Rede Ferroviária Federal S.A.

Overview

• Industryrail transport¹
• HeadquartersJuiz de Fora¹
• Websitewww.rffsa.gov.br
• Legal formstate-owned enterprise¹

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The Rede Ferroviária Federal, Sociedade Anônima (RFFSA, pronounced as Refesa) (lit. 'Federal Railroad Network, S.A.') was the State-owned national railway company of Brazil created from Brazilian Federal Law #3.115 on March 16, 1957, after several railroads were nationalized by the Brazilian government. However, the railroad did not take full effect until September 30, 1957. The RFFSA linked 42 railways together (both on documents and actual railroads), creating a regional system composed of 22 railroads. The goal of the RFFSA was to promote and advance the railroad sector of Brazil, creating a north-south-east-west rail network in all five regions of Brazil. But it failed and the RFFSA only served four of the five regions with a north-south rail network win 19 units of the federation of Brazil. By 1999, freight service of the railroad was liquidated and privatized, with the passenger service of the railroad liquidations occurring in 2007.²

Acquisitions

1. Succeeded Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil¹
2. Succeeded Estrada de Ferro Dona Teresa Cristina¹
3. Succeeded Estrada de Ferro Santos-Jundiaí¹
4. Succeeded Rede Ferroviária do Nordeste¹
5. Succeeded Viação Férrea Federal Leste Brasileiro¹
6. Succeeded by Ferrovia Tereza Cristina¹

Timeline

1. 1997Dissolved Dissolved¹
2. 1957Founded Founded¹

Links

• Websitewww.rffsa.gov.br¹
• WikipediaRFFSA
• More imagesWikimedia Commons
• WikidataQ1516327