Line 17 (São Paulo Metro)

São Paulo Metro Line 17 (Gold)
São Paulo Metro logo
Overview
Type Monorail
System São Paulo Metro
Status Under construction
Locale São Paulo, Brazil
Termini São Paulo-Morumbi
Jabaquara
Stations 8 under construction
10 proposed
Operation
Opened 2019 (estimated)
Operator(s) Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo
Technical
Line length 17.7 km (11.0 mi) (First phase under construction)
Track gauge None (monorail)
Route map
Line  4  to Vila Sônia
São Paulo-Morumbi  4 
Line  4  to Luz
Estádio Morumbi
Américo Maurano
Paraisópolis
Panamby
Under construction
Line  9  to Osasco
Morumbi  9 
Elevated over Line  9 
Line  9  to Varginha
Passage under Octávio Frias de Oliveira Bridge
Chucri Zaidan
Vila Cordeiro
Line  5  to Capão Redondo
Campo Belo  5 
Elevated over Line  5 
Line  5  to Chácara Klabin
Passage under Av. Ver. José Diniz
Vereador José Diniz
Brooklin Paulista
Congonhas Airport interchange
Passage under Corredor Norte-Sul
Jardim Aeroporto
Link with Água Espraiada rail yard
In project
Vila Paulista
Vila Babilônia
Cidade Leonor
Hospital Sabóia
Line  1  to Tucuruvi
Jabaquara  1 

Line 17 (Gold) is an under construction monorail project for the São Paulo Metro. The line will have 14 stations, beginning at the São Paulo-Morumbi station and ending at the São Judas Station. It will have integration with Line 1 (Blue), Line 4 (Yellow), and Line 5 (Lilac) as well as CPTM Line 9 (Emerald).[1] The line was originally one of the transportation projects supporting the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[2] However delays, and contract disputes have pushed the completion date from the original 2013 full opening date to only the first phase opening in December 2019.[3][4][5]

Construction works of the monorail "Linha 17-Ouro" parallel to Jornalista Roberto Marinho Avenue as of February 2015

The line was originally envisioned to be 21.5 kilometres (13.4 mi) long and will be opened in three stages. The first section will be 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) long linking Congonhas-São Paulo Airport to São Judas Station, with an initial demand 18,000 passengers per day and construction starting in 2011.[6] The second phase, expected to have a demand of 100,000 passengers per day, will begin operations in 2015. It will be 10.8 kilometres (6.7 mi) long and will connect the Morumbi CPTM station and the Jabaquara metro station. The two sections will connect at the future Brooklin Paulista station, forming a "Y".[7] However delays and heritage preservation issues prevented the line from starting construction, leading it to be shelved in 2011.[6] The line was revived soon after with a proposed first phase expanded to connecting Morumbi station and the Congonhas-São Paulo Airport with a daily demand forecast of 43,000 passengers and projected opening in the first half of 2014.[6] The second phase will extend the line west to São Paulo–Morumbi Station increasing the projected ridership for the line to 252,000.[6]

On 2 June 2011, Metro São Paulo awarded the Monotrilho Integracao, a consortium consisting of a Malaysian rail company Scomi Rail, Brazil's second largest construction company Andrade Gutierrez, CR Almeida and Montagens e Projetos Especiais a R$1.4bn turnkey contract to build Line 17. The consortium will be responsible for design, supply, installation and commissioning of the Sutra straddle monorail, including 24 Scomi SUTRA three-car trains to be provided by Scomi. [8] The line will be operated as CBTC using Thales SelTrac technology. [9]

On 9 June 2014, a concrete support beam collapsed during construction which killed one worker and injuring two others.[10] Completion was scheduled for the start of the World Cup but construction was delayed due to issues with environmental approvals. As a result the line was delayed until the second half of 2015.[11][12] Construction stopped October 2015 due to a contract dispute with construction only to be resumed in June 2016.[13] This delay postponed the opening date of the first phase to 2018.[14] Further delays in the construction has meant that the first phase of the line was further postponed from 2018[15] to 2019.[16]

See also


References

  1. Information about SP Metro expansion projects on the SP government website (Portuguese) Archived 15 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. "100% Fifa", Paulo Favero, Jornal da Tarde, 1/10/2009, pg. 7C
  3. "Monotrilho de Alckmin para ligar Morumbi a Congonhas dará prejuízo". Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  4. "Metrô e monotrilho previstos para 2014 agora vão ficar para 2017". São Paulo (in Portuguese). 2015-03-30. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  5. "Governo de São Paulo adia pela 3ª vez início da operação do monotrilho". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  6. 1 2 3 4 José Benedito da Silva e Alencar Izidoro (8-4-2011). Empresa Folha da Manhã S/A, ed. "Governo engaveta ligação rápida do aeroporto de Congonhas até metrô". Folha de S. Paulo (in português). São Paulo (29, 955): C10. ISSN 1414-5723. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. "Monotrilho ligará Congonhas ao metrô", Eduardo Reina, Jornal da Tarde, 3/10/2009, pg. 7A
  8. "RailwayGazette". Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  9. Thales wins São Paulo CBTC contract Archived 27 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine., International Railway Journal, 16 December 2011, retrieved 4 January 2012
  10. "Fatal accident on flagship Sao Paulo monorail". BBC News. 9 June 2014. Archived from the original on 4 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  11. "Parte de estrutura do monotrilho cai e deixa um morto na Zona Sul de SP". O Globo (in Portuguese). 9 June 2014. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  12. Manfred, Tony (10 June 2014). "One Dead After Part Of Unfinished Monorail Being Built For World Cup Collapses In São Paulo". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  13. "Metrô rompe contrato com empresas e obra da Linha 17 é suspensa em SP". São Paulo (in Portuguese). 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  14. "Linha 6-Laranja do Metrô de SP será entregue com um ano de atraso". São Paulo (in Portuguese). 2016-06-22. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  15. "São Paulo monorail contract awarded". Railway Gazette International. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  16. "Metrô de SP promete entrega de novas estações da Linha 5-Lilás para julho". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-07-04.
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