Deodoro Station

Deodoro Station is a railway station in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro that serves as the terminal of the Deodoro Line. It is also on the Santa Cruz and Japeri lines.[1]

Deodoro Station
Commuter
LocationRio de Janeiro
Brazil
Coordinates
Line(s) SuperVia
Deodoro Line
Santa Cruz Line
Japeri Line
History
Opened1859
Services
Preceding station   SuperVia   Following station
Marechal Hermes
toward Central
DeodoroTerminus
Madureira
toward Central
Santa Cruz
Vila Militar
toward Santa Cruz
Madureira
toward Central
Japeri
Ricardo de Albuquerque
toward Japeri

History

The station was opened in 1859 and was initially known as Sapopemba. It was part of the Mangaratiba branch of the Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil.

The current name was adopted in the early 1900s in honour of Deodoro da Fonseca, the first president of Brazil.

Access

The station provides access to the Deodoro Olympic Park, which hosted events at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

Sources
  • Max Vasconcellos: Vias Brasileiras de Comunicação, 1928

References
  1. "Estações e Integrações" (in Portuguese). SuperVia. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  2. Whibley, Jack; Flueckiger, Lisa (11 June 2013). "Rio 2016 Olympics in the Deodoro Zone". The Rio Times. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  3. "Venues Map - Deodoro". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
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