Rail transport in Brazil
Rail transport in Brazil began in the 19th century and there were many different railway companies. The railways were nationalized under RFFSA (Rede Ferroviária Federal, Sociedade Anônima) in 1957. Between 1999 and 2007, RFFSA was broken up and services are now operated by a variety of private and public operators, including Rumo Logística, Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos and SuperVia.
| Rail transport in Brazil | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Train at Luz Station, São Paulo | |||||
| Operation | |||||
| Infrastructure company | Infra S.A. | ||||
| Major operators | Rumo Logística, MRS Logística, Vale S.A., VLI Multimodal S.A., CBTU, CPTM | ||||
| Statistics | |||||
| Ridership | 2.3 billion (2022) | ||||
| System length | |||||
| Total | 30,576 km (18,999 mi) (2015) | ||||
| Freight only | 29,074 km (18,066 mi) (2022) | ||||
| Track gauge | |||||
| Metre gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | 22,539 km (14,005 mi) | ||||
| Irish gauge 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) | 7,432 km (4,618 mi) | ||||
| Dual gauge 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) and 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | 514 km (319 mi) | ||||
| Electrification | |||||
| 3 kV DC | 1,121 km (697 mi) | ||||
| Features | |||||
| Longest tunnel | Tunelão, 8.645 km (5.372 mi) | ||||
| No. stations | 629 (2022) | ||||
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Most railways in Brazil are for freight transportation or urban passenger transportation. Only two inter-city passenger railways survive: the Carajás Railway (connecting Pará and Maranhão) and the Vitória-Minas Railway (connecting Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais), both operated by Vale S.A.
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