Deodoro Line

Deodoro Line is a commuter rail line operated by SuperVia, interconnected to Santa Cruz Line.[1]

Deodoro Line
Diagram of the line
Overview
Native name	Linha Deodoro
Status	Operational
Owner	Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro
Locale	Greater Rio de Janeiro
Termini	Central do Brasil Deodoro
Stations	19
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	SuperVia
Operator(s)	SuperVia
Rolling stock	80 Hyundai Rotem Series 2005 (20 trains) 400 CNR Series 3000 (100 trains) 160 Alstom Series 4000 (20 trains) 48 Alstom Series 5000 (6 trains)
Technical
Line length	23 km (14 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 Central do Brasil Viad. São Pedro/São Paulo Canal do Mangue Av. Francisco Bicalho Elev. Prof. Engº Rufino de Almeida Pizarro Praça da Bandeira São Cristóvão Maracanã Saracuruna Belford Roxo São Francisco Xavier Riachuelo Sampaio Engenho Novo Méier Engenho de Dentro Jacaré River RJ-079 (Yellow Line) Piedade Quintino Cascadura Madureira Oswaldo Cruz Fontinha River Bento Ribeiro Marechal Hermes Deodoro Japeri Santa Cruz

History

The most used line in the SuperVia system was the one that operates between Central do Brasil and the neighbourhood of Deodoro, in the entrance of West Side of Rio. This line crosses many important neighbourhood of North Side, such as Praça da Bandeira, São Cristóvão, Maracanã, Méier, Engenho de Dentro, Piedade, Cascadura, Madureira, Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Bento Ribeiro and Marechal Hermes.

Popularly known as parador (local service), it had a journey time of 40 minutes.

Some of its main stations such as Méier and Madureira had escalators installed and other, such as Cascadura, Piedade and Quintino, were restored.

In 2006, after more than two decades without acquisition of new rolling stock, new Series 2005 compositions from South Korea began operating,[2] in a total of 20 new trains which began operation in mid-2007 for the 2007 Pan American Games. This line connects Nilton Santos Olympic Stadium, in Engenho de Dentro, to Maracanã Stadium, two of the main centers of the event. In 2012, 30 new Series 3000 compositions from Changchun, China began operating.[3]

It had 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.

During peak hours, the headway in Deodoro Line was 6−8 minutes. For interchange stations, where there are also express services, the headway was only 3 minutes. Considering the two destinations, station such as Maracanã or Madureira receive around 40 stops of compositions in its platform during peak hours.

The line was integrated with Santa Cruz Line in June 2020, being part of the line. This decision was taken by SuperVia to reduce trains stops caused by signalling of Deodoro, Santa Cruz and Japeri lines.

Specifications

Deodoro Line was electrified through overhead lines of 3,000 Volts, and a rolling stock based in Hyundai Rotem Series 2005 and CNR Series 3000.[2][3]

Stations

In its route, the line had 19 stations. During the percourse, the compositions passed by locations where there are current deactivated stations: Todos os Santos, Rocha and Encantado.[4]

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	Santa Cruz Japeri

See also

• SuperVia

References

1. "Interligação dos ramais Deodoro e Santa Cruz" [Interconnection of Deodoro and Santa Cruz Lines]. SuperVia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 January 2021.
2. "Mais um trem coreano começa a funcionar na Baixada" [One more Korean train starts operating in Baixada]. G1 (in Portuguese). 8 November 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
3. Lobo, Renato (14 November 2018). "SuperVia deve concluir climatização da frota até o fim do ano" [SuperVia should conclude climatization of the rolling stock until the end of the year]. Via Trólebus (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 January 2021.
4. Mennucci Giesbrecht, Ralph. "Linha do Centro (Rio de Janeiro)". Estações Ferroviárias do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 January 2021.

External links

• SuperVia official website