CPTM Series 2500

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Series 2500
In service2020–present
ManufacturerCRRC Qingdao Sifang
Built atChina Qingdao, Shandong
Constructed2017–2019
Entered service3 February 2020
Number built64 carriages (8 sets)
Number in service64 carriages (8 sets)
Formation8-car sets
Fleet numbers2501/2502/2503/2504–2529/2530/2531/2532
Capacity2,600
OperatorsCompanhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos
DepotsPresidente Altino Yard
Lines served – 64 cars (8 trains)
Specifications
EntryLevel
Maximum speed90 km/h (56 mph)
Traction motorsCRRC Zhuzhou YQ-280
HVACAir conditioning
Electric system(s)3 kV DC overhead line
Current collector(s)Pantograph
Coupling systemScharfenberg
Track gauge1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)

The CPTM Series 2500 is a class of electric multiple units built by CRRC Qingdao Sifang between 2017 and 2019 to operate on CPTM Line 13-Jade.[1]

History[edit]

The series of EMUs was built by a consortium composed of Chinese CRRC Qingdao Sifang and Spanish company based in Brazil Temoinsa. The consortium won a public bidding for the production of eight trains that would be operated on CPTM Line 13, which connects the Guarulhos Airport to the rest of the metropolitan netowrk.

The bidding was made by CPTM in March 2016, but the winner was announced only in the final days of the year, after a long analysis by the European Investment Bank, which made available €85 million (R$317 million) for the project. Spanish CAF and Korean Rotem filed an injunction against the result days after the announcement, but it was later rejected in August 2017, allowing the signature of the contract.

The proposals presented for this contract were:[2]

  • 1st Place – Consórcio Temoinsa–Sifang, with a cost of R$316,720,807.00 (US$ 90,717,156.07)
  • 2nd Place – Hyundai Rotem, with a cost of R$326,144,738.00 (US$ 93,416,417.38)
  • 3rd Place – Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) do Brasil Ltda, with a cost of R$396,659,450.00 (US$ 113,613,682.58)

With the CRRC winning, the new trains became the first ones of the company built in China.[3]

The main differential from the rest of the rolling stock is that the compositions are equipped with luggage racks for passengers carrying baggage and the presence of individual door opening buttons, which, at first, are not used by the company.[4]

According to the contract, the delivers should be concluded by August 2019.[5] However, due to delays, only the first train was delivered in September, with other two delivered in the beginning of November.

Controversies[edit]

The great difference between the proposals presented in the bidding is due to the fact that Rotem and CAF proposed to build the trains in Brazil (as per requirement of nationalization made by the state of São Paulo, a request made by a lobby of the Brazilian Association of Railway Industry), while Sifang proposed the construction in China and nationalization by a CKD assembly by Temoinsa Brazilian branch. Due to this proposal, the bidding result was questioned by the Spanish and Korean companies, who opened factories in Brazil to attend this requirements for assembly. The questions were not successful, besides the delay of the bidding process.[6]

Temoinsa, along with CAF, is one of the companies involved in the São Paulo public transit bidding scandal, with the Public Prosecutor's Office requesting their dissolution, later unsuccessful, in 2015.[7] In 2017, the Public Prosecutor's Office requested the arrests of the companies' representatives (including CPTM itself and other private companies) for their involvement in the case.[8]

Service[edit]

The first train was expected to be fully operational in December 2019, but CPTM stated they didn't have a date to conclude the tests.[9][10] On 21 January 2020, the State Secretary of Metropolitan Transports affirmed that, due to a request of CRRC and as a safety measure for passengers, the operation of the new Line 13 trains would be postponed. He also estimated the operation for 30 days after his statement.[11] The other compositions should begin operating on the line until April 2020, according to the company.[12] However, in October 2020, the São Paulo State Government stated the intention to deliver the compositions until December.[13] In November, other two compositions were delivered and other three in December.[14][15][16][17] Lastly, the last train was delivered in March 2021.[18]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "CRRC to supply commuter EMUs to São Paulo". Metro Report. 6 September 2017. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  2. ^ Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (29 December 2016). "Resultado de julgamento final e habilitação" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário Oficial do Estado. Retrieved 4 August 2023. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Meier, Ricardo (3 January 2017). "Consórcio Temoinsa-Sifang vence concorrência para fornecer trens da Linha 13". Metrô CPTM (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  4. ^ Meier, Ricardo (3 September 2017). "Veja como serão os trens da Linha 13-Jade, que atenderá o Aeroporto de Guarulhos". Metrô CPTM (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  5. ^ Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (19 March 2016). "Concorrência n° 8186142011R" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário Oficial do Estado de São Paulo. Retrieved 4 August 2023. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ "Decreto n° 54.715, de 27 de agosto de 2009". Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de São Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 27 August 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  7. ^ "MP pede dissolução de 9 empresas acusadas de cartel dos trens de SP". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 11 September 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  8. ^ Macedo, Fausto; Vassallo, Luiz (12 June 2017). "Ex-presidente da CPTM e outros 14 são alvo de denúncia contra o cartel de trens". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 27 April 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  9. ^ "1° trem da Linha 13-Jade, vindo da China, desembarca no porto de Santos". Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (in Brazilian Portuguese). 5 September 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Expectativa da CPTM é que até abril de 2020 todos os novos trens da Linha 13-Jade estejam em operação". Guarulhos Hoje (in Brazilian Portuguese). 3 December 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  11. ^ Meier, Ricardo (21 January 2020). "Novo trem da Linha 13 atrasa novamente e agora deve entrar em operação em fevereiro". Metrô CPTM (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  12. ^ Lobo, Renato (4 December 2019). "CPTM quer todos os trens da série 2500 em operação até abril". Via Trolebus (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Doria inaugura trem chinês em SP e diz: 'só o Bolsonaro não vai usar'". UOL Notícias (in Brazilian Portuguese). 22 October 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  14. ^ Lobo, Caio (18 November 2020). "CPTM entrega terceiro novo trem para a Linha 13-Jade". Metrô CPTM (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  15. ^ "Quarto trem com bagageiro é entregue para circulação na linha 13-Jade nesta quinta-feira (19)". Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (in Brazilian Portuguese). 19 November 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  16. ^ Marques, Jessica (1 December 2020). "CPTM dá início ao serviço Expresso Aeroporto a cada hora e com redução de tarifa". Diário do Transporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  17. ^ Lobo, Renato (15 December 2020). "Linha 13-Jade da CPTM ganha trem iluminado do Natal". Via Trolebus (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  18. ^ Lobo, Renato (3 March 2021). "Último trem da série 2500 da CPTM é entregue nesta quarta". Via Trolebus (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 4 August 2023.

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