Palmeiras-Barra Funda (CPTM)

Palmeiras-Barra Funda, also known only as Barra Funda, is a train station on CPTM Lines 7-Ruby and 8-Diamond, in the district of Barra Funda in São Paulo.

Palmeiras-Barra Funda
Platform that, until 2011, attended CPTM Line 7-Ruby. Photo by Alexandre Giesbrecht.
Location	Av. Auro Soares de Moura Andrade, 664 Barra Funda Brazil
Coordinates	23.525556°S 46.667222°W
Owned by	Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by	CPTM
Platforms	Island platforms
Connections	Barra Funda Bus Terminal
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	BFU
History
Opened	17 December 1988
Rebuilt	30 May 1998
Previous names	Barra Funda
Services
Preceding station   CPTM   Following station Água Branca toward Jundiaí Line 7 Luz toward Brás Lapa (Line 8) toward Amador Bueno Line 8 Júlio Prestes Terminus
Out-of-system interchange Preceding station   São Paulo Metro   Following station Terminus Line 3 Transfer at: Palmeiras–Barra Funda Marechal Deodoro toward Corinthians-Itaquera

Track layout
to Água Branca to Lapa to Júlio Prestes to Luz

History

The first railway to open a station in Barra Funda was Sorocaba Railway, on 10 July 1875. On 19 May 1892, São Paulo Railway opened their station, a few meter ahead, after Viaduto Pacaembu. The stations were isolated fromm each other. The idea of integration between the suburban trains and Metro began in the 1980s.

The current station was built by the São Paulo Metro with resources from the State and Federal Governments, in the location of the old Sorocaba Railway station, to attend the East-West Line (current Line 3-Red) and unify in only one station the FEPASA and CBTU commuter trains. During the construction, on May 1986, a favela was displaced, which was located onder the adjacent Viaduto Antártica, paying Cz$ 6,000 for each family.[1] Despite the amount paid, the families chose to invade a land in Alto da Lapa, which was considered the first municipal land invasion during Jânio Quadros administration.[1]

The station was opened on 17 December 1988, only with Metro and FEPASA lines. CBTY line was transferred only on 5 January 1989.

After the unification of the FEPASA and CBTU commuter train line as CPTM, a free interchange between the old companies' lines began.[2]

On 27 April 2006, the Metro station was renamed to Palmeiras-Barra Funda, a tribute to Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, a São Paulo soccer club headquartered 750 metres (2,460 ft) away from the terminal. The same happened to the CPTM station in 2007.

Station layout

M	Mezzanine	Fare control, ticket office, customer service, Bilhete Único/BOM recharge machines, distribution mezzanine, transfer to Line
P Platform level
		← No regular service →
	Island platform, not in service
		← No regular service →
	Island platform, not in service
		← No regular service →
	Southeastbound	toward Brás →
	Island platform, doors open on the right
	Northwestbound	← toward Jundiaí
	Westbound	← toward Amador Bueno
	Island platform, doors open on the left
		← No regular service →
	Island platform, doors open on the left
	Eastbound	toward Júlio Prestes →

References

1. "A ordem dos favelados: 'invadam'" (in Portuguese) (34, 113). O Estado de S. Paulo. 17 May 1986. p. 50. ISSN 1516-2931.
2. Mennucci Giesbrecht, Ralph. "Barra Funda (Fepasa)" (in Portuguese). Estações Ferroviárias do Brasil. Retrieved 23 July 2019.