Classic route
Estrada de Ferro Carajás
São Luís → Parauapebas · Brazil
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One of the world’s great everyday long hauls: 16 hours through Amazon-edge towns, sharing rails with 300-plus-wagon iron-ore trains bound for Carajás.
Stations
- 0 kmAnjo da Guarda
- 153 kmVitória do Mearim
- 219 kmSanta Inês
- 271 kmAlto Alegre do Pindaré
- 289 kmMineirinho
- 521 kmAçailândia
- 657 kmSão Pedro da Água Branca
- 868 kmParauapebas
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- The 870 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 4845213 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within 31 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 99.4% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 7 m); the longest stretch away from it is 3.5 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Vale — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Estrada de Ferro Carajás?
The Estrada de Ferro Carajás runs 892 km from São Luís to Parauapebas.
How long does the Estrada de Ferro Carajás take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 16 h for the 892 km. That is an average of 56 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 80 km/h.
Who runs the Estrada de Ferro Carajás?
Vale, with CRRC coaches (2025 fleet).
How old is the Estrada de Ferro Carajás?
The line has been in service since 1985. 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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