 The coffee and other crops then produced in the region, including in Northern Parana' state were shipped via the Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana railway to the Port of Santos, Brazil's largest, and from there to Europe and Asia.The railway also transported individuals to towns in the interior, to the state capital, São Paulo and had connections with other systems in and outside the state.It was later named FEPASA and today it is basically extinct, due to a more efficient road and freight transport system.