prices for passes are posted at the purchase booths inside the train stations and posted on this link. during week-days, between 6 am and 9 am, and between 5 pm and 8 pm, there is one portion of each train accessible to women only - this is easy to spot since the whole car is painted in pink, and male travelers are not allowed on these cars during these times. aside from this major use of public transportation utilized today, there is a history of other railways system in the history of brazil popularly known for the transport of coffee and people at an interstate level. in terms of future plans, the city and state of rio de janeiro is always looking to expand and evolve their transportation network - there have been talks of the creation of a high speed service between rio de janeiro and săo paulo - the proposed bullet-style train between the two major cities will only take one hour and 25 minutes.
