Rio–São Paulo high-speed rail

The Rio–São Paulo High-Speed Rail (Portuguese: Trem de Alta Velocidade Rio-São Paulo; Abbreviation: TAV RJ-SP) is a planned high-speed rail project to connect São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.[1][2] While originally planned to be operational by 2014 in time for the 20th FIFA World Cup to be held in Brazil[3] at a cost of $9 billion,[4] as of May 2015 formal bidding for the project had yet to start, with the Brazilian government delaying the auction by "at least" one year in August 2013,[5] pushing back hopes of completion to at least the 2020s.[6]

Rio-São Paulo High-speed Rail
Rio-São Paulo high-speed rail map
Overview
Type	High-speed rail
Status	Planning
Termini	Rio de Janeiro-Barão de Mauá São Paulo-Campo de Marte Campinas-Ramos de Azevedo
Services	Rio de Janeiro ↔ São Paulo São Paulo ↔ Campinas
Operation
Planned opening	Unknown
Owner	Government of Brazil
Operator(s)	ETAV
Technical
Line length	518 km (322 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	280 km/h (170 mph)
Route map 0 km 0 mi Rio de Janeiro-Barão de Mauá 5 km 3 mi Galeão 135 km 84 mi Barra Mansa 165 km 103 mi Resende Rio de Janeiro São Paulo 250 km 155 mi Aparecida 315 km 196 mi São José dos Campos 412 km 256 mi Guarulhos 430 km 267 mi São Paulo-Campo de Marte 470 km 292 mi Jundiaí 510 km 317 mi Viracopos 518 km 322 mi Campinas-Ramos de Azevedo

Project history

The original project, named Expresso Bandeirantes, was to build a high-speed rail line between São Paulo and Campinas. The project was canceled in 2007 because the Brazilian government concluded that it was more viable to connect Campinas, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro with a single line 518 kilometres (322 mi) long.[7][8]

On December 7, 2009, the federal government announced the scoring criteria for bids, with 70% for the cost of building the project and 30% for ticket pricing.[9]

On July 2, 2010, it was announced that the line is now not expected to open before late 2016. It is hoped that the joint-venture, comprising the government and winning consortium, will be created during 2011.[10]

On early April, 2011, the government relented to requests from interested consortia to postpone the bid. The argument of the foreign technology suppliers was that they hadn't found interested construction contractors yet. It was then rescheduled for July 29.[11]

On July 29, 2011, no consortium submitted a proposal in the ceremony of bidding envelopes delivery. Only the foreign technology suppliers attended the event arguing that no Brazilian contractor showed interest in investing in the project of construction of the railroad, a condition of bidding documents.[12] The government then declared not to have given up on the project, with intentions to launch a new call for bids. This time the intention was to divide the bid into two parts: one for choosing the supplier of technology and one for choosing the railway constructors.[13]

On December 17, 2011, the government announced the completion of the new invitation for bids. The filing date of the new document was set for January 10, 2012, but again delayed in August 2013. There is still no date set for the new bidding session.[6][14]

In 2020, Governor of Rio de Janeiro Wilson Witzel stated that he's willing to resume the planning for the high-speed service soon.[15] Later in March, Hyperloop TT announced that the company has plans to implement a hyperloop railway line in Brazil, which may replace the current high-speed train and connect connect São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in 25 minutes.[16]

Route

Lines	Terminals	Stations	Main Destinations	Duration of Travel (min)	Headway (min)	Entry into Service
TAV Rio-SP	Barão de Mauá ↔ Campo de Marte ↔ Ramos de Azevedo	3	Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Campinas	Rio-SP: 1h 25min SP-Campinas: 25 min	-	−

International airport connections

• Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport - Rio de Janeiro, RJ
• São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport - São Paulo, SP
• Viracopos-Campinas International Airport - Campinas, SP

Possible stops

• Barra Mansa, RJ
• Resende, RJ
• São José dos Campos, SP
• Jundiaí, SP
• Taubaté, SP

São Paulo–Campinas route

The proposed bullet train project was presented to the city by Helio de Oliveira Santos (PDT), mayor of Campinas, in Brasília, to be built by the Japanese consortium within five years (ready for the World Cup in 2014). Campinas is ahead in the construction because it is the first city to pave the way for the train by completing its new Multimodal Passenger Terminal in June 2008. However, the tendering procedures would not begin until February 2009, when over 28 major world manufacturers participated in a contest for related projects. The Japanese consortium presented its proposal based on the Shinkansen, which carried 340 million passengers the previous year on 2100 km of track. It is made up of the Japanese companies Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Kawasaki and Toshiba. The consortium has already submitted a preliminary proposal in Brasília and São Paulo and Rio for interested entrepreneurs.

