{"id":73828,"date":"2019-02-08T20:36:59","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T22:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/verde-amarelo.net\/verdeamarelo\/2019\/02\/abifer-na-midia-sao-paulo-targets-rail-expansion\/"},"modified":"2019-02-08T20:36:59","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T22:36:59","slug":"abifer-na-midia-sao-paulo-targets-rail-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verde-amarelo.net\/verdeamarelo\/2019\/02\/abifer-na-midia-sao-paulo-targets-rail-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"ABIFER na m\u00eddia: S\u00e3o Paulo targets rail expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"

The state of S\u00e3o Paulo is investing more to expand the urban rail network in the S\u00e3o Paulo metropolitan area, build light rail lines and introduce a two-line inter-city network in the state. Renata Passos<\/strong> reports on the progress made so far and the challenges facing the expansion.<\/p>  \n

In\u00a0addition to the president of the republic, Brazilians elected representatives of the federal and state legislatives including state governors in elections held at the end of the October. In S\u00e3o Paulo, the richest state in the country and with the largest rail transport network, Mr Jo\u00e3o Doria of the incumbent Social Democrat party, which has been in power for 24 years, was elected for a four-year term.
Despite budget constraints following the recent economic crisis, railway development is one of the Doria government\u2019s priorities and the administration is targeting expansion through public-private partnerships (PPPs).
The new governor wants to accelerate work already underway on the S\u00e3o Paulo Metro and Paulista Metropolitan Trains Company\u2019s (CPTM) suburban network, as well as execute new projects to expand capacity and modernise existing lines.
The programme also proposes the\u00a0construction of new light rail lines in major metropolitan regions outside S\u00e3o Paulo city and the introduction of an inter-city service between S\u00e3o Paulo, Campinas and Americana.
Mrs Roberta Marchesi, superintendent of the National Association of Passenger Rail Operators (ANPTrilhos), has a positive view of the new programme and the administration\u2019s objectives. \u201cWe believe that the new governor will enable the realisation of new projects,\u201d\u00a0Marchesi says. \u201cIt follows a more liberal economic line and investment will be reinforced mostly with the support of the private sector. We also have a very high expectation for medium-speed regional trains.\u201d
Mr Clodoaldo Pelissioni, secretary of state for metropolitan transport with the S\u00e3o Paulo state government, explains that from January 2015 to December 2018, the state government invested Reais 17bn ($US 4.53bn), or an average of Reais 4.3bn a year. \u201cWith the works already completed, we will add between 500,000 and 700,000 new passengers per day to the metro and CPTM network,\u201d Pelissioni says. \u201cAnd with the projects set to be completed by 2020, there will be another 500,000 passengers. Today the rail network carries 7.5 million passengers per day and this is expected to reach 8 million by the beginning of 2019.\u201d
Current work on the metro includes the extension of Line 5\/Lilac. Nine stations were added in 2017 and 2018, two of which interconnect with Line 1\/Blue and Line 2\/Green, while a station at Campo Belo will open in early 2019 connecting with the future Line 17\/Gold monorail which is also under construction. Concessions to operate these two lines were awarded to ViaMobilidade in August.
Line 17\/Gold will have eight stations in this first phase and will run from an interchange with CPTM Line 9\/Emerald at Morumbi via Campo Belo on metro Line 5\/Lilac to Congonhas station, near the airport of the same name, providing the first rail link to the city\u2019s second airport.
Operations are expected to start in 2020 following a six-year delay. However, this now looks doubtful. Last month, Scomi, the Malaysian company\u00a0responsible for building the monorail trains, signalled that it wanted to leave the consortium. The manufacturer has yet to start construction of an assembly plant while it has transpired that the cost of the project has increased by Reais 2bn to around Reais 3.7bn. S\u00e3o Paulo Metro was planning to meet the ViaMobilidade consortium at the end of November to try to find a solution.
The inauguration of CPTM Line 13\/Jade earlier this year made it possible to introduce three services between the centre of S\u00e3o Paulo and Guarulhos International Airport, Brazil\u2019s busiest, which was also not previously served by rail. According to Pelissioni, the project required an investment of Reais 2.1bn. \u201cOf the 12km extension, 8km is an elevated line which crosses the Tiet\u00ea River and highways,\u201d he says. \u201cFor this, the largest viaduct was built as a curve and is 74m high and 690m long.\u201d
The Airport Express provides a direct service five times per day, Monday to Friday, between Luz station and Guarulhos Airport with a journey time of around 35 minutes at a fare of Reais 8. The service travels over three CPTM lines: 11\/Coral, 12\/Sapphire and 13\/Jade, with direct airport services coordinated with commuter trains.
There is also a direct stopping service between Br\u00e1s and Guarulhos Airport,\u00a0which currently only operates in the early morning and early evening. A half-hourly service is also available, but passengers have to change between lines 12 and 13 at Engineer Goulart. The Temoinsa-Sifang consortium is currently manufacturing eight trains\u00a0with luggage compartments for exclusive operation on Line 13\/Jade, which are expected to enter service in the second half of 2019.
Another project in the final phase of implementation is Line 4\/Yellow, the first phase of which has been operated\u00a0by the concessionaire ViaQuatro since 2010. The second phase comprises the construction of five stations, four of which have already been completed, the most recent being S\u00e3o Paulo-Morumbi in October.
Line 4 is 11.3km long and has 10\u00a0stations between Luz and S\u00e3o PauloMorumbi. With the addition of this station, S\u00e3o Paulo now has a 96km six-line network with 84 stations. According to Pelissioni, only Vila S\u00f4nia station will be pending in 2020 and the second phase is budgeted at Reais 1.9bn. When completed, the 12.8km Line 4 should carry 893,000 passengers per day.<\/p>  \n

