Line 15 (Silver) ( pt, Linha 15–Prata) is one of the six lines that make up the
São Paulo Metro
The São Paulo Metro ( pt, Metrô de São Paulo, ), commonly called the ''Metrô'' () is one of the urban railways that serves the city of São Paulo, alongside the São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Company (CPTM), forming the largest metropolit ...
and one of the thirteen lines that make up the
Metropolitan Rail Transportation Network. It is South America's first mass-transit
monorail
A monorail (from "mono", meaning "one", and " rail") is a railway in which the track consists of a single rail or a beam.
Colloquially, the term "monorail" is often used to describe any form of elevated rail or people mover. More accurat ...
and is the first system in the world to use the Bombardier
Innovia Monorail
Innovia Monorail is a fully automated and driverless monorail system currently manufactured and marketed by Alstom as part of its Innovia series of fully automated transportation systems. Its straddle-beam design is based on the ALWEG monorail ...
300. When completed it will be the largest and highest capacity monorail system in the Americas and second worldwide only to the
Chongqing Monorail. The first section, from
Vila Prudente to
Oratório, opened on 30 August 2014, initially running 10 AM–3 PM on weekends only. , the line is operational from 4:40 AM–12 AM. The line has a free connection to
Line 2-Green on
Vila Prudente station and future connection to
CPTM Line 10-Turquoise on Ipiranga station.
Built using completely driver-less technology, the line is currently long and has ten stations in the stretch between
Vila Prudente and
São Mateus. When complete, it will be approximately long and have eighteen stations, beginning at
Ipiranga and ending at the future
Hospital Cidade Tiradentes. The proposed completion of the full line is projected to be beyond 2022.
History
* December 2009: Construction initiated
* 30 August 2014: Vila Prudente-Oratório (), operating Saturdays and Sundays only, from 10AM to 3PM
* 20 December 2014: Vila Prudente-Oratório (2.9 km), operating every day from 9 AM to 2 PM
* 10 August 2015: Vila Prudente-Oratório, operating every day from 7 AM to 7PM
* 26 October 2016: Vila Prudente-Oratório, operating every day from 4:40 AM to 12 AM
* 6 April 2018: São Lucas-Vila União, operating Mondays to Fridays from 10 AM to 3 PM
* 12 January 2019: São Lucas-Vila União, operation every day from 4:40 AM to 12 AM
* 26 August 2019: Vila União-Jardim Planalto, operation every day from 4:40 AM to 12 AM
* 16 December 2019: Sapopemba-São Mateus, operation every day from 10 AM to 3 PM
* 23 December 2019: Sapopemba-São Mateus, operation every day from 9 AM to 4 PM
* 6 January 2020: Sapopemba-São Mateus, operation every day from 4:40 AM to 12 AM
* 29 February – 1 June 2020: Line 15 was shut down for more than 3 months. Parts of a
Bombardier M20 stock fell on Avenida Sapopemba and all the trains were taken to the railyard for inspection. The
São Paulo Metro Company triggered the operation of emergency buses to transport passengers from each station of the closed line.
* 1 June 2020: Line 15 reopened between stations Vila Prudente and Jardim Planalto
* 18 June 2020: Line 15 reopened between stations Vila Prudente and São Mateus
* 29 December 2021: Jardim Colonial opened
* 2025: Ipiranga, Boa Esperança and Jacu-Pêssego, opening planned
Stations
Obs.: Stations in bold are under construction. Stations in ''italic'' are in planning.
Gallery
File:Monotrilho de SP (2).jpg, First train under testing in January 2014
File:Monotrilho SP (3).jpg, Train leaving Oratorio Station
File:Monotrilho da Linha 15-Prata (Estação Vila Prudente) - panoramio (2).jpg, Station Vila Prudente
File:Estação Monotrilho SP Vila União.jpg, Station Vila União
See also
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List of monorail systems
A monorail is a railway system in which the track consists of a single elevated rail, beam or track with the trains either supported or suspended. The term is also used to describe the beam of the system, or the vehicles traveling on such a beam o ...
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Line 17 (São Paulo Metro)
Line 17 (Gold) ( pt, 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 Jabaquara station, with a branch to Congonha ...
References
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São Paulo Metro
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Railway lines opened in 2014
2014 establishments in Brazil