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Vale receives first 15 passenger cars for daily Carajás railway service
Vale has received the first 15 of 30 passenger cars it bought from China’s CRRC for an additional train on Brazil’s Carajás railway.
The railway links São Luís, in Maranhão, with Parauapebas, in Pará.
Passenger trains now run three times a week in each direction, with a break for maintenance on Wednesdays.
Vale plans to make service daily in both directions from the second half of 2027.
The change is part of an agreement with Brazil’s federal government and a regulatory requirement.
Vale says the extra train will raise annual passenger capacity from about 420,000 to 900,000.
The remaining 15 cars are expected in November, and the new fleet is due to enter service by December 2027.
Vale expects the operation to create more than 200 direct and indirect jobs.
Vale has received the first 15 of 30 passenger cars bought from Chinese state-owned company CRRC for an additional Carajás railway train.
The extra train is expected to allow daily passenger services in both directions between Maranhão and Pará from the second half of 2027.
The first 15 cars travelled for 45 days from China to Maranhão, and the remaining cars are expected to be delivered in November.
Vale says annual passenger capacity will rise from about 420,000 to 900,000.
The additional train is part of a 2020 agreement with Brazil’s federal government and addresses a regulatory requirement.
- Who
- Vale, which bought the cars from China’s state-owned CRRC.
- What
- Vale received the first 15 of 30 passenger cars for an additional train on the Carajás railway.
- When
- The first cars arrived on Friday the 9th; the year is not stated in the article’s text. Daily service is expected to start in the second half of 2027.
- Where
- The cars arrived in Maranhão, Brazil, after travelling from China.
- Why
- The additional train is part of a 2020 agreement with the federal government and is intended to meet a regulatory requirement for daily passenger services.
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Vale and the federal government signed an agreement to bring forward concessions that includes the daily passenger service requirement.
The Carajás railway carried a record 423,000 passengers.
The first 15 cars were shipped from Qingdao, China.
Vale began receiving the first 15 cars in Maranhão after a 45-day voyage.
Delivery of the remaining cars is expected.
Daily services in both directions are expected to begin.
- First delivery
- 15 of 30 cars
- Supplier
- CRRC, a Chinese state-owned company
- Voyage
- 45 days from China to Maranhão
- Expected daily service
- Second half of 2027
- Annual passenger capacity
- Increase from about 420,000 to 900,000
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