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Despite two stations opening on the initial 2.9km section in 2014, monorail Line 15\/Silver had to wait four years for a four-station extension. The 4.7km link from Orat\u00f3rio to S\u00e3o Mateo opened in April this year and tenders are expected to be invited this month for a new contractor to complete work at four further stations as well as start work at Jardim Colonial. The contract will be signed in March 2019, with work commencing in April, and completion of the first station scheduled for October 2019.
This new tender is necessary because many construction companies cannot obtain finance to continue the works following the national Operation Car Wash corruption scandal which has gradually enveloped an increasing number of Brazilian companies and politicians since 2014.
According to Pelissioni, the metro\u2019s new management is prioritising the completion of work on lines 4, 5, 15 and 17. In the case of CPTM, work is also set to resume on the 4.5km section of Line 9 from Graja\u00fa to Varginha, which involves the construction of stations at Mendes-Vila Natal and Varginha. Work had been halted since the end of 2016 due to delays in the transfer of federal funds. A further Reais 945m is needed to build four road viaducts over the railway. \u201cThis is an important project as it serves a low-income peripheral region,\u201d Pelissioni says. The extension is expected to open in 2020 and add 110,000 passengers to the 620,000 weekday passengers the existing 32.8km line already carries.
As well as new projects, Pelissioni believes the new government should continue to modernise the existing metro and CPTM networks. He says improvements have been carried out and that two-thirds of CPTM\u2019s 94 stations are now accessible to disabled passengers with all set to be accessible by 2020.
In addition, delivery of 65 new metro trains will be completed in March, and he says a further 20 trains are required to expand CPTM\u2019s fleet to the same size as that of the metro. \u201cWith a Reais 2bn investment, the next management team can complete these improvements,\u201d Pelissioni says. \u201cIn the early 1990s, CPTM carried 700,000 passengers\/day. Today, with practically the same network, there are three million passengers\/day.\u201d<\/p>\n

S\u00e3o Paulo inter-city project gains momentum<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Reais 20bn inter-city rail project, which calls for the construction of a 477km regional network in S\u00e3o Paulo state, with trains operating at a maximum speed of 140km\/h, is expected to get off the drawing board soon.
The two lines will intersect in S\u00e3o Paulo and will serve 24 stations. The north-south line will connect Americana with Santos while the eastwest line will run from Sorocaba to Taubat\u00e9. The network should directly and indirectly serve 173 cities and carry more than 170,000 passengers a day.
The 135km section between S\u00e3o Paulo, Campinas and Americana is expected to be built first. Trains will use the same tracks as CPTM\u2019s Line 7\/Ruby between S\u00e3o Paulo and Jundiai. From there to Americana new tracks will be laid parallel to an existing freight railway.
Pelissioni says the S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Jundia\u00ed section will need additional tracks to enable fast inter-city trains to overtake much slower CPTM commuter trains. This will increase the cost of the project by Reais 5bn with the state contributing a third.
Rail freight concessionaire Rumo supports the introduction of the intercity service between Jundiai and Campinas, because the line carries little freight traffic. However, this section does not have signalling and is unelectrified, so bi-mode electric-diesel trains are an option. It is a different story for the Campinas \u2013 Americana section as this line is heavily used by freight trains so investment in additional tracks would be needed.
Mr Vicente Abate, president of the Brazilian Railway Industry Association (Abifer), says that suppliers are counting on the inter-city project. \u201cWe know that the project between S\u00e3o Paulo and Campinas is already very mature,\u201d he says. \u201cAlthough the government has difficulty obtaining funding for its part in PPPs, solutions will have to be sought. Another way to look for funding is through real estate development next to the stations, as happens all over the world. The fact is we need medium-distance trains. Only Brazil, among the emerging countries, does not have this type of operation.\u201d<\/p>\n

