Heritage route
Campos do Jordão Railway
Pindamonhangaba → Campos do Jordão · Brazil
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Brazil’s highest railway climbs the Serra da Mantiqueira to the mountain resort of Campos do Jordão at 1,743 m, a metre-gauge line electrified since the 1920s.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 20393594 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: EFCJ — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Campos do Jordão Railway?
The Campos do Jordão Railway runs 47 km from Pindamonhangaba to Campos do Jordão.
How long does the Campos do Jordão Railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 4 h for the 47 km. That is an average of 12 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 40 km/h.
Who runs the Campos do Jordão Railway?
EFCJ, with historic electric railcars.
How old is the Campos do Jordão Railway?
The line has been in service since 1914. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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