railroads began to be built across the globe starting in the mid-eighteen hundreds, with travel by train gradually becoming a part of modern society - and as such, brazil naturally began developing its own national railroad as well. presented by the universidade estadual do oeste do paraná - brasil the study of as ferrovias no brasil: análise do processo de erradicaçăo de ramais (the railways in brazil: analysis of the eradication process of extensions) written by dilma andrade de paula, talks about the history of the brazilian railway long before the creation of supervia. the first railway system was designed to transport agricultural products, mostly coffee, from the interior of the country to its borders and the ports for export - popularly known as estrada de ferro mauá.
