Santa Cruz Line is a commuter rail line operated by SuperVia. It is a shortening of the old Mangaratiba Branch of Central do Brasil Railway, as this line continued towards the extinct Mangaratiba station, in the homonymous city, located in the coastal region of Costa Verde.
History The line begins at Central do Brasil station, crossing many dense areas until Deodoro, in the entrance of West Side of the city, from which it crosses many West Side neighbourhoods, until Santa Cruz station.
The stretch between Deodoro and Realengo attends the large military complex located in the region. After that, the line attends peripheral regions with high index of demographic density and low level of Human Development Index (HDI) and crossing important poles of the region, such as Bangu and Campo Grande. It is a line that does not operate intercity services, different from other SuperVia branches that head towards other municipalities of Baixada Fluminense, or to the municipality of Paracambi in the region of the Coffee Valley.
It connects the city's downtown to the extreme West Side of the capital, away, in an average speed of .
It has integration with bus lines from the city in Méier, Cascadura, Madureira, Marechal Hermes and Deodoro stations, exclusively using RioCard. From Central do Brasil towards Deodoro, there are bus lines with integration to Catumbi and Rio Comprido neighbourhoods.
There are integration services with bus lines using exclusively the RioCard in most of the stations. This interchange resulted in an enhancement in the quality of transportation in many West Side neighbourhoods, before limited to the option of buses in Avenida Brasil, which in peak hours can represent an economy of more than 1 hour in journey time.
This line was a large potential of expansion, because it's a region that still has large population growth, being that its main demands of transport to Baixada Fluminense, North Side and Center are well attended by the metropolitan.
The line was integrated with Deodoro Line in June 2020, operating only as a local line service. This decision was taken by SuperVia to reduce trains stops caused by signalling of Deodoro, Santa Cruz and Japeri lines.
Specifications Santa Cruz Line is electrified with overhead lines of 3,000 Volts, and a variant rolling stock based in many of the old and new trains.
Stations Code Station Neighbourhood Connections CBL Central do Brasil Centro Teleférico da Providência Américo Fontenelle Road Terminal PBA Praça da Bandeira Praça da Bandeira − SCO São Cristóvão São Cristóvão MNA Maracanã Maracanã SFX São Francisco Xavier São Francisco Xavier − RCO Riachuelo Riachuelo − SPO Sampaio Sampaio − ENO Engenho Novo Engenho Novo − MER Méier Méier − EDO Olímpica de Engenho de Dentro Engenho de Dentro PIE Piedade Piedade − QTO Quintino Quintino Bocaiuva − CDA Cascadura Cascadura − MRA Madureira Madureira TransCarioca OCZ Oswaldo Cruz Oswaldo Cruz − BRO Prefeito Bento Ribeiro Bento Ribeiro − MHS Marechal Hermes Marechal Hermes − DEO Deodoro Deodoro VMR Vila Militar Vila Militar TransOlímpica MGA Magalhães Bastos Magalhães Bastos TransOlímpica REA Realengo Realengo − PML Mocidade/Padre Miguel Padre Miguel − GSA Guilherme da Silveira Bangu − BGU Bangu Bangu − SEN Senador Camará Senador Camará − STO Santíssimo Santíssimo − AVS Augusto Vasconcelos Senador Vasconcelos − CGE Campo Grande Campo Grande − BME Benjamin do Monte Inhoaíba − IBA Inhoaíba Inhoaíba − COS Cosmos Cosmos − PAC Paciência Paciência − TNS Tancredo Neves Paciência − SCZ Santa Cruz Santa Cruz TransOeste
See also SuperVia
References
External links SuperVia official website