SuperVia
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| Overview | |
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| Locale | Greater Rio de Janeiro |
| Transit type | Commuter rail |
| Number of lines | 8 working, 1 in project. |
| Number of stations | 100 (2 under construction) |
| Daily ridership | 620,000 (2014) |
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| Began operation | 1 November 1998 |
| Operator(s) | SuperVia Concessionária de Transportes Ferroviários |
| Technical | |
| System length | 252 km (156.5 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) |
| Electrification | (?) V Catenary |
SuperVia Trens Urbanos (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˌsupeʁˈvi.ɐ tɾẽˑzuʁˈbɐ̃nuⁱʃ], meaning SuperVia Urban Trains) is a Brazilian train operator founded in Rio de Janeiro in November 1998. It carries around 152 million passengers a year on a railroad network comprising 100 stations in 12 cities: Rio de Janeiro, Duque de Caxias, Guapimirim, Nova Iguaçu, Nilópolis, Mesquita, Queimados, São João de Meriti, Belford Roxo, Japeri, Paracambi and Magé.
The baggage areas of SuperVia trains were an adaptation of the original design to fit the Brazilian reality. A Brazilian study found that the average passenger carries a weight of 7 kg in backpacks, shopping bags or briefcases on their daily commute.
In 1998, a concession agreement commenced, which established the concessionaire's investment commitments (SuperVia) and grantor (State). Thus, it was possible to realise savings for the state coffers of more than US$1.6 billion, a figure corresponding to the subsidies that the state failed to spend with the operation of the system in the period 1998/2009.
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