SuperVia | |||
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Overview | |||
Owner | Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro | ||
Area served | Greater Rio de Janeiro | ||
Transit type | Commuter rail | ||
Number of lines | 8 | ||
Number of stations | 104 | ||
Daily ridership | 300,000/business day (2021) | ||
Annual ridership | 97.958.268 (2020)[1] (-39.9% ) [2] | ||
Chief executive | Antônio Carlos Sanches | ||
Headquarters | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
Website | www | ||
Operation | |||
Began operation | 1 November 1998 | ||
Operator(s) | SuperVia | ||
Character | At-grade | ||
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Number of vehicles | 204 trains | ||
Headway | 4 minutes–30 minutes | ||
Technical | |||
System length | 270 km (170 mi) | ||
Track gauge | 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) | ||
Electrification | 3,000 V DC catenary | ||
Top speed | 90 km/h (56 mph) | ||
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SuperVia Trens Urbanos (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˌsupeʁˈvi.ɐ tɾẽzuʁˈbɐ̃nu(j)ʃ]) (English: SuperVia Urban Trains) is a rapid transit and commuter rail company operator, founded in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in November 1998. It carries around 750,000 passengers[3] a day on a railroad network comprising 104 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.[4]