Presidente Altino (CPTM)

Presidente Altino is a train station on CPTM Lines 8-Diamond and 9-Emerald, located in the district of President Altino in the city of Osasco.[1]

Presidente Altino
Building of Presidente Altino station.
Location	R. Abílio Mendes, 8 Presidente Altino Brazil
Coordinates	23.53125°S 46.76175°W
Owned by	Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by	CPTM
Platforms	2 Island platforms
Construction
Structure type	Surface
Other information
Station code	PAL
History
Opened	6 March 1919
Rebuilt	25 January 1979
Previous names	Km 14 General Miguel Costa
Services
Preceding station   CPTM   Following station Osasco toward Amador Bueno Line 8 Imperatriz Leopoldina toward Júlio Prestes Osasco Terminus Line 9 Ceasa toward Varginha

Track layout
to Osasco to Imperatriz Leopoldina to Ceasa

History

The station had its construction started in mid-1918 by Sorocaba Railway, named Km 14, but in the same year was renamed to Presidente Altino, a tribute to Altino Arantes, then President of the State of São Paulo and who privatized EFS in 1919.[2]

In 1930, it was renamed to General Miguel Costa, but, in 1932, the renaming was undone, and the name Presidente Altino was kept until nowadays. In 1976, Fepasa begins the modernization of commuter trains and expand the existing maintenance yard next to the new station. which was reopened on 25 January 1979. In the same year, the station becomes an interchange station with the Jurubatuba branch. In 1996, CPTM starts operating West and South Lines from Fepasa and renames them as Line B-Gray and C-Celeste, respectively. On April 2008, it was determined that Line B-Gray would become Line 8-Diamond, and Line C-Celeste would become Line 9-Emerald.

Access catwalk

Increment launch method.

To expand the access capacity of Presidente Altino station, Fepasa hired Construtora Azevedo e Travassos and Maubertec Engenharia e Projetos Ltda to implement a 170 metres (560 ft) catwalk over the station yard. To implement it, without interfering in the yard of the railway operation, it was used for the first time in Brazil the increment launch method, created in Germany. In about a year, the catwalk was delivered to the traffic.

References

1. Mennucci Giesbrecht, Ralph. "Presidente Altino" (in Portuguese). Estações Ferroviárias do Brasil. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
2. "Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana" (in Portuguese) (19997). Correio Paulistano. 6 March 1919. p. 5. Retrieved 19 July 2019.