North–South Railway (Brazil)
View of the Estreito MA Railroad Bridge, part of the North-South Railway. | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Inter-city |
| Status | Operational |
| Locale | Maranhão Tocantins Goiás Minas Gerais São Paulo |
| First service | 1996 |
| Current operator(s) | VLI Multimodal S.A. (Maranhão to Tocantins) Rumo Logística (Tocantins to São Paulo) |
| Route | |
| Distance travelled | 2,184 kilometres (1,357 mi) 4,155.6 kilometres (2,582.2 mi) estimated |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | Broad-gauge |
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North-South Railway (Portuguese: Ferrovia Norte-Sul), also known as EF-151, is a Brazilian longitudinal broad-gauge railroad. It was designed to connect the lines that provide access to Brazil's main ports and producing areas, which had been regionally isolated. Once completed, it will cover 4,155 kilometers and cross the states of Pará, Maranhão, Tocantins, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.
Its current route stretches from Açailândia (MA) to Estrela d'Oeste (SP). The section between Açailândia (MA) and Porto Nacional (TO) belongs to the VLI concessionaire, and the one between Rio Verde (GO) and Estrela d'Oeste (SP) belongs to the Rumo Logística concessionaire. The stretch between Açailândia (MA) and Anápolis (GO) was completed in 2014, while the stretch between Ouro Verde de Goiás (GO) and Estrela d'Oeste (SP) was completed in 2023.
The northern extension has two projects filed with the Ministry of Infrastructure, one by Minerva Participações e Investimentos and one by VALE. The southern extension continues under development with no date for execution.