Portuguesa-Tietê (São Paulo Metro)
Portuguesa-Tietê is a metro station on São Paulo Metro Line 1-Blue, located in the district of Santana, in São Paulo. It was opened on 26 September 1975,[1] named only as Tietê, being renamed on 10 June 2006 as a tribute to Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, soccer club located in its surroundings.[2]
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 Exterior of the station, as viewed by the Tietê Road Terminal | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°30′58″S 46°37′31″W | ||||||||||
| Owned by |  Government of the State of São Paulo | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platforms | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Tietê Road Terminal | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | TTE | ||||||||||
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| Opened | September 26, 1975 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Tietê | ||||||||||
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| 62,000/business day (June 2019) | |||||||||||
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Location
The station is located west to Tietê Road Terminal, which is connected with it since the opening in 1982. It is also located 200 metres (660 ft) north from Tietê River.
Characteristics
It is an elevated station with structure in apparent concrete and two side platforms. Besides the access, it also has two gates in each of the platforms, in a way that the passenger who leaves a train in the station can't take another one in the opposide way without paying another fee.[1]
It has four exits, being one of them inside the area of the Road Terminal, one for the urban bus terminal along with the road terminal, one on the east sidewalk and another one on the west sidewalk of Avenida Cruzeiro do Sul.
References
- "Estação Portuguesa-Tietê" (in Portuguese). Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- "Estação Tietê do Metrô passa a se chamar Portuguesa-Tietê" (in Portuguese). Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de São Paulo. 12 June 2006. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
