The Companhia Paulista de Estradas de Ferro was founded on January 30, 1868 to build and operate railways in Sao Paulo state, Brazil, eventually running 1,536 kilometers of track in several gauges and carrying passengers along with cargo such as coffee, grain and livestock, known for a high standard of customer service. Nationalized in 1961 amid economic crisis and labor unrest, the company remained active from August 1872 until October 1971, when it was dissolved and folded into Ferrovia Paulista S/A, known as FEPASA.
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Companhia Paulista was then founded on 30 January 1868, under the presidency of Clemente Falcão de Sousa Filho, but construction work on the line began more than a year after that date, after the approval of the statutes of Companhia Paulista by Imperial Government.
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In 1961, during an economic crisis aggravated by a series of strikes, the company was nationalized.
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Companhia Paulista de Estradas de Ferro (also called Companhia Paulista de Vias Férreas and Fluviais) was a Brazilian railway company located in the state of São Paulo.
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former Brazilian railway company
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