Line 17 (São Paulo Metro)

Line 17 (Gold) (Portuguese: Linha 17–Ouro) is an under construction monorail project for the São Paulo Metro. The line will have 14 stations, beginning at the São Paulo-Morumbi station and ending at the São Judas Station. It will have integration with Line 1 (Blue), Line 4 (Yellow), and Line 5 (Lilac) as well as CPTM Line 9 (Emerald).[4] The line was originally one of the transportation projects supporting the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[5] However delays, and contract disputes have pushed the completion date from the original 2013 full opening date to only the first phase opening in 2021.[6][7][8]

Construction works of the monorail "Linha 17-Ouro" parallel to Jornalista Roberto Marinho Avenue as of February 2015

São Paulo Metro Line 17 (Gold)
Chucri Zaidan station
Overview
Status	Partially under construction Partially suspended
Owner	Government of the State of São Paulo
Locale	São Paulo, Brazil
Termini	Morumbi Jardim Aeroporto/Congonhas
Connecting lines
Stations	8 under construction 10 suspended
Service
Type	Straddle beam monorail
System	São Paulo Metro
Services	Morumbi ↔ Congonhas Morumbi ↔ Jardim Aeroporto
Operator(s)	ViaMobilidade (CCR)
Depot(s)	Água Espraiada rail yard
Rolling stock	14 6-car BYD Skyrail monorails[1]
Daily ridership	171,150 (estimated)[2]
History
Commenced	2012[2]
Planned opening	June 2023 (estimated)[3]
Technical
Line length	17.7 km (11.0 mi)
Character	Elevated
Track gauge	690 mm (2 ft 3 in)
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Signalling	CBTC
Route map São Paulo-Morumbi Estádio Morumbi Américo Maurano Paraisópolis Panamby Marginal Pinheiros Construction suspended Under construction Morumbi Av. Jornalista Roberto Marinho Chucri Zaidan Vila Cordeiro Campo Belo Av. Ver. José Diniz Vereador José Diniz Brooklin Paulista Congonhas North-South Corridor Jardim Aeroporto Água Espraiada rail yard Under construction Construction suspended Vila Paulista Vila Babilônia Cidade Leonor Hospital Sabóia to Tucuruvi Jabaquara

The line was originally envisioned to be 21.5 kilometres (13.4 mi) long and will be opened in three stages. The first section will be 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) long linking Congonhas-São Paulo Airport to São Judas Station, with an initial demand 18,000 passengers per day and construction starting in 2011.[9] The second phase, expected to have a demand of 100,000 passengers per day, will begin operations in 2015. It will be 10.8 kilometres (6.7 mi) long and will connect the Morumbi CPTM station and the Jabaquara metro station. The two sections will connect at the future Brooklin Paulista station, forming a "Y".[10] However delays and heritage preservation issues prevented the line from starting construction, leading it to be shelved in 2011.[9] The line was revived soon after with a proposed first phase expanded to connecting Morumbi station and the Congonhas-São Paulo Airport with a daily demand forecast of 43,000 passengers and projected opening in the first half of 2014.[9] The second phase will extend the line west to São Paulo–Morumbi Station increasing the projected ridership for the line to 252,000.[9]

On 2 June 2011, Metro São Paulo awarded the Monotrilho Integracao, a consortium consisting of a Malaysian rail company Scomi Rail, Brazil's second largest construction company Andrade Gutierrez, CR Almeida and Montagens e Projetos Especiais a R$1.4bn turnkey contract to build Line 17. The consortium will be responsible for design, supply, installation and commissioning of the Sutra straddle monorail, including 24 Scomi SUTRA three-car trains to be provided by Scomi. [11] The line will be operated as CBTC using Thales SelTrac technology. [12]

On 9 June 2014, a concrete support beam collapsed during construction which killed one worker and injuring two others.[13] Completion was scheduled for the start of the World Cup but construction was delayed due to issues with environmental approvals. As a result the line was delayed until the second half of 2015.[14][15] Construction stopped October 2015 due to a contract dispute with construction only to be resumed in June 2016.[16] This delay postponed the opening date of the first phase to 2018.[17] Further delays in the construction has meant that the first phase of the line was further postponed from 2018[18] to 2019.[19]

With the financial trouble of Scomi leading to non-performance in manufacturing the monorail rolling stock, the contract was terminated in 2019.[20] After a short rebidding process it was announced that BYD will manufacture the rolling stock using their "SkyRail" platform.[21] On January 14, 2020, a new contract was created, and completion was postponed to 2021 or 2022.[22]

