Bruno Covas/Mendes-Vila Natal (CPTM)

Bruno Covas/Mendes–Vila Natal
The station on its opening day
General information
LocationEstrada dos Mendes, s/n
Grajaú
Brazil
Coordinates23°45′21″S 46°42′36″W / 23.755808°S 46.710021°W / -23.755808; -46.710021
Owned by Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated byline=ViaMobilidade ViaMobilidade (CCR)
PlatformsIsland platform
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
Station codeMVN
History
Opened10 August 2021; 3 years ago (2021-08-10)
Previous namesMendes
Mendes-Vila Natal
Services
Preceding station São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Following station
Grajaú
towards Osasco
Line 9 Varginha
Terminus
Track layout

Bruno Covas/Mendes–Vila Natal, formerly Mendes–Vila Natal, or simply just Mendes or Vila Natal, is a train station on ViaMobilidade Line 9-Emerald. It is part of the State Government plan to extend the line in 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) until the place where was located the old Varginha station of the Jurubatuba branch, of the extinct FEPASA. The branch was deactivated by CPTM in the end of 2001 "due to infrastructure precariousness" of the line at the time.[1][2] After the station opening, Governor João Doria signed an executive order renaming the station after the late São Paulo mayor Bruno Covas, who died from cancer in May 2021.[3]

  1. ^ Amorim Jr., Luiz Alfredo. "Apresentação: Audiência Pública - Extensão Linha 9 Grajaú-Varginha" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  2. ^ Mennucci Giesbrecht, Ralph. "Varginha" (in Portuguese). Estações Ferroviárias do Brasil. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  3. ^ Meier, Ricardo (17 August 2021). "Decreto inclui nome do ex-prefeito Bruno Covas à estação Mendes-Vila Natal". Metrô CPTM (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 August 2021.