Estrada de Ferro Recife ao São Francisco
EFRSF
Overview
Main region(s)Pernambuco
HeadquartersRecife, Brazil
Dates of operation18521901
SuccessorGreat Western of Brazil Railway
Technical
Track gauge1,600 m
Length124 km

The Estrada Ferro Recife ao São Francisco (EFRSF) or Recife and São Francisco Railway Company was a railway company.[1] Opened in 1858, it was the first railway built in Pernambuco and the second in Brazil.[2]

The initial section went from Cinco Pontas in Recife to Cabo, in the state of Pernambuco, over a length of 31.5 kilometers, on a broad gauge (1.60 meters).[3]

In 1901, the Great Western of Brasil Railway Company, an English company, acquired the concession from EFRSF and other rail companies operating in Pernambuco.[4]

Notes

  1. Benigno 2021, p. 1.
  2. Cardoso 2018, p. 14.
  3. Goethe, Paulo (2016-01-18). "O trem maluco quando sai de Pernambuco…". Diário de Pernambuco. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
  4. Cardoso 2018, p. 30.

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