Tatuapé (São Paulo Metro)

Tatuapé is a station which is part of a metropolitan system composed by CPTM and São Paulo Metro.

Tatuapé
Entrance to Tatuapé Station
LocationR. Catiguá
Tatuapé
Brazil
Coordinates23°32′25″S 46°34′34″W
Owned by Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo
CPTM
PlatformsSide and island platforms
Connections Tatuapé Bus Terminal
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeTAT
History
Opened5 November 1981
Passengers
91,000/business day
Services
Preceding station   São Paulo Metro   Following station
Line 3
  Out-of-system interchange  
Preceding station   CPTM   Following station
toward Luz
Line 11
toward Estudantes
Terminus
Line 12
toward Calmon Viana
Line 13-Airport Connect

It is connected to Shopping Metrô Tatuape (south to the station) and Shopping Metrô Boulevard Tatuapé (north to the station). It's located in the homonymous district of Tatuapé, divided physically between areas 3 and 4 of the capital.

History
Platform of Tatuapé station (RFFSA), in its first years of work.

The project of Tatuapé station began in 1973, when the Federal Railway Network (RFFSA) and the São Paulo Metro agreed for the construction of an east track of the Line East-West (current Line 3-Red).[1] The first project was published on May 1975 and predicted the connection of the Metro lines and RFFSA suburbs in Tatuapé station.[2] The construction of Line East-West began on March 1976, but the first Executive Order of expropriation for the construction of the future Tatuapé station was published only on June.[3][4]

Besides the signature of a memorandum of understanding between RFFSA and the Metro on June 1977, the station construction were initiated by constructure company Beter S.A. only on 29 April 1978.[5][6] On 29 April 1979, a new phase of construction was launched, when a new track of Radial Leste was delivered, allowing the start of the construction of the main block of Tatuapé station, with a 18,000 square metres (190,000 sq ft) total area.[7] Promised for mid-1980, the station had its opening delayed because of problems with funds.[8]

Tatuapé station was opened by Governor Paulo Maluf, using a wheelchair (besides the station didn't have any elevator - the first was installed only in 1982), on 5 November 1981.[9]

Characteristics

The route between Belém and Tatuapé demanded an excavation of 313,346 cubic metres (11,065,700 cu ft) of soil, 7,713 metres (25,305 ft) of stakes of "Franki" type, 4,675 cubic metres (165,100 cu ft) of structural concrete, 1,428 cubic metres (50,400 cu ft) of pre-molded concrete, 155,327 cubic metres (5,485,300 cu ft) of backfill, and 1,021 metres (3,350 ft) of metallic stacking.[10]

Tatuapé is a station with distribution mezzanine above island and side platforms on surface, structure in apparent concrete and lattice special metallic cover. It has access for people with disabilities and reduced movements, a 34,680 square metres (373,300 sq ft) area, and capacity for 60,000 passengers per hour in peak hours.[11]

Toponymy

The word "Tatuapé" is an indigenous term of tupi origin that can mean "way of the armadillos" (tatu: armadillo, and apé: way).[12]

Connections

Tatuapé station of the São Paulo Metro Line 3-Red has paid connection with stations of CPTM Lines 11-Coral and 12-Sapphire, except in special hours, from Mondays to Fridays between 10am and 5pm and between 8pm and 12am, on Saturdays between 3pm and 1am, and on Sundays and holidays the connection is free during all the operational day.[13]

There is also the possibility to connect with the bus system through the North and South Bus Terminals, both connected to the station, using the Bilhete Único. From the North Terminal there are departure of urban buses of the Airport Bus Service with direct route to São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport. Another possibility is using the Line 13-Jade Airport-Connect service.[14]

Track layout (Line 3)
to Belém
to Carrão
Track layout (CPTM)
to Brás
/ to Brás
/ to Engenheiro Goulart
to Corinthians-Itaquera

References
  1. "A Leste-Oeste tem data para funcionar: em 1978" (in Portuguese) (16792). Folha de S. Paulo. 3 March 1975. p. 8. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. "O Metrô no Tatuapé" (in Portuguese) (17223). Folha de S. Paulo. 8 May 1976. p. 1. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  3. Egydio Setúbal, Olavo (25 June 1976). "Decreto No. 13.154, de 25 de junho de 1976" (in Portuguese). Prefeitura de São Paulo. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  4. "Desapropriados mais 600 imóveis para o Metrô" (in Portuguese) (17273). Folha de S. Paulo. 29 June 1976. p. 14. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  5. "Rede Ferroviária Federal permite que Metrô passe na estação do Brás" (in Portuguese) (17705). Folha de S. Paulo. 15 June 1977. p. 10. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  6. Construtora Beter S.A. (4 April 1982). "Relatório da Administração (1981)" (in Portuguese) (357). Jornal do Brasil. p. 7. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  7. "Nova pista da Radial Leste" (in Portuguese) (18286). Folha de S. Paulo. 27 April 1979. p. 14. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  8. "Presidente do Metrô tem planos modestos" (in Portuguese) (18767). Folha de S. Paulo. 20 August 1980. p. 14. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  9. "Entregue estação Tatuapé" (in Portuguese) (19210). Folha de S. Paulo. 6 November 1981. p. 12. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  10. "Eliseu inaugura hoje estação do Metrô de São Paulo" (in Portuguese) (6834). Correio Braziliense. 5 November 1981. p. 9. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  11. "Estação Tatuapé - Linha 3-Vermelha" (in Portuguese). Metrô de São Paulo. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  12. NAVARRO, E. A. (2005). Método moderno de tupi antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos (3 ed.). São Paulo: Global. p. 463.
  13. "Transferências e Intervalos" (in Portuguese). Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  14. "Serviço Connect, na Linha 13-Jade, entra em operação" (in Portuguese). Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
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