Varginha (CPTM)

Varginha
General information
LocationAv. Paulo G. Reimberg, s/n
Grajaú
Brazil
Coordinates23°46′15″S 46°42′43″W / 23.770833°S 46.711944°W / -23.770833; -46.711944
Owned by Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated byline=ViaMobilidade ViaMobilidade (CCR)
PlatformsSide platforms (1992–2001)
Island platform (2024)
Connections Varginha Bus Terminal (future)
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codeVAR
History
Opened26 September 1996; 28 years ago (1996-09-26)
Opening2024 (estimated)
ClosedNovember 2001; 22 years ago (2001-11)
Services
Preceding station São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Following station
Bruno Covas/Mendes-Vila Natal
towards Osasco
Line 9 Terminus
Track layout
to Evangelista de Souza (deactivated)

Varginha will be a train station on ViaMobilidade Line 9-Emerald, in the district of Grajaú in São Paulo. It is part of a plan of the State Government to extend the Line Emerald in 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) towards south of the city, from Grajaú station. It is being rebuilt in the place where was located the old Varginha station, which belonged to the Jurubatuba branch, of the extinct FEPASA.

The branch was deactivated by CPTM in November 2001, "due to infrastructure precariousness" of the line at the time, which was not compatible with the rest of the railway, nor with the new administrative policies adopted by the company during that period, as it aimed a "pattern elevation" of the services provided by the company, transforming Line C-Celeste (current Line 9-Emerald), just like other railways transferred to it, from suburban services to metropolitan services. Currently, Line 9 is the only which operates in this model, popularly known as "surface metro", as the railway is completely segregated from external interferences and the trains operate in a less than 5 minutes time between trains.

Before being deactivated by CPTM, the station had an average movement of 30,000 passengers per day.

Besides the station is named Varginha, referencing Jardim Varginha neighbourhood, located southeast of the station, the station building is in southwest of Vila Natal neighbourhood, in the limits with Jardim Guanabara, South Side of São Paulo.[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ Giannazi, Carlos (10 November 2001). "Diário Oficial do Município" (in Portuguese). Diário Oficial do Estado de São Paulo. p. 231. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Linha 9-Esmeralda irá até Varginha e deve atender 120 mil novos usuários" (in Portuguese). Diário Oficial do Estado de São Paulo. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  3. ^ Amorim Jr., Luiz Alfredo. "Apresentação: Audiência Pública - Extensão Linha 9 Grajaú-Varginha" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  4. ^ Mennucci Giesbrecht, Ralph. "Varginha" (in Portuguese). Estações Ferroviárias do Brasil. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Linha 9-Esmeralda irá até Varginha e deve atender 120 mil novos usuários" (in Portuguese). Governo do Estado de São Paulo. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2019.