# Santa Cruz Line

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Commuter rail line

Santa Cruz Line Diagram of the line Overview Native name Linha Santa Cruz Status Operational Owner Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro Locale Greater Rio de Janeiro Termini Central do Brasil Santa Cruz Stations 34 Service Type Commuter rail System SuperVia Operator SuperVia Rolling stock 95 Hitachi/Nippon Sharyo Series 500 (23 trains) 100 Mafersa/Hitachi Series 700 (25 trains) 104 Francorail/Cobrasma/MTE/BBC/Traction Cem Oerlikon/Jeumont-Schneider Series 900 (26 trains) 80 Hyundai Rotem Series 2005 (20 trains) 400 CNR Series 3000 (100 trains) 160 Alstom Series 4000 (20 trains) Technical Line length 55 km (34 mi) Character At-grade Track gauge 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) Electrification 3,000 V DC catenary Operating speed 90 km/h (56 mph) Route map Legend Central do Brasil Viad. São Pedro/São Paulo Canal do Mangue Av. Francisco Bicalho Elev. Prof. Engº Rufino de Almeida Pizarro São Cristóvão Maracanã Saracuruna Belford Roxo São Francisco Xavier Riachuelo Sampaio Engenho Novo Méier Engenho de Dentro Jacaré River RJ-79 Yellow Line Piedade Quintino Cascadura Madureira Oswaldo Cruz Fontinha River Bento Ribeiro Marechal Hermes Deodoro Japeri Vila Militar Magalhães Bastos Acari River Realengo Mocidade/Padre Miguel Guilherme da Silveira Bangu Sarapuí River Senador Camará Santíssimo Augusto Vasconcelos Campo Grande Benjamin do Monte Inhoaíba Cosmos Paciência Tancredo Neves Cação Vermelho River Santa Cruz

**Santa Cruz Line** is a [commuter rail](/source/Commuter_rail) line operated by [SuperVia](/source/SuperVia). It is a shortening of the old Mangaratiba Branch of [Central do Brasil Railway](/source/Estrada_de_Ferro_Central_do_Brasil), as this line continued towards the extinct Mangaratiba station, in the [homonymous city](/source/Mangaratiba), located in the coastal region of [Costa Verde](/source/Costa_Verde_(Brazil)).[1][2]

## History

The line begins at [Central do Brasil](/source/Central_do_Brasil) station, crossing many dense areas until [Deodoro](/source/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](/source/Human_Development_Index) (HDI) and crossing important poles of the region, such as [Bangu](/source/Bangu%2C_Rio_de_Janeiro) and [Campo Grande](/source/Campo_Grande%2C_Rio_de_Janeiro). It is a line that does not operate intercity services, different from other SuperVia branches that head towards other municipalities of [Baixada Fluminense](/source/Baixada_Fluminense), or to the municipality of [Paracambi](/source/Paracambi) in the region of the Coffee Valley.

It connects the city's downtown to the extreme West Side of the capital, 54 kilometres (34 mi) away, in an average speed of 40 km/h (25 mph).

It has integration with bus lines from the city in Méier, Cascadura, Madureira, Marechal Hermes and Deodoro stations, exclusively using [RioCard](/source/RioCard). From [Central do Brasil](/source/Central_do_Brasil) towards Deodoro, there are bus lines with integration to [Catumbi](/source/Catumbi) and [Rio Comprido](/source/Rio_Comprido%2C_Rio_de_Janeiro) 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](/source/Avenida_Brasil_(Rio_de_Janeiro)), 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.[3]

## Specifications

Santa Cruz Line is electrified with [overhead lines](/source/Overhead_line) of 3,000 Volts, and a variant rolling stock based in many of the old and new trains.[4][5]

### Stations

Code Station Neighbourhood Connections CBL Central do Brasil Centro Japeri Belford Roxo Saracuruna 1 2 2 3 Teleférico da Providência Américo Fontenelle Road Terminal PBA Praça da Bandeira Praça da Bandeira − SCO São Cristóvão São Cristóvão Japeri Belford Roxo Saracuruna 1 2 MNA Maracanã Maracanã Japeri Belford Roxo Saracuruna 1 2 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 Japeri PIE Piedade Piedade − QTO Quintino Quintino Bocaiuva − CDA Cascadura Cascadura − MRA Madureira Madureira Japeri TransCarioca OCZ Oswaldo Cruz Oswaldo Cruz − BRO Prefeito Bento Ribeiro Bento Ribeiro − MHS Marechal Hermes Marechal Hermes − DEO Deodoro Deodoro Japeri 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](/source/SuperVia)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Estações ferroviárias do Ramal de Mangaratiba em 1960"](http://vfco.brazilia.jor.br/estacoes-ferroviarias/1960-sudeste-EFCB/Ramal-de-Mangaratiba.shtml) [Rail stations of Mangaratiba Branch in 1960]. *Centro-Oeste* (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 January 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Trem de Mangaratiba"](http://www.estacoesferroviarias.com.br/trens_rj/mangaratiba.htm) [Mangaratiba Train]. *Estações Ferroviárias* (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 January 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Interligação dos ramais Deodoro e Santa Cruz"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210116090447/https://www.supervia.com.br/pt-br/ramais-e-estacoes/interligacao-dos-ramais-deodoro-e-santa-cruz) [Interconnection of Deodoro and Santa Cruz Lines]. *SuperVia* (in Portuguese). Archived from [the original](https://www.supervia.com.br/pt-br/ramais-e-estacoes/interligacao-dos-ramais-deodoro-e-santa-cruz) on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Mais um trem coreano começa a funcionar na Baixada"](http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Rio/0,,AA1342492-5606,00-MAIS+UM+TREM+COREANO+COMECA+A+FUNCIONAR+NA+BAIXADA.html) [One more Korean train starts operating in Baixada]. *G1* (in Portuguese). 8 November 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Relatório de Atividades - Câmara de Transportes e Rodovias"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190619193545/http://www.agetransp.rj.gov.br/documents/10181/1047244/12.+Relatório+Mensal+de+Atividades+CATRA+Dezembro+de+2018.pdf/f7e95914-dfd9-4620-84fa-825ebd187f22) (in Portuguese). AGETRANSP. December 2018. p. 122. Archived from [the original](http://www.agetransp.rj.gov.br/documents/10181/1047244/12.+Relatório+Mensal+de+Atividades+CATRA+Dezembro+de+2018.pdf/f7e95914-dfd9-4620-84fa-825ebd187f22) on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

## External links

- [SuperVia official website](https://www.supervia.com.br)

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