau from Paranapiacaba via São Paulo to Jundiaí Three different systems were used to climb the steep grade between Piaçaguera and Paranapiacaba: * A four section cable railway with stationary steam engines, in use from 1867 till 1970, called ''Serra Velha'', transl.: ''Old Mountain'' * A five section cable railway with stationary steam engines, in use from 1901 till 1982, called ''Serra Nova'', transl.: ''New Mountain'' * An electrified rack-an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jundiaí (CPTM)
Jundiaí is a train station on CPTM Line 7-Ruby, located in the district of Vila Arens in Jundiaí. In the future, it should attend the Intercities Train line between Americana and Santos, being the first station with interchange to the railroad system of São Paulo. History Jundiaí station was opened by São Paulo Railway on 16 February 1867. At the beginning of the 1870s, with the construction of the Companhia Paulista de Estradas de Ferro Companhia Paulista de Estradas de Ferro (also called ''Companhia Paulista de Vias Férreas and Fluviais'') was a Brazilian railway company located in the state of São Paulo. It was known for its high standard of quality in customer service. It ... trunk line from Jundiaí to Campinas, the station was its start point of the line, serving as a connection station between both SPR and Paulista lines. Since 1994, it's operated by CPTM and part of the Line 7-Ruby Operational Extension. File:Estaçao jundiai 16.jpg, Jundiaí rail station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santos, São Paulo
Santos (, ''Saints'') is a municipality in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, founded in 1546 by the Portuguese nobleman Brás Cubas. It is located mostly on the island of São Vicente, which harbors both the city of Santos and the city of São Vicente, and partially on the mainland. It is the main city in the metropolitan region of Baixada Santista. The population is 433,656 (2020 est.) in an area of . The city is home to the Coffee Museum, where world coffee prices were once negotiated. There is also a football memorial, dedicated to the city's greatest players, which includes Pelé, who spent the majority of his career with Santos Futebol Clube. Its beachfront garden, in length, figures in ''Guinness World Records'' as the largest beachfront garden in the world. History Early colonization There are reports about the island of São Vicente just two years after the official discovery of Brazil, in 1502, with the expedition of Amerigo Vespucci to explore the Brazilian coast. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Immigrant Inn
The Immigrant Inn ( pt-BR, Hospedaria dos Imigrantes) is a building in São Paulo. Construction started in 1886, and opened in 1887 (before completion), with the first group of immigrants arriving on 5 June 1887, before construction was completed in 1888. It was the main place for new immigrants to stay when arriving in the state of São Paulo at a time when coffee production in Brazil was being expanded and slavery in Brazil had been abolished. During the 19th and 20th century, people from over 70 nationalities arrived in Brazil, and over 2.5 million passed through the hostel. It replaced a former hostel in the Bom Retiro district that was in poor condition and lacked basic sanitation. The new hostel was designed by Mateus Haüssler, and was built with piped gas, zinc baths, and iron water storage containers. It was constructed next to a railway line by which immigrants arrived. It was managed by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Public Works from 1892 until 1905, the De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilhete Único
Bilhete Único (''Unified Ticket'') is the name of the São Paulo transportation contactless smart card system for fare control. Using Philips Mifare technology, the ticketing system is managed by SPTrans (São Paulo Transporte S/A), the city bus transportation authority, which is controlled by the municipal government. Tickets were first issued using the system on May 18, 2004, when Marta Suplicy was the mayor, allowing for up to four rides in two hours by paying a single fare on buses. From 2006 it has also been used in the local rapid transit system (São Paulo Metro) and on suburban railways operated by CPTM. History The original technical design (in about 1997) was based on Seoul's ticketing solution and provider. But the project was aborted, mostly due software problems with the complex ''Vale-Transporte'' regulation. Around 2001/2002 the project was restarted by SPTrans under the title, ''Projeto de Bilhetagem Eletrônica''. SPSTrans took on the role of Solution Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Companhia Paulista De Trens Metropolitanos
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RFFSA
The Rede Ferroviária Federal, Sociedade Anônima (RFFSA, pronounced as ''Refesa'') () was the State-owned national railway company of Brazil created from ''Brazilian Federal Law #3.115'' on March 16, 1957, after several railroads were nationalized by the Brazilian government. However, the railroad did not take full effect until September 30, 1957. The RFFSA linked 42 railways together (both on documents and actual railroads), creating a regional system composed of 22 railroads. The goal of the RFFSA was to promote and advance the railroad sector of Brazil, creating a north-south-east-west rail network in all five regions of Brazil. But it failed and the RFFSA only served four of the five regions with a north-south rail network win 19 units of the federation of Brazil. By 1999, freight service of the railroad was liquidated and privatized, with the passenger service of the railroad liquidations occurring in 2007. Federal Authority According to ''Article 7 of Law #3.115'' which c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
