Line 15 (São Paulo Metro)

Line 15 (Silver) (Portuguese: Linha 15–Prata) is one of the six lines that make up the São Paulo Metro and one of the thirteen lines that make up the Metropolitan Rail Transportation Network. It is South America's first mass-transit monorail and is the first system in the world to use the Bombardier Innovia 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.^[3] The first section, from Vila Prudente to Oratório, opened on 30 August 2014, initially running 10 AM–3 PM on weekends only.^[4] As of 26 October 2016^[update], the line is operational from 4:40 AM–12 AM.^[5] 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.^[6]

São Paulo Metro Line 15 (Silver)
Overview
Status	Partially in operation Partially under construction Partially planned
Owner	Government of the State of São Paulo
Locale	São Paulo, Brazil
Termini	Vila Prudente Jardim Colonial
Connecting lines	Current: Future: Planned:  16
Stations	11 operational 3 under construction 4 planned
Service
Type	Straddle beam monorail
System	São Paulo Metro
Operator(s)	CMSP
Depot(s)	Oratório rail yard Ragueb Choffi rail yard (under construction)
Rolling stock	27 × 7-car Bombardier Innovia Monorail 300 M stock 19 × 7-car Alstom Innovia Monorail 300 S stock (under construction)
Daily ridership	114,000/business day[1]
History
Commenced	2012
Opened	30 August 2014
Last extension	29 December 2021
Technical
Line length	14.6 km (9.1 mi)
Character	Elevated
Track gauge	680 mm (2 ft 3 in)
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph)
Signalling	Bombardier CITYFLO 650 CBTC[2]
Route map Legend to Brás Ipiranga to Rio Grande da Serra Under construction Vila Prudente Oratório Oratório rail yard São Lucas Camilo Haddad Vila Tolstói Vila União Jardim Planalto Sapopemba Fazenda da Juta São Mateus Jardim Colonial Under construction Boa Esperança Jacu-Pêssego Ragueb Chohfi rail yard Construction suspended Jardim Marilu Jardim Pedra Branca Cidade Tiradentes Hospital Cidade Tiradentes

Built using completely driverless technology,^[7] the line is currently 14.6 km (9.1 mi) long and has eleven stations in the stretch between Vila Prudente and Jardim Colonial. When complete, it will be approximately 27 kilometres (17 mi) 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.^[8]

History

• December 2009: Construction initiated
• 30 August 2014: Vila Prudente-Oratório (2.9 km or 1.8 mi), 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.^{[9][10][11][12][13]}
• 1 June 2020: Line 15 reopened between stations Vila Prudente and Jardim Planalto^[14]
• 18 June 2020: Line 15 reopened between stations Vila Prudente and São Mateus^[15]
• 29 December 2021: Jardim Colonial opened
• 8 March 2023: A second accident of two compositions in frontal colliding, between Sapopemba and Jardim Planalto stations. No one was injured.^[16]
• 2026: Ipiranga, Boa Esperança and Jacu-Pêssego, opening planned

Stations

Code	Station	Platforms	Position	Connections	District
TBA	Ipiranga	Side platforms	Elevated		Ipiranga
VPM	Vila Prudente	Island platforms		Vila Prudente Bus Terminal Expresso Tiradentes	Vila Prudente
ORT	Oratório			-	São Lucas
SLU	São Lucas			-
CAD	Camilo Haddad			-
VTL	Vila Tolstói			-	São Lucas/Sapopemba
VUN	Vila União			-	Sapopemba
JPL	Jardim Planalto			-
SAP	Sapopemba			(Planned) Sapopemba/Teotônio Vilela Bus Terminal
FJT	Fazenda da Juta			-
MAT	São Mateus			São Mateus Metropolitan Terminal São Mateus–Jabaquara Metropolitan Corridor Metropolitan BRT East Perimetral (Planned)	São Mateus
IGT	Jardim Colonial			-
JEQ	Boa Esperança			-	Iguatemi
JPS	Jacu-Pêssego			-
ESM	Jardim Marilu			-
MBK	Jardim Pedra Branca			-	Cidade Tiradentes
CDT	Cidade Tiradentes			16  (Planned) Cidade Tiradentes Bus Terminal
HCT	Hospital Cidade Tiradentes			-

Obs.: Stations in bold are under construction. Stations in italic are in planning.

Gallery

• 
  First train under testing in January 2014
• 
  Station Vila Prudente
• 
  Station Vila União

See also

• Line 17 (São Paulo Metro)
• List of monorail systems

References

1. "Portal da Transparência" (PDF). transparencia.metrosp.com.br.
2. "Bombardier Projects in Mass-transit signalling" (PDF). Retrieved 16 June 2020.
3. "Sao Paulo, Brazil". monorails.org.
4. "Primeiro monotrilho do país será inaugurado hoje em São Paulo". uol.com.br (in Portuguese).
5. "Linha Prata do monotrilho começa a operar em horário normal nesta quarta" [Monorail Silver Line starts operating in normal schedule this Wednesday] (in Portuguese). G1. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
6. Information about SP Metro expansion projects on the SP government website Archived 2009-10-15 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese).
7. "Metro Inaugura quatro estacoes na Zona Leste" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Portuguese).
8. "Governo do estado quer iniciar obras da estação Ipiranga em 2020 e viabilizar a extensão para Cidade Tiradentes até 2022". Metrô CPTM (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
9. Lobo, Renato (29 February 2020). ""De surpresa", Metrô fecha monotrilho da Linha 15-Prata durante todo o final de semana" (in Portuguese). Via Trólebus. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
10. Lobo, Renato (1 March 2020). "Metrô aciona önibus do sistema PAESE para Monotrilho da Linha 15-Prata nesta segunda (2)" (in Portuguese). Via Trólebus. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
11. "Trens da Linha 15-Prata do monotrilho continuam paralisados pelo 4° dia seguido na Zona Leste de SP" (in Portuguese). G1. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
12. "Bombardier investigates São Paulo monorail problems". BNamericas. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
13. Lobo, Renato (6 March 2020). "Fabricante descarta falha em pneu no monotrilho da Linha 15-Prata" (in Portuguese). Via Trólebus. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
14. Lobo, Renato (1 June 2020). "Monotrilho da Linha 15-Prata volta a operar nesta segunda-feira (1º) parcialmente" (in Portuguese). Via Trólebus. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
15. Meier, Ricardo (18 June 2020). "Linha 15-Prata retoma operação até a estação São Mateus" (in Portuguese). Metrô CPTM. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
16. "Colisão entre trens paralisa Linha-15 Prata do Metrô de SP e provoca caos no transporte" (in Portuguese). G1. 8 March 2023.