Faria Lima (São Paulo Metro)

Faria Lima is a metro station on Line 4-Yellow of the São Paulo Metro operated by ViaQuatro. It is localized in Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima, between Rua Teodoro Sampaio and Rua Cardeal Arcoverde, in the district of Pinheiros. Had its civil construction concluded on February 2010. The prediction for the commercial operation was March 2010,[1] but was delayed to 25 May 2010, day which line started operating between stations Faria Lima and Paulista.[2] The delay was caused by the train tests.[2] The station should also have a connection with future Line 20-Pink (Lapa–Afonsina).[3][4]

Faria Lima
Location	Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 950 Pinheiros Brazil
Coordinates	23°34′00″S 46°41′38″W
Owned by	Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by	ViaQuatro
Platforms	Side platforms
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	FAL
History
Opened	25 May 2010
Services
Preceding station   São Paulo Metro   Following station Fradique Coutinho toward Luz Line 4 Pinheiros toward Vila Sônia   Future services   Pedroso de Morais toward Santa Marina Line 20 Rebouças toward Pref. Celso Daniel-Santo André

Track layout (Line 4)
to Fradique Coutinho to Pinheiros

Characteristics

Underground station with side platforms and structure in apparent concrete. It has access for people with disabilities and connection with urban bus terminal. It has capacity for 30,000 passengers per hour during peak hours.

The station has 10 ViaQuatro customer service and maintenance agents and 10 customer service and security agents, beside ambulances in the location.

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, ticket office, customer service, Bilhete Único/BOM recharge machines
P Platform level
	Side platform, doors open on the right
	Northbound	← toward Luz
	Southbound	toward São Paulo-Morumbi →
	Side platform, doors open on the right

References

1. "A primeira viagem" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. 25 January 2010. p. 12.
2. "Estações Paulista/Faria Lima abrem na 3a" (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Folha de S. Paulo. 23 May 2010. p. C7.
3. Brancatelli, Rodrigo; Burgarelli, Rodrigo (14 September 2011). "Prefeitura quer usar R$ 1 bi do boom imobiliário em metrô nos Jardins" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
4. Pinho, Márcio (19 July 2012). "Metrô abre licitação para projeto de linha que ligará Moema à Lapa" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 8 July 2019.