The State Government of Paraná, aware of the importance of logistics infrastructure for the economic, financial and social development its territory, aims to expand the railroad network of Paraná. This project consists of the extension of the Ferroeste line (250 km), with the implementation of three new segments:

• Guarapuava to Paranaguá (400 km), reaching the Port of Paranaguá;
• Cascavel to Foz do Iguaçu (180 km);
• Cascavel to Maracaju (MS) (520 km), passing through Guaíra and Dourados (MS);

This project, which has an estimated CAPEX of 12 billion reais, is currently in the initial phase of feasibility studies.

The construction of a railroad between Dourados (MS) and Guarapuava (PR) is foreseen in Decree-Law 96913/88, in which the Federal Government grants Ferroeste the right to build and operate. The first segment, which goes from Guarapuava to Cascavel, was implemented and started operating in 1996.

In 2017, the Government of Paraná opened the Expression of Interest Procedure (EIP) to carry out the technical, economic and environmental feasibility study (EVTEA) for the construction of a railroad linking Dourados to Paranaguá. Four consortiums were qualified to carry out the studies, however none of them delivered the object foreseen in the public notice, so that in August 2019, the EIP ended.