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]

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
Piedade
Quintino
Cascadura
Madureira
Oswaldo Cruz
Fontinha River
Bento Ribeiro
Marechal Hermes
Deodoro
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

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 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

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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 
  Teleférico da Providência
  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

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References

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  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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