The preliminary proposal is for five different types of rail service in which the trains would travel at speeds of up to 320 km/h. There would be three express services and two slower ones, each hourly, carrying up to 3,000 passengers. However, the competition for the building includes manufacturers from Spain, South Korea, Italy, France, Germany, Japan and China.

Rio–São Paulo route

The first stretch of high-speed train line in Brazil will be between its main cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The distance of 412 km between the two city terminals: Campo de Marte in São Paulo and the Barão de Mauá station in Rio de Janeiro will be covered in one hour and twenty-five minutes at a maximum speed of 360 km/h.

It is tentatively planned that the trains will have a capacity of 855 passengers at a headway of 15 minutes. The fare will be around R$150 to R$250 per passenger in the off-peak hours. There are several projects presented to the Brazilian government. One is the Italian design company's Italplan Engineering Environment & Transport Srl, whose proposal envisaged the high-speed train starting operations in 2015. If this target date had been met it would have served as a quick and vital link to São Paulo in time for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Specifications

• Length: 511 kilometres (318 mi)[17]
• Estimated cost: 34 billion Reais (18.5 billion USD)[17][18]
• Operational line speed: 280 km/h
• Designed line speed: 350 km/h
• Time between Rio-São Paulo: 80 minutes (express) and 101 minutes (with stops in São José dos Campos, Resende and Galeão)
• Time between São Paulo-Campinas: 24 minutes (express) and 28 minutes (with a stop in Viracopos)
• Estimated passengers: 33 million in first year, 100 million in 2050[17]
• Estimated one-way ticket price: 200 Reais,[17] US$60[19]
• Gauge: ?
• Voltage: ?

Other connecting lines

On May 13, 2008, it was reported that a high-speed line between Belo Horizonte and Curitiba would be included in the National Transport Plan.[20] It would link Belo Horizonte, Divinópolis, Varginha and Pocos de Caldas (all in the state of Minas Gerais); Campinas, São Paulo, Sorocaba, Itapetininga and Apiaí (all in the state of São Paulo); and Curitiba (in the state of Paraná). The line would be around 1,150 kilometres long, about twice the length of the line between Rio de Janeiro and Campinas. The resultant network, centred on São Paulo, would serve an area containing more than half of Brazil's economic output and population. The line is scheduled to be built after the completion of the line between Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Campinas.

See also

• Railway stations in Brazil

References

1. Brazil to build high-speed rail linking Rio and Sao Paulo Pravda. Retrieved on 2009-06-21.
2. In Tokyo Rio governor assures high speed rail Archived 2010-10-12 at the Wayback Machine Rio 2016. Retrieved on 2009-06-21.
3. Trem-bala entre SP e Rio estará pronto para a Copa de 2014, prevê Dilma Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved on 2009-06-21. (in Portuguese)
4. Brazil eyes 2-phase high speed train tender in Feb Reuters. Retrieved on 2009-06-21.
5. https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323585604579009503445197772
6. "World Cup rail projects caught offside - International Railway Journal". April 28, 2015. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
7. Gigantes vão disputar trem rápido Correio Popular. Retrieved on 2008-06-18. (in Portuguese)
8. Serra “congela” processo do trem Bandeirantes Correio Popular. Retrieved on 2007-01-25. (in Portuguese)
9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-04-07. Retrieved 2010-01-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
10. Ltd, DVV Media International. "Rio - São Paulo high speed rail bidding ready to start". Railway Gazette. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
11. "Leilão do trem-bala é adiado para julho". VEJA.com. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
12. Brasília, João Fellet Da BBC Brasil em. "Prazo para leilão do trem-bala acaba sem propostas de empreiteiras". BBC News Brasil. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
13. "Notícias – Brasil, mundo, saúde, educação, empregos e mais – R7". noticias.r7.com. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
14. "Edital do leilão do trem-bala é confirmado para janeiro - Economia". Estadão. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
15. Lobo, Renato (17 February 2020). "Witzel promete remotar trem bala entre Rio e São Paulo" (in Portuguese). Via Trólebus. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
16. Caetano, Rodrigo (2 March 2020). "Trem ultrarrápido que faz SP-Rio em 25 minutos pode chegar ao país em 2025" (in Portuguese). Exame. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
17. "Fourth time unlucky". 24 August 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2019 – via The Economist.
18. "Brazil launches high-speed tender - International Railway Journal". 2010-07-22. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2010-07-22. Reais 33.1 billion ($US 18.5 billion)
19. Trem bala ligará o Rio a São Paulo até 2015 O Globo. Retrieved on 2009-06-21. (in Portuguese)
20. Leonardo Goy (May 13, 2008). "Brasil pode ter trem-bala ligando BH a Curitiba". O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2009-12-21.

External links

• TAV - Trem de Alta Velocidade (in Portuguese)