CBTC<\/strong><\/p>\n

Regarding the metro, Pelissioni says\u00a0that the refurbishment of 98 trains was recently completed and he expects installation of CBTC, which is already in use on Line 2\/Green, to be extended to the entire network by 2020. \u201cBy 2019, it should be completed on Line 1\/Blue and in 2020 on Line 3\/Red,\u201d he says. \u201cWe are also buying 38 sets of platform screen doors to prevent accidents, which will be installed on lines 1 and 3, and on the busiest stations on Line 2.\u201d
One of the most anticipated future projects is metro Line 6\/Orange. The 18.4km 17-station line will connect the northwest and eastern regions of the city, interchanging with several existing lines. \u201cThe problem is that the builders of the winning consortium (Move S\u00e3o Paulo) have not been able to obtain funding from Brazil\u2019s National Bank for Economic and Social Development\u00a0(BNDES) because of Operation Car Wash,\u201d Pelissioni says. \u201cWe will annul the contract and launch a new tender in 2019.\u201d
The project involves an investment of\u00a0about Reais 10bn through a PPP, with\u00a0the state of S\u00e3o Paulo paying Reais 1bn\u00a0and the remaining Reais 9bn divided\u00a0between private investors and the state\u00a0government.\u201d
Another planned scheme is the\u00a0extension of Line 2\/Green from Vila\u00a0Prudente to Penha on Line 3\/Red in the\u00a0east of the city. The estimated cost of the extension is Reais 6.5bn. S\u00e3o Paulo\u00a0Metro had obtained Reais 1.5bn from\u00a0BNDES but decided to use the resources to complete Line 5\/Lilac instead. Under a third stage, the idea is to extend the line north to the city of Guarulhos.\u00a0These extensions will add 14km and 13 stations to Line2\/Green, making it the longest metro line in S\u00e3o Paulo with a total length of 29km and 27 stations. Work is expected to start in 2021 or 2022.<\/p>  \n

The contract to build the 14km Line 18\/Bronze monorail from Tamanduate\u00ed south to Djalma Dutra, in the centre of S\u00e3o Bernardo do Campo, was awarded four years ago. However, the Vem ABC consortium was unable to start work because it did not have the necessary land, while the federal government lacked the required funds for the project as it was trying to reduce its debt burden.
The plan now is to implement the Reais 6bn project as a PPP. The line will have 13 stations and is expected to carry around 320,000 passengers per day.
Even when all these projects are completed, S\u00e3o Paulo will still require more lines to plug gaps in the network and tackle the city\u2019s chronic road congestion and pollution.<\/p>  \n

Light rail<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tenders for an extension to the Baixada Santista light rail line, which connects Barreiros, in S\u00e3o Vicente, and the port of Santos, with 15 stations,\u00a0were republished last month after the Court of Auditors suspended the bidding notice and requested changes to the tender. A public session for the submission of proposals from prospective bidders is now scheduled for December 13 at the headquarters of the Metropolitan Urban Transport Company (EMTU) in S\u00e3o Bernardo do Campo.
The 8km extension with 14 stations will branch off the existing line at Conselheiro N\u00e9bias to serve the Valongo district in northern Santos. Work is expected to start at the beginning of 2019 and take two years to complete.
A third 7.5km extension with four stations is also planned. It will link the Barreiros area to Samarit\u00e1 in S\u00e3o Vicente, which has a population of approximately 120,000 inhabitants.<\/p>  \n

These two extensions will expand the light rail network to 26km at a cost of about Reais 2bn.
Sorocaba is also planning a light rail line, and five companies are bidding for a contract to carry out a study into its implementation, operation and maintenance. The line will run from\u00a0George Oeterer, in Iper\u00f3, to the district of Brigadeiro Tobias. Between 150,000 and 200,000 passengers per day are expected to use the line.
According to the City of Sorocaba, the 13km first stage of the project, scheduled to open in August 2020, will operate between George Oeterer and the centre of Sorocaba using an existing railway. A contract has been signed between the municipality of Sorocaba and Rumo allowing the municipality to operate LRVs on Rumo\u2019s rail network. This will be the first time in Brazil that LRVs and freight trains will share the same tracks.
Rail development in greater S\u00e3o Paulo has experienced a mixed record in recent years. But with projects progressing at their own pace towards conclusion, the network is becoming better equipped to meet transport demand in this vast city region. Indeed, Marchesi says the electorate has given a clear signal for the introduction of a somewhat more liberal policy that prioritises acceleration of investment with the participation of the private sector under the supervision and regulation of the state. \u201cThis is how it works in all the major economies of the world,\u201d she says. \u201cIn the coming years,\u00a0Brazil may be in this same scenario and aligned with this development.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fonte: IRJ<\/p>\n

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