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Bahia-Minas Railway

Rail line

Bahia-Minas Railway (in portuguese: Estrada de Ferro Bahia e Minas, EFBM; popularly known as Bahiminas or Baiminas) was a Brazilian railway that connected the Jequitinhonha Valley, in northeastern Minas Gerais, to the southern coast of Bahia. Inaugurated on January 25, 1881, and deactivated in 1966, it spanned 578 kilometers and linked the Minas Gerais municipality of Araçuaí to the district of Ponta de Areia, in Caravelas, on the extreme southern coast of Bahia, where the tracks reached a port.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1881Founded1

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Ponta de Areia - Caravelas-BA - panoramio (10)
Photo: Vilamir Azevedo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Bahia-Minas Railway (in portuguese: Estrada de Ferro Bahia e Minas, EFBM; popularly known as Bahiminas or Baiminas) was a Brazilian railway that connected the Jequitinhonha Valley, in northeastern Minas Gerais, to the southern coast of Bahia. Inaugurated on January 25, 1881, and deactivated in 1966, it spanned 578 kilometers and linked the Minas Gerais municipality of Araçuaí to the district of Ponta de Areia, in Caravelas, on the extreme southern coast of Bahia, where the tracks reached a port.2

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Former owners and parents

  • Government of Bahia until 1897
  • Government of Minas Gerais 1897 to 1912

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1966Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1912Acquired Acquired by Compagnie des Chemins de Fer Fédéraux de l'Est Brésilien1
  3. 1897Acquired Acquired by Government of Minas Gerais1
  4. 1881Founded Founded1

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