Butantã is a

metro station A metro station or subway station is a station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase Train ticket, tickets, board trains, and Emergency eva ...

on Line 4-Yellow of the

São Paulo Metro The São Paulo Metro ( pt, Metrô de São Paulo, ), commonly called the ''Metrô'' () is one of the urban railways that serves the city of São Paulo, alongside the São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Company (CPTM), forming the largest metropolit ...

operated by

ViaQuatro ViaQuatro is a company belonging to Companhia de Concessões Rodoviárias, being responsible for the operation, maintenance and investiments of more than US$2 billion in the Line 4 of São Paulo Metro for 30 years, through the first public-priva ...

. It opened on 28 March 2011, covering an area of , and it has disabled access. The station is located on Avenida Vital Brasil, 427. It has three entrances, and it connects with a

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bus terminal adjacent to the station. It is planned to connect Line 4-Yellow with future Line 22 (Rebouças–Cotia).

Characteristics

The station is located in Avenida Vital Brasil, 427, in a crossing with Rua Pirajussara. Is an underground station, with side platforms and support rooms above the ground level, with structures in concrete and a metallic structure catwalk, fixated with braces above the platforms. The ViaQuatro employees' offices and technical and operational rooms are located in external buildings, what would have avoided, according to the Metro, many expropriations. The station has 9 ratchets, 14 escalators and 5 elevators, beside platform security doors (PSDs) in the platforms. It has access to people with disabilities and connection with urban bus terminal. Its capacity was projected for an average of 35,000 daily passengers.

Station layout

References

São Paulo Metro stations Railway stations located underground in Brazil Railway stations opened in 2011 2011 establishments in Brazil {{SãoPaulo-metro-stub