Ipiranga is a
train station
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on
CPTM
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 transpo ...
Line 10-Turquoise, located in the city of
São Paulo
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. The station is located on the west side of
Vila Prudente district.
History
Ipiranga station opened on 1 April 1886, to serve as a support structure to the project for the
Ipiranga Museum. It was built between 1885 and 1890. After
World War II
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, an industrial boom in the surrounding region increased the station's use. This industrial movement reached its highest point in the 1950s, with the arrival of the
Ford Motor Co. factory in 1953, which rerouted railroads to reach its installations. From the 1950s, thousands of workers used this station as their daily transport.
Estrada de Ferro Santos-Jundiaí
Estrada de Ferro Santos-Jundiaí was a gauge railway line in São Paulo, Brazil.
On 13 September 1946, the São Paulo Railway was nationalised by the federal government, and passed to be managed by the Brazilian Ministry of Transportation and P ...
set plans for construction of a new building to open in mid-1960. With the beginning of de-industrialization, Ipiranga station lost its importance as the old industries gave place to empty warehouses. This migration movement of industrial plants to other locations also reached the Ford factory, which closed in 2001, transferring the production to Camaçari, Bahia). Unlike other unoccupied factories and still active, Ford's factory was partially demolished, becoming a shopping mall.
Since 1 June 1994, the station is operated by CPTM.
Projects
New station
On 11 May 2005, the consortium composed of Maubertec and Herjack companies was hired by CPTM at the cost of 845,974
BRL (
USD
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). With additives, the cost reached 888,036.85 BRL ( USD) to rebuild stations Mooca, Ipiranga, Utinga and Prefeito Saladino. On 29 March 2008, the projects were delivered. CPTM signed them up in the
Growth Acceleration Program
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(PAC), contemplated in the pre-selection phase. With the
2014 economic crisis, many PAC financings were cancelled, including the reconstruction.
Expresso Tiradentes
The project of the
Expresso Tiradentes BRT was to connect Ipiranga station with the train station; only part of the structure was implemented. It may be implemented along with the future Metro Line 15-Silver station.
Subway stations
The São Paulo Metro planned the expansion of
Line 15-Silver between
Vila Prudente and Ipiranga, to become the line terminus. This project has no implementation date.
During the opening of stations
Sapopemba,
Fazenda da Juta and
São Mateus,
Alexandre Baldy, Secretary of Metropolitan Transports, stated that the state government is willing to announce the beginning of the construction of the monorail station in 2020.
Another project is the planned expansion of Metro
Line 5-Lilac from
Chácara Klabin station towards Ipiranga. Funds are not allocated.
Toponymy
The word "ipiranga" comes from the
Tupi language
Old Tupi, Ancient Tupi or Classical Tupi () is a classical Tupian language which was spoken by the indigenous Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who inhabited coastal regions in South and Southeast Brazil. In the words of Brazilian tupinol ...
''ypiranga'' and means "red river", formed by a junction of the terms ''y'' (water, river) and ''piranga'' (red).
In 2010, State Deputies José Bittencourt (PRB) and Vaz de Lima (PSDB) tried to rename the station to ''Ipiranga-Pastor Alfreto Reikdal'', after the homonymous obscure religious leader, but the proposal was rejected.
According to CPTM studies in the 22nd Week of Metroviary Technology of the Metro Engineers and Architects Association (AEAMESP), the cost for an intermediary station like Ipiranga renaming is almost 620,000 BRL ( USD), a reason why CPTM avoids renaming stations, except when obligated by law.
References
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Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos stations
Railway stations in Brazil opened in 1886
Railway stations in Brazil opened in 1960