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Lapa Station (CPTM Line 8)
Lapa, originally named Km 7, is a train station on ViaMobilidade Line 8-Diamond, located in the district of Lapa in São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the .... History With the arrival of the railways of São Paulo Railway in 1867 and Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana in 1875 to the region of Lapa, the English railway implanted the first station in the neighbourhood. Because of that, Sorocabana couldn't build their station, due to legal affairs. Therefore, Sorocabana had to wait until the end of the SPR concession to build their station. In 1951, a small post was implemented to help the Lapa Tendal. At the time, the then City Councillor Nicolau Tuma suggested the construction of a new unified Lapa Station, being the first of many suggestion that would be presented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Companhia Paulista De Trens Metropolitanos
The Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) () is one of the rapid transit companies serving the city of São Paulo, alongside the São Paulo Metro, Via Quatro and Via Mobilidade, all four forming the largest metropolitan rail transport network of Latin America. It was created on 28 May 1992, from several railroads that already existed in Greater São Paulo, Brazil. Part of the Greater São Paulo rail system, the CPTM currently operates 57 stations in five lines, with a total length of . The system carries about 2 million passengers a day. On 7 December 2018, CPTM set a weekday ridership record with 3,221,035 trips. History Most of railways now run by the CPTM were built between 1860 and 1957 by the São Paulo Railway (the lines 7 and 10), Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana (the lines 8 and 9) and Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil (lines 11 and 12). These railways were eventually incorporated into the state-owned Rede Ferroviária Federal (RFFSA) in 1957 and Ferrovia Pau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domingos De Moraes (CPTM)
Domingos de Moraes is a train station on ViaMobilidade Line 8 (CPTM), Line 8-Diamond, located in the district of Lapa in São Paulo. There are future plans for it to be connected with a new CPTM line, yet with no color or number defined, which will connect Piqueri (CPTM), Piqueri with Monte Belo station, in Butantã (district of São Paulo), Butantã. History The station was opened in 1920, named Posto Telegráfico Km 9,221. In 1921, it was renamed to Domingos de Moraes as a tribute to the Brazilian politician, who was Vice President (now Vice Governor) of São Paulo in 1902. The telegraph post receive a new building in 1926 and was promoted to station on 1 March 1931. During the remodeling of the FEPASA West Line (current CPTM Line 8-Diamond), in the end of the 1970s, received another new building, opened on 9 August 1978. FEPASA had promised many news for the station, such as cafeterias, newsstands, public phones and restrooms, but none of them was made. Actually, the station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
