Investments arrive at R$45 billion between 2012 and 2015. Of this sum value, nearly R429.2 billion will go to the Metro and another R$9.4 billion will go to the CPTM.
Last year, São Paulo lost its leading role in the annual ranking prepared by the AméricaEconomía Intelligence as the best city in Latin America to do business. Reasons: the massive traffic congestion and widespread transportation difficulties. Now São Paulo will have the largest metro-railway project in its history.
The investment estimates in mass rail transportation between 2012 and 2015, according to the Sao Paulo state government, are R$45 billion. Of this sum, R$30 billion will come from public state budgets and the rest from the private sector, through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs).
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The destination for these resources has already been drawn out, according Transportes Metropolitanos secretary Jurandir Fernandes. Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo (Metro) projects and construction works should absorb R$29.2 billion. Another R$9.4 billion will destined for the Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM). The Empresa Metropolitana de Transportes Urbanos de São Paulo (EMTU/SP) will receive R$870, and the Secretaria de Transportes Metropolitanos will receive R$4.9 billion.
Rail transportation expansion plans in São Paulo state are so ambitious that the Alckmin administration’s goal is to go from the current 335 km (between the Metro and CPTM) to 402.7 km in 2014. The addition of 67.7 km is the same distance as a trip between São Paulo and Santos.
In terms of number of stations available to the public, the plan is to grow proportionally to the increase in the metro-railway network, from 153 to 186 stations in the same period. The São Paulo Metro has 64 stations and 74.3 km of rails that a spread out over five lines. In 2014, this will increase to 87 stations and 101.3 kilometers of line. With this expansion, the estimate is to double the number of users, today calculated as 3.7 million on weekdays.
CPTM also has ambitious expansion plans. At the moment, according to transportation projects manager Silvestre Eduardo Rocha Ribeiro, the company is reworking the infrastructure of its six lines, with the implementation of new signaling, telecommunications, energy, areal network and permanent track systems. The current 260.7 km of network in operation will expand to 301.4 km in 2014. The number of active stations will expand from 89 to 97 in the São Paulo metropolitan region.
IN addition, CPTM is planning two new lines. The 13-Jade line will connect Guarulhos to the CPTM and Metro networks. The line will be approximately 11 km long. Investment for construction work, including operational infrastructure and trains is estimated at R$1.2 billion. By the end of October, the basic and executive project announcement will be published, said Ribeiro. Construction should be finished by the end of 2014.
The Expresso ABC will have 25.2 km and six stops. The line will run parallel to Line 10 of the CPTM, reducing travel times by 35% between Luz and Mauá stations. According to the government, the extension’s passenger flow should go from 260 thousand to 600 thousand per day. Investment will be R$1.2 billion.
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