Ferrovia sorocabana: proposta de reativação do trecho entre os municípios de Presidente Prudente e Presidente Epitácio

• Autor(a) principal: Sampaio, Carlos Eduardo de Almeida [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/203299; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/capelo/2020-01-20/000927502.pdf
• topic: Geografia; Trens de ferro; Ferrovias - Presidente Epitácio (SP); Ferrovias - Presidente Prudente (SP); Geography

The first railroads in Brazil appeared between mid and late nineteenth century. In 1858 came the Dom Pedro II Railway in Rio de Janeiro and, in 1867, the São Paulo Railway Railway, in English capital, in São Paulo. With the development of the coffee culture the Railway Companies were created, among them the Sorocabana Railroad (1876). Over the years, the Sorocabana Railroad has expanded throughout much of the interior of São Paulo, boosting population growth in several cities in the State of São Paulo and even the founding of some municipalities. In the 1920s, Sorocabana reached the city of Presidente Epitácio, a border with the state of Mato Grosso (now Mato Grosso do Sul), also reaching the border with the State of Paraná. It is important to remember that the Sorocabana railroad was extremely important for the transportation of cargo and passengers in the state of São Paulo. In the 1990s, with the adherence to neoliberal policies, the process of privatization of the federal railroads (RFFSA - Ferrocarril Federal SA, FERRONORTE, Norte Sul and others) and state (FEPASA - Ferrovia Paulista S / A and FERROPAR - Ferrovia Paraná S / A), granted to private companies. The Sorocabana Railroad was granted to América Latina Logística and in the early 2000s the stretch between Presidente Prudente-Presidente Epitácio was deactivated. This monograph aims to understand the importance of the rail system for integration in the region of Presidente Prudente, with the Sorocabana Railroad in the section between Presidente Prudente and Presidente Epitácio. The methodology was based on the following activities: bibliographic review, site surveys, visits to the Sorocaba Railway Museum in the city of Sorocaba / SP...