Ferrovia Paulista S/A (FEPASA) was a São Paulo state-owned freight and passenger railway company, created by merging Paulista Railroads Company (CPEF), Mogiana Railroads Company (CMEF), Sorocabana Railroad (EFS), Araraquara Railroad (EFA), and São Paulo-Minas Railroad (EFSPM). It remained in activity from October 1971 until May 1998, when it was extinguished and incorporated into the Federal Railway Network S/A (RFFSA).
History
Background
Despite the great contribution of the São Paulo railroads to the development of the state of São Paulo until the middle of the last century, after 1945 they entered a process of stagnation and obsolescence due to lack of technical, operational, and physical adaptation. As a way to reverse this situation, Governor Carvalho Pinto opted for the creation of a single company, an idea which began to take shape in 1961 when the São Paulo Engineering Institute, on its initiative, suggested the formation of the Paulista Railway Network (RFP), being presented in 1962 with a message sent to the Legislative Assembly proposing the unification of São Paulo's railroads as an economic measure, since there were five different state-owned railroads in the state. There was a rejection of this proposal, being forwarded again in 1966 and again rejected by the Legislative Assembly.
On May 29, 1967, with Decrees Nos. 48,028 and 48,029, Governor Abreu Sodré took the first step by transferring the administration of the EFA to the CPEF, and the administration of the EFSPM to the CMEF. Then, following the example of what was already occurring with CPEF and CMEF, the governor, through the Decree-Law of September 18, 1969 transformed the other railroads owned by him into joint-stock companies.
Foundation
The consolidation of the railroads' unification occurred during Laudo Natel's government, when he sanctioned the creation of the new company through Decree No. 10,410 of October 28, 1971, making FEPASA official. Instead of a merger among all the companies, as the letter of the act stated, it was decided in an Extraordinary General Meeting called for November 10, 1971, to previously change the corporate name of "Paulista Railroads Company" to "FEPASA - Ferrovia Paulista S/A", followed by the incorporation of the total assets of CMEF, the EFA, the EFS and the EFSPM to FEPASA. Soon afterwards the four companies were declared extinct.
The unification was intended to make possible the centralization of investment program studies and coordination of railroad services, the centralization of imports, accounting and budgeting; uniformity of service and material, as well as the redeployment of existing material and better utilization of personnel.
Including wagons from other companies rented to CMEF. TKU - Brazilian physical unit that measures effort. It can be understood as the useful tons (i.e., the weight of the cargo alone, without considering the tare weight of the equipment used) transported per kilometer.
Operational structure
CEOs
1st - Jaul Pires de Castro, from 1971 to 1975
2nd - Walter Pedro Bodini, from 1975 to 1979
3rd - Chafic Jacob, from 1979 to 1983
4th - Cyro Antonio de Laurenza Filho, from 1983 to 1984
5th - Sebastião Hermano Leite Cintra, from 1984 to 1987
6th - Antônio Carlos Rios Corral, from 1987 to 1990
7th - Sérgio Lorena de Mello, from 1990 to 1991
8th - Walter Pedro Bodini, from 1991 to 1994
9th - Oliver Hossepian Salles de Lima, from 1994 to 1995
10th - Renato Casale Pavan, from 1995 to 1997
11th - Silvio Augusto Minciotti, from 1997 to 1998
Number of employees
In 1970, the number of employees on the forming railroads was as follows: EFS (17,622), CPEF (11,185), CMEF (5,935), EFA (3,179) and EFSPM (603), totaling 38,524 employees. By 1971, the company's railroad workforce was down to 36,665 people,[9] and by 1972 it was drastically reduced to 29,347 people with the transfer of employees to various sectors of the state government.
This policy of reducing the operational staff was constant until the early 1980s, so that in 1982 the number of employees was 19,874, almost half compared to 1970. From then on, the staff was kept stable until, aiming to meet the National Privatization Plan, a process of reduction began in 1994, decreasing the number of employees from 17,029 to 13,432 in 1995, 8,971 in 1996, 8,453 in 1997 and, finally 6,448 in 1998.
Regional Units
FEPASA had eight regional units (UR), which were as follows: