The Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) (lit. 'São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Company') is one of the rapid transit companies serving the city of São Paulo, alongside the São Paulo Metro, Motiva Linha 4 and ViaMobilidade, all four forming the largest metropolitan rail transport network of Latin America.[1] It was created on 28 May 1992, from several railroads that already existed in Greater São Paulo, Brazil.
Part of the Greater São Paulo rail system, the CPTM currently operates 57 stations in five lines, with a total length of 199 km. The system carries about 2 million passengers a day. On 7 December 2018, CPTM set a weekday ridership record with 3,221,035 trips.[2]
History
Most of railways now run by the CPTM were built between 1860 and 1957 by the São Paulo Railway (the lines 7 and 10), Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana (the lines 8 and 9) and Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil (lines 11 and 12). These railways were eventually incorporated into the state-owned