Line 15 (São Paulo Metro)

Line 15 (Silver) (Portuguese: Linha 15–Prata) is one of the six lines that make up the São Paulo Metro and one of the thirteen lines that make up the Metropolitan Rail Transportation Network. It is South America's first mass-transit monorail and is the first system in the world to use the Bombardier Innovia Monorail 300. 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]

São Paulo Metro Line 15 (Silver)
Overview
Type	Straddle beam monorail
System	São Paulo Metro
Status	Partially in operation, Partially under construction
Locale	São Paulo, Brazil
Termini	Vila Prudente São Mateus
Stations	10 operational 1 under construction 6 planned
Operation
Opened	30 August 2014
Owner	Government of the State of São Paulo
Operator(s)	Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo
Character	Elevated
Depot(s)	Oratório rail yard Ragueb Choffi rail yard (planned)
Rolling stock	189 Bombardier M stock (27 trains)
Technical
Line length	11.6 km (7.2 mi) (operational) 27 km (17 mi) (planned)
Track gauge	None (monorail)
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph)
Signalling	CBTC
Route map Ipiranga Proposed Vila Prudente to Vila Madalena Oratório Oratório rail yard São Lucas Camilo Haddad Vila Tolstói Vila União Jardim Planalto Sapopemba Fazenda da Juta São Mateus Under construction Jardim Colonial Proposed Boa Esperança Jacu-Pêssego Ragueb Choffi rail yard Jardim Marília Jardim Pedra Branca Cidade Tiradentes Hospital Cidade Tiradentes

Metropolitan Rail Transportation Network map

Built using completely driver-less technology,[5] the line is currently 11.6 km (7.2 mi) long and has ten stations in the stretch between Vila Prudente and São Mateus. 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 beyond 2022.[6]

History

• 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
• 12 January 2019: São Lucas-Vila União, operation every day from 4:40AM to 12AM
• 26 August 2019: Vila União-Jardim Planalto, operation every day from 4:40AM to 12AM
• 16 December 2019: Sapopemba-São Mateus, operation every day from 10AM to 3PM
• 23 December 2019: Sapopemba-São Mateus, operation every day from 9AM to 4PM
• 6 January 2020: Sapopemba-São Mateus, operation every day from 4:40AM to 12AM
• 29 February – 1 June 2020: Line 15 was shut down for undeterminate time. Parts of a Bombardier M20 stock fell on Avenida Sapopemba and all the trains were taken to the railyard for inspection. The São Paulo Metro Company triggered the operation of emergency buses to transport passengers from each station of the closed line.[7][8][9][10][11]
• 1 June 2020: Line 15 reopened between stations Vila Prudente and Jardim Planalto[12]
• 18 June 2020: Line 15 reopened between stations Vila Prudente and São Mateus[13]
• 2021: Jardim Colonial, opening planned

Stations

Code	Station	Platforms	Position	Connections	District
TBD	Ipiranga	Island platforms	Elevated		Ipiranga
VPM	Vila Prudente	Island platforms	Elevated	Vila Prudente Bus Terminal Expresso Tiradentes	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
JPL	Jardim Planalto	Island platforms	Elevated	-	Sapopemba
SAP	Sapopemba	Island platforms	Elevated	Sapopemba-Teotônio Vilela Bus Terminal	Sapopemba
FJT	Fazenda da Juta	Island platforms	Elevated	-	Sapopemba
MAT	São Mateus	Island platforms	Elevated	São Mateus Bus Terminal São Mateus-Jabaquara Metropolitan Corridor Metropolitan BRT East Perimetral Jacu-Pêssego	São Mateus
IGT	Jardim Colonial	Island platforms	Elevated	-	São Mateus
JEQ	Boa Esperança	Island platforms	Elevated	-	Iguatemi
JPS	Jacu-Pêssego	Island platforms	Elevated	-	Iguatemi
ESM	Jardim Marília	Island platforms	Elevated	-	Iguatemi
MBK	Jardim Pedra Branca	Island platforms	Elevated	-	Cidade Tiradentes
CDT	Cidade Tiradentes	Island platforms	Elevated	Cidade Tiradentes Bus Terminal	Cidade Tiradentes
HCT	Hospital Cidade Tiradentes	Island platforms	Elevated	-	Cidade Tiradentes

Obs.: Stations in bold are under construction. Stations in italic are in planning.

Gallery

• 
  First train under testing in January 2014
• 
  Train leaving Oratorio Station
• 
  Station Vila Prudente
• 
  Station Vila União

See also

• List of monorail systems
• Line 17 (São Paulo Metro)

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. "Governo do estado quer iniciar obras da estação Ipiranga em 2020 e viabilizar a extensão para Cidade Tiradentes até 2022". Metrô CPTM (in Portuguese). 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
7. Lobo, Renato (29 February 2020). ""De surpresa", Metrô fecha monotrilho da Linha 15-Prata durante todo o final de semana" (in Portuguese). Via Trólebus. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
8. Lobo, Renato (1 March 2020). "Metrô aciona önibus do sistema PAESE para Monotrilho da Linha 15-Prata nesta segunda (2)" (in Portuguese). Via Trólebus. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
9. "Trens da Linha 15-Prata do monotrilho continuam paralisados pelo 4° dia seguido na Zona Leste de SP" (in Portuguese). G1. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
10. "Bombardier investigates São Paulo monorail problems". BNamericas. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
11. Lobo, Renato (6 March 2020). "Fabricante descarta falha em pneu no monotrilho da Linha 15-Prata" (in Portuguese). Via Trólebus. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
12. Lobo, Renato (1 June 2020). "Monotrilho da Linha 15-Prata volta a operar nesta segunda-feira (1º) parcialmente" (in Portuguese). Via Trólebus. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
13. Meier, Ricardo (18 June 2020). "Linha 15-Prata retoma operação até a estação São Mateus" (in Portuguese). Metrô CPTM. Retrieved 18 June 2020.