Vila Sônia (São Paulo Metro)

Vila Sônia is a future station of São Paulo Metro. It will belong to Line 4-Yellow, operated by ViaQuatro, which is currently in expansion, and should have this station as a terminus. It will be located in the crossing of Avenida Professor Francisco Morato and Rua Heitor dos Prazeres.

Vila Sônia
Location	Av. Professor Francisco Morato × Rua Heitor dos Prazeres Vila Sônia Brazil
Coordinates	23.591667°S 46.735277°W
Owned by	Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by	ViaQuatro
Platforms	Side platforms
Connections	Vila Sônia Bus Terminal
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	VSO
History
Opening	May 2021 (estimated)[1]
Services
Preceding station   São Paulo Metro   Following station São Paulo–Morumbi toward Luz Line 4 Terminus

Track layout (Line 4)
to São Paulo–Morumbi to Vila Sônia rail yard

It is scheduled, according to the Government of São Paulo and the State Secretariat of Metropolitan Transports, to be opened in March 2021.[1]

History

In 1995, São Paulo Metro hired the company Figueiredo Ferraz Consultoria e Engenharia de Projeto S.A. to make a functional project of Line 4-Yellow (as the previous one was made in 1980). Unlike the previous project, which planned a depot in the Ferreira district, the project presented in 1997 by Figueiredo Ferraz suggested the construction of the rail yard and depot in a large area located in the block surrounded by avenues Professor Francisco Morato, Imigrante Japonês and Eliseu de Almeida and Rua Heitor dos Prazeiros, in the district of Vila Sônia.[2][3]

Line 4-Yellow was planned to be bidded in 1999, but the Four Asian Tigers crisis caused an escape of credit from development banks which financed the construction, and project was paralyzed until the beginning of the 2000s. After being resumed, in 2003, it went through many changes, like the cut of stations, but Vila Sônia rail yard was kept from the original project.[4][5]

The cancelling, due to pressure of local residents, of Três Poderes station made São Paulo Metro to suggest a future expansion of Line 4 to Taboão da Serra and include, for the first time, Vila Sônia station, located next to the rail yard. Construction of the line began in March 2004, but 3 phases were conceived. In Phase 1, only part of the yard had its construction started and concluded in 2010. In Phase 2, the rest of the yard and the station had its construction started. The future Phase 3 expect to attend the city of Taboão da Serra (by bus or expansion of the subway line).[6][7]

Characteristics

Buried station with side platforms, structure in apparent concrete and distribution catwalk in metallic structure, fixed with braces over the platform. It has access for people with disabilities.

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/entrance
M1	Mezzanine level 1	Fare control, ticket office, customer service, Bilhete Único/BOM recharge machines
M2	Mezzanine level 2	Distribution mezzanine
P Platform level
	Side platform, doors open on the left
	Northbound	← toward Luz
	Northbound	← toward Luz
	Side platform, doors open on the right

Vila Sônia rail yard and Control Center

Projected in 1997 by architect João Toscano, in partnership with architects Massayoshi Kamimura, Monique Alonso Gonzalez and Odiléa Helena Setti Toscano, the construction of Vila Sônia rail yard began in March 2004 and divided in two phases. Phase 1 was opened in 2010, and Phase 2 is estimated to be concluded in mid-2020.[8]

References

1. Meier, Ricardo (29 October 2020). "Inauguração da estação Vila Sônia sofre novo atraso e passa a ser prevista para maio de 2021" (in Portuguese). Metrô CPTM. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
2. Concli, Raphael. "As idas e vindas do transporte pública na Cidade Universitária" (in Portuguese). Jornal da USP. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
3. Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo (1997). "Metrô de São Paulo: Linha 4-Amarela, Morumbi-Luz: Projeto Funcional". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
4. "A Parceria Público Privada na Linha 4-Amarela do Sistema Metroviário de São Paulo" (in Portuguese). Governo do Estado de São Paulo. Retrieved 17 December 2019. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
5. de Assis Pereira, Daniela Constanzo (November 2017). "Ajuste urbano integrado: o caso da Linha 4-Amarela do Metrô de São Paulo" (in Portuguese). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas da Universidade de São Paulo. Retrieved 17 December 2019. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
6. Izidoro, Alencar (29 October 2005). "Alckmin "apaga" metrô rejeitado por vizinho". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 December 2019.
7. Monteiro, André; Lobel, Fabrício (31 July 2015). "Veja a saga da construção da linha 4-amarela do Metrô de São Paulo". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 December 2019.
8. Toscano, João Walter; Kamimura, Massayoshi; Gonzalez, Monique Alonso; Setti Toscano, Odiléa Helena (2011). Pátio Vila Sônia do Metrô, Linha 4-Amarela; projeto de arquitetura. São Paulo: Arquitetura e Urbanismo. pp. 36−41.