History
The railways now run by CPTM were built between 1967 and 1957 by the São Paulo Railway (lines 7 and 10), Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana (lines 8 and 9), Estrada de Ferro do Norte and Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil (lines 11 and 12).
These railways where eventually incorporated into the state-owned Rede Ferroviária Federal (RFFSA) in 1957 and Ferrovias Paulistas S.A. (FEPASA) 1971. Finally, in 1992 the urban sections of RFFSA and FEPASA were joined, forming CPTM.
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