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Santa Cruz Line

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Commuter rail line
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
Viad. Sao Pedro/Sao Paulo
Canal do Mangue
Av. Francisco Bicalho
Elev. Prof. Engo Rufino
de Almeida Pizarro
 Sao Cristovao
Maracana
Saracuruna
Belford Roxo
 Sao Francisco Xavier
Riachuelo
Sampaio
Engenho Novo
Meier
Engenho de Dentro
Jacare River
Piedade
Quintino
Cascadura
Madureira
Oswaldo Cruz
Fontinha River
 Bento Ribeiro
Marechal Hermes
Deodoro
Vila Militar
Magalhaes Bastos
Acari River
 Realengo
Mocidade/Padre Miguel
Guilherme da Silveira
Bangu
Sarapui River
 Senador Camara
Santissimo
Augusto Vasconcelos
Campo Grande
Benjamin do Monte
Inhoaiba
Cosmos
Paciencia
Tancredo Neves
Cacao 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

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The line begins at 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 is a line that does not 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 Meier, 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

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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

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Code Station Neighbourhood Connections
CBL Central do Brasil Centro Japeri Belford Roxo Saracuruna
1 2
2 3
Teleferico da Providencia
Americo Fontenelle Road Terminal
PBA Praca da Bandeira Praca da Bandeira -
SCO Sao Cristovao Sao Cristovao Japeri Belford Roxo Saracuruna
1 2
MNA Maracana Maracana Japeri Belford Roxo Saracuruna
1 2
SFX Sao Francisco Xavier Sao Francisco Xavier -
RCO Riachuelo Riachuelo -
SPO Sampaio Sampaio -
ENO Engenho Novo Engenho Novo -
MER Meier Meier -
EDO Olimpica 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 TransOlimpica
MGA Magalhaes Bastos Magalhaes Bastos TransOlimpica
REA Realengo Realengo -
PML Mocidade/Padre Miguel Padre Miguel -
GSA Guilherme da Silveira Bangu -
BGU Bangu Bangu -
SEN Senador Camara Senador Camara -
STO Santissimo Santissimo -
AVS Augusto Vasconcelos Senador Vasconcelos -
CGE Campo Grande Campo Grande -
BME Benjamin do Monte Inhoaiba -
IBA Inhoaiba Inhoaiba -
COS Cosmos Cosmos -
PAC Paciencia Paciencia -
TNS Tancredo Neves Paciencia -
SCZ Santa Cruz Santa Cruz TransOeste

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Estacoes ferroviarias 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]. Estacoes Ferroviarias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Interligacao dos ramais Deodoro e Santa Cruz" [Interconnection of Deodoro and Santa Cruz Lines]. SuperVia (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Mais um trem coreano comeca a funcionar na Baixada" [One more Korean train starts operating in Baixada]. G1 (in Portuguese). 8 November 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Relatorio de Atividades - Camara 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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