In November 2020, after months of legal battles, the Metropolitan Company signed a contract with Coesa Engenharia, owned by Brazilian company OAS, for the conclusion of general construction works.[23] The 30-months contract estimates the opening of the line in June 2023.[3]

Stations

Code	Station	Platforms	Position	Connections	District
MOB	Morumbi	Side platforms	Elevated	Diadema-Morumbi Metropolitan Corridor	Santo Amaro
CZD	Chucri Zaidan	Island platform	Elevated	-	Itaim Bibi
VCD	Vila Cordeiro	Island platform	Elevated	-	Itaim Bibi
CPB	Campo Belo	Island platform	Elevated		Campo Belo
VJD	Vereador José Diniz	Island platform	Elevated	-	Campo Belo
BPA	Brooklin Paulista	Island platform	Elevated	-	Campo Belo
CGN	Congonhas	Island platform	Elevated	São Paulo-Congonhas Airport	Campo Belo
JAP	Jardim Aeroporto	Island platform	Elevated	-	Campo Belo

See also

• List of monorail systems
• Line 15 (São Paulo Metro)

References

1. Meier, Ricardo (1 February 2020). "Metrô desclassifica consórcio Signalling e seleciona chines BYD para o monotrilho da Linha 17" (in Portuguese). Metrô CPTM. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
2. Lobo, Renato (30 December 2019). "Após quase sete anos, Linha 17-Ouro tem pouco mais da metade das obras concluídas" (in Portuguese). Via Trólebus. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
3. Meier, Ricardo (27 November 2020). "Se não houver mais judicialização, obras da Linha 17 devem ser concluídas até junho de 2023". Metrô CPTM (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 November 2020.
4. Information about SP Metro expansion projects on the SP government website (Portuguese) Archived 15 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
5. "100% Fifa", Paulo Favero, Jornal da Tarde, 1/10/2009, pg. 7C
6. "Monotrilho de Alckmin para ligar Morumbi a Congonhas dará prejuízo". Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
7. "Metrô e monotrilho previstos para 2014 agora vão ficar para 2017". São Paulo (in Portuguese). 30 March 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
8. "Governo de São Paulo adia pela 3ª vez início da operação do monotrilho". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 July 2018.
9. José Benedito da Silva e Alencar Izidoro (8 April 2011). Empresa Folha da Manhã S/A (ed.). "Governo engaveta ligação rápida do aeroporto de Congonhas até metrô". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). São Paulo (29, 955): C10. ISSN 1414-5723.
10. "Monotrilho ligará Congonhas ao metrô", Eduardo Reina, Jornal da Tarde, 3/10/2009, pg. 7A
11. "RailwayGazette". Retrieved 15 April 2015.
12. Thales wins São Paulo CBTC contract Archived 27 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine, International Railway Journal, 16 December 2011, retrieved 4 January 2012
13. "Fatal accident on flagship Sao Paulo monorail". BBC News. 9 June 2014. Archived from the original on 4 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
14. "Parte de estrutura do monotrilho cai e deixa um morto na Zona Sul de SP". O Globo (in Portuguese). 9 June 2014. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
15. Manfred, Tony (10 June 2014). "One Dead After Part Of Unfinished Monorail Being Built For World Cup Collapses In São Paulo". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
16. "Metrô rompe contrato com empresas e obra da Linha 17 é suspensa em SP". São Paulo (in Portuguese). 18 January 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
17. "Linha 6-Laranja do Metrô de SP será entregue com um ano de atraso". São Paulo (in Portuguese). 22 June 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
18. "São Paulo monorail contract awarded". Railway Gazette International. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
19. "Metrô de SP promete entrega de novas estações da Linha 5-Lilás para julho". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 July 2018.
20. "Metrô rescinde contrato de construção do monotrilho da Linha 17-Ouro". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 May 2019.
21. "Chinesa BYD assumirá fabricação de monotrilho da Linha 17-Ouro". Metrô CPTM (in Portuguese). 21 December 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
22. "São Paulo metro hires firm to compleme line 17 works". BNAmericas (in Portuguese). 14 January 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
23. Lobo, Renato (26 November 2020). "Contrato para obras remanescentes da Linha 17 é assinado, diz presidente do Metrô". Via Trólebus (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 November 2020.