Santa Cruz Line
Diagram of the line
Overview
Native nameLinha Santa Cruz
StatusOperational
Owner Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro
LocaleGreater Rio de Janeiro
Termini
Stations34
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemSuperVia
Operator(s) SuperVia
Rolling stock
Technical
Line length55 km (34 mi)
CharacterAt-grade
Track gauge1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Electrification3,000 V DC catenary
Operating speed90 km/h (56 mph)
Route map

 Central do Brasil
Teleférico da Providência Bus interchange
Viad. São Pedro/São Paulo
Canal do Mangue
Av. Francisco Bicalho
Elev. Prof. Engº Rufino
de Almeida Pizarro
 São Cristóvão
Maracanã
Saracuruna
Belford Roxo
 São Francisco Xavier
 Riachuelo
 Sampaio
 Engenho Novo
 Méier
 Engenho de Dentro
Jacaré River
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RJ-79
Yellow Line
 Piedade
 Quintino
 Cascadura
 Madureira
Oswaldo Cruz
Fontinha River
 Bento Ribeiro
 Marechal Hermes
 Deodoro
Japeri
 Vila Militar
Magalhães Bastos
Acari River
 Realengo
 Mocidade/Padre Miguel
 Guilherme da Silveira
 Bangu
Sarapuí River
 Senador Camará
 Santíssimo
 Augusto Vasconcelos
 Campo Grande
 Benjamin do Monte
 Inhoaíba
 Cosmos
 Paciência
 Tancredo Neves
Cação Vermelho River
 Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Line is a commuter rail line operated by SuperVia. It is a shortening of the old Mangaratiba Branch of Central do Brasil Railway, as this line continued towards the extinct Mangaratiba station, in the homonymous city, located in the coastal region of Costa Verde.[1][2]

History

The line begins in Central do Brasil station, crossing many dense areas until Deodoro, in the entrance of West Side of the city, from which it crosses many West Side neighbourhoods, until Santa Cruz station.

The stretch between Deodoro and Realengo attends the large military complex located in the region. After that, the line attends peripheral regions with high index of demographic density and low level of Human Development Index (HDI) and crossing important poles of the region, such as Bangu and Campo Grande. It's a line that doesn't operate intercity services, different from other SuperVia branches that head towards other municipalities of Baixada Fluminense, or to the municipality of Paracambi in the region of the Coffee Valley.

It connects the city's downtown to the extreme West Side of the capital, 54 kilometres (34 mi) away, in an average speed of 40 km/h (25 mph).

It has integration with bus lines from the city in Méier, Cascadura, Madureira, Marechal Hermes and Deodoro stations, exclusively using RioCard. From Central do Brasil towards Deodoro, there are bus lines with integration to Catumbi and Rio Comprido neighbourhoods.

There are integration services with bus lines using exclusively the RioCard in most of the stations. This interchange resulted in an enhancement in the quality of transportation in many West Side neighbourhoods, before limited to the option of buses in Avenida Brasil, which in peak hours can represent an economy of more than 1 hour in journey time.

This line was a large potential of expansion, because it's a region that still has large population growth, being that its main demands of transport to Baixada Fluminense, North Side and Center are well attended by the metropolitan.

The line was integrated with Deodoro Line in June 2020, operating only as a local line service. This decision was taken by SuperVia to reduce trains stops caused by signalling of Deodoro, Santa Cruz and Japeri lines.[3]

Specifications

Santa Cruz Line is electrified with overhead lines of 3,000 Volts, and a variant rolling stock based in many of the old and new trains.[4][5]

Stations

Code Station Neighbourhood Connections
CBL Central do Brasil Centro Japeri Belford Roxo Saracuruna
 1   2 
 2   3 
Cable car Teleférico da Providência
Bus interchange Américo Fontenelle Road Terminal
PBA Praça da Bandeira Praça da Bandeira −
SCO São Cristóvão São Cristóvão Japeri Belford Roxo Saracuruna
 1   2 
MNA Maracanã Maracanã Japeri Belford Roxo Saracuruna
 1   2 
SFX São Francisco Xavier São Francisco Xavier −
RCO Riachuelo Riachuelo −
SPO Sampaio Sampaio −
ENO Engenho Novo Engenho Novo −
MER Méier Méier −
EDO Olímpica de Engenho de Dentro Engenho de Dentro Japeri
PIE Piedade Piedade −
QTO Quintino Quintino Bocaiuva −
CDA Cascadura Cascadura −
MRA Madureira Madureira Japeri
TransCarioca
OCZ Oswaldo Cruz Oswaldo Cruz −
BRO Prefeito Bento Ribeiro Bento Ribeiro −
MHS Marechal Hermes Marechal Hermes −
DEO Deodoro Deodoro Japeri
VMR Vila Militar Vila Militar TransOlímpica
MGA Magalhães Bastos Magalhães Bastos TransOlímpica
REA Realengo Realengo −
PML Mocidade/Padre Miguel Padre Miguel −
GSA Guilherme da Silveira Bangu −
BGU Bangu Bangu −
SEN Senador Camará Senador Camará −
STO Santíssimo Santíssimo −
AVS Augusto Vasconcelos Senador Vasconcelos −
CGE Campo Grande Campo Grande −
BME Benjamin do Monte Inhoaíba −
IBA Inhoaíba Inhoaíba −
COS Cosmos Cosmos −
PAC Paciência Paciência −
TNS Tancredo Neves Paciência −
SCZ Santa Cruz Santa Cruz TransOeste

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Estações ferroviárias do Ramal de Mangaratiba em 1960" [Rail stations of Mangaratiba Branch in 1960]. Centro-Oeste (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Trem de Mangaratiba" [Mangaratiba Train]. Estações Ferroviárias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Interligação dos ramais Deodoro e Santa Cruz" [Interconnection of Deodoro and Santa Cruz Lines]. SuperVia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Mais um trem coreano começa a funcionar na Baixada" [One more Korean train starts operating in Baixada]. G1 (in Portuguese). 8 November 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Relatório de Atividades - Câmara de Transportes e Rodovias" (in Portuguese). AGETRANSP. December 2018. p. 122. Archived from the original on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
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