Brás (São Paulo Metro)

Brás
Coordinates	23°32′52″S 46°36′57″W / 23.547824°S 46.615881°W / -23.547824; -46.615881Coordinates: 23°32′52″S 46°36′57″W / 23.547824°S 46.615881°W / -23.547824; -46.615881
Platforms	Side platforms and Island platforms
Connections	Access to SPTrans Bus Line
Construction
Structure type	elevated
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	BAS
History
Opened	March 10, 1979
Services
Preceding station   São Paulo Metro   Following station Pedro II toward Palmeiras-Barra Funda Line 3 Bresser-Mooca toward Corinthians-Itaquera Preceding station   CPTM   Following station Luz Terminus Line 10 Mooca toward Rio Grande da Serra Luz Terminus Line 11 Tatuapé toward Estudantes Terminus Line 12 Tatuapé toward Calmon Viana Terminus Line 13 Tatuapé toward Zezinho Magalhães

Brás is a station on Line 3 (Red) of the São Paulo Metro^[1] and Lines 10 (Turquoise), 11 (Coral), and 12 (Sapphire) of the CPTM commuter train. The planned Line 13 (Jade) of the CPTM system will also have a station at Brás.^[2]

History

The first station at this location was opened on February 16, 1867, under the name 'Brás' by the São Paulo Railway (SPR). On November 6, 1875, the Northern Railway (Estrada de Ferro do Norte, later the Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil) opened a terminal station, called the 'Estação do Norte' for their northern rail lines. The name of this station was changed to "Roosevelt" on September 15, 1945, by presidential decree in homage to the American President Franklin Roosevelt, who died that year.

During the 1950s the government took control of the lines operated by the SPR, and creating the National Rail Company RFFSA (liquidated in 2007). During the 1980s, with the construction of the East-West Line (Green line 3 on the São Paulo Metro) the train station was integrated with the newly inaugurated metro station, forming the integrated Brás station. In 1994, the CPTM assumed administration of the suburban rail service and remodeled the station. After the remodeling, the name 'Roosevelt' was officially dropped, and the station began being called Brás, as was called the original SPR station.

SPTrans lines

The following SPTrans bus lines can be accessed. Passengers may use a Bilhete Único card for transfer:

References