RAILWAYS III FEPASA

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The Third Railway Project consists of a two-year tranche, 1976 and 1977, of the Five-Year 1975-1979 Investment Plan. Under the project FEPASA will: (a) provide the very densely populated suburban area of Sao Paulo with a more adequate, more efficient and expanded commuter rail service which in the Sao Paulo area is almost exclusively used by lower income earners unable to afford private automobiles; (b) complete construction of about 700 km of new lines and realignments; (c) add about 65 locomotives and 1,800 freight cars to the rolling stock fleet and to modernize about 2,600 freight cars which still have a useful life; (d) rehabilitate and partly renew about 700 km of the track, replace 300 switches and provide the permanent way department with mechanized maintenance equipment; (e) improve various stations, yards and workshops; (f) renew about 300 km of overhead wire and electrify 86 km of line; (g) install 211 km of centralized traffic control (CTC) and replace about 1,800 km of telephone lines; and (h) make feasibility; final engineering; technical assistance in the fields of project management and control, train and station operations, permanent way, information and data processing.