Palmeiras-Barra Funda (CPTM)

Palmeiras-Barra Funda, also known only as Barra Funda, is a train station on CPTM Lines 7-Ruby and 8-Diamond, in the district of Barra Funda in São Paulo.

Palmeiras-Barra Funda
Platform that, until 2011, attended CPTM Line 7-Ruby. Photo by Alexandre Giesbrecht.
LocationAv. Auro Soares de Moura Andrade, 664
Barra Funda
Brazil
Coordinates23.525556°S 46.667222°W / -23.525556; -46.667222
Owned by Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by CPTM
PlatformsIsland platforms
Connections
  • Barra Funda Bus Terminal
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codeBFU
History
Opened17 December 1988
Rebuilt30 May 1998
Previous namesBarra Funda
Services
Preceding station   CPTM   Following station
toward Jundiaí
Line 7
toward Brás
toward Amador Bueno
Line 8
Terminus
Out-of-system interchange
Preceding station   São Paulo Metro   Following station
TerminusLine 3

History

The first railway to open a station in Barra Funda was Sorocaba Railway, on 10 July 1875. On 19 May 1892, São Paulo Railway opened their station, a few meter ahead, after Viaduto Pacaembu. The stations were isolated fromm each other. The idea of integration between the suburban trains and Metro began in the 1980s.

The current station was built by the São Paulo Metro with resources from the State and Federal Governments, in the location of the old Sorocaba Railway station, to attend the East-West Line (current Line 3-Red) and unify in only one station the FEPASA and CBTU commuter trains. During the construction, on May 1986, a favela was displaced, which was located onder the adjacent Viaduto Antártica, paying Cz$ 6,000 for each family.[1] Despite the amount paid, the families chose to invade a land in Alto da Lapa, which was considered the first municipal land invasion during Jânio Quadros administration.[1]

The station was opened on 17 December 1988, only with Metro and FEPASA lines. CBTY line was transferred only on 5 January 1989.

After the unification of the FEPASA and CBTU commuter train line as CPTM, a free interchange between the old companies' lines began.[2]

On 27 April 2006, the Metro station was renamed to Palmeiras-Barra Funda, a tribute to Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, a São Paulo soccer club headquartered 750 metres (2,460 ft) away from the terminal. The same happened to the CPTM station in 2007.

Station layout

M Mezzanine Fare control, ticket office, customer service, Bilhete Único/BOM recharge machines, distribution mezzanine, transfer to Line
P
Platform level
No regular service
Island platform, not in service
No regular service
Island platform, not in service
No regular service
Southeastbound toward Brás
Island platform, doors open on the right
Northwestbound toward Jundiaí
Westbound toward Amador Bueno
Island platform, doors open on the left
No regular service
Island platform, doors open on the left
Eastbound toward Júlio Prestes

References

  1. "A ordem dos favelados: 'invadam'" (in Portuguese) (34, 113). O Estado de S. Paulo. 17 May 1986. p. 50. ISSN 1516-2931.
  2. Mennucci Giesbrecht, Ralph. "Barra Funda (Fepasa)" (in Portuguese). Estações Ferroviárias do Brasil. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
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