Line 15 (São Paulo Metro)

São Paulo Metro Line 15 (Silver)
São Paulo Metro logo
Overview
Type Monorail
System São Paulo Metro
Status Partially in operation,
Partially under construction
Locale São Paulo, Brazil
Termini Ipiranga
Hospital Cidade Tiradentes
Stations 6 (operational)
18 (planned)
Operation
Opened 30 August 2014 (between Vila Prudente and Oratorio)
6 April 2018 (between Vila Prudente and Vila União)
Operator(s) Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo
Character Elevated
Technical
Line length 7.6 km (4.7 mi) (operational)
27 km (17 mi) (planned)
Track gauge None (monorail)
Route map
Line 15 São Paulo Metro monorail

Line 15 (Silver) is a line of the São Paulo Metro. It is the first system in the world to use the Bombardier Innovia Monorail 300 and is South America's first mass-transit monorail. When completed it will be the largest and highest capacity monorail system in the Americas and second worldwide only to the Chongqing Monorail.[1] The first section, from Vila Prudente to Oratório, opened on 30 August 2014, initially running 10 AM–3 PM on weekends only.[2] As of 26 October 2016, the line is operational from 4:40 AM–12 AM.[3] The line has a free connection to Line 2-Green on Vila Prudente station and future connection to CPTM Line 10-Turquoise on Ipiranga station.[4]

Built using completely driver-less technology,[5] the line is currently 7.6 km (4.7 mi) long and has six stations in the stretch between Vila Prudente and Vila União. When complete, it will be approximately 27 kilometres (17 mi) long and have eighteen stations, beginning at Ipiranga and ending at the future Hospital Cidade Tiradentes. The proposed completion of the full line is projected to be 2021.[6]

History

Test run on Line 15.
  • December 2009: Construction initiated
  • 30 August 2014: Vila Prudente-Oratório (2.9 km or 1.8 mi), operating Saturdays and Sundays only, from 10AM to 3PM
  • 20 December 2014: Vila Prudente-Oratório (2.9 km), operating every day from 9AM to 2PM
  • 10 August 2015: Vila Prudente-Oratório, operating every day from 7AM to 7PM
  • 26 October 2016: Vila Prudente-Oratório, operating every day from 4:40AM to 12AM
  • 6 April 2018: São Lucas-Vila União, operating Mondays to Fridays from 10AM to 3PM

Stations

Code Station Platforms Position Connections District
VPM Vila Prudente Island platforms Elevated Line 2-Green and Urban Bus Terminal Vila Prudente
ORT Oratório Island platforms Elevated - São Lucas
SLU São Lucas Island platforms Elevated - São Lucas
CAD Camilo Haddad Island platforms Elevated - São Lucas
VTL Vila Tolstói Island platforms Elevated - São Lucas/Sapopemba
VUN Vila União Island platforms Elevated - Sapopemba

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sao Paulo, Brazil". monorails.org.
  2. ↑ "Primeiro monotrilho do país será inaugurado hoje em São Paulo". uol.com.br (in Portuguese).
  3. ↑ "Linha Prata do monotrilho começa a operar em horário normal nesta quarta" [Monorail Silver Line starts operating in normal schedule this Wednesday] (in Portuguese). G1. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  4. ↑ Information about SP Metro expansion projects on the SP government website Archived 2009-10-15 at the Wayback Machine. (in Portuguese).
  5. ↑ "Metro Inaugura quatro estacoes na Zona Leste" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Portuguese).
  6. ↑ "Leilão da linha 15 é o novo alvo da CCR". DCI Diário Comércio Indústria e Serviços. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
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