Rumo begins operations with 135-car trains to Santos

Rumo began operating the new trains with 2025 wagons in the first quarter of 135. The trains depart from terminals in Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goiás and Tocantins bound for the Port of Santos.

The new model represents the third phase of Rumo's evolution. The company started with 80-car trains in 2015, increased to 120 in 2021 and now has 135. The advance is a response to the expansion of agricultural production in the regions served. Each train transports 1.200 more useful tons. The trip is now one hour shorter and around 530 trucks per day are no longer on the highways.

In February, grain shipments totaled 3 million tons heading to the port. “We worked for three years to make this project viable, which guarantees faster deliveries with the same number of trains,” says Bruno Casarini, operations and maintenance director at Rumo.

The company invested R$350 million to expand maneuvering yards and adapt the railways. Studies with sensors on the couplings helped to understand the technical requirements of the new operation.