Lapa, originally named Km 7, is a train station on ViaMobilidade Line 8-Diamond, located in the district of Lapa in São Paulo.

Lapa
Entrance of the station
General information
Location	R. Guaicurus, 1438 Lapa Brazil
Coordinates	23.520109°S 46.698917°W / -23.520109; -46.698917
Owned by	Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by	ViaMobilidade (CCR)
Platforms	Side platforms
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	LAB
History
Opened	1 June 1958
Rebuilt	25 January 1979
Previous names	Km 7
Services
Preceding station CPTM Following station Domingos de Moraes towards Amador Bueno Line 8 Palmeiras-Barra Funda towards Júlio Prestes
Future out-of-system interchange Preceding station São Paulo Metro Following station Terminus Line 20 (proposed) Vila Romana towards Pref. Celso Daniel-Santo André
Track layout Legend to Domingos de Moraes to Palmeiras-Barra Funda

History

With the arrival of the railways of São Paulo Railway in 1867 and Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana in 1875 to the region of Lapa, the English railway implanted the first station in the neighbourhood. Because of that, Sorocabana couldn't build their station, due to legal affairs. Therefore, Sorocabana had to wait until the end of the SPR concession to build their station. In 1951, a small post was implemented to help the Lapa Tendal. At the time, the then City Councillor Nicolau Tuma suggested the construction of a new unified Lapa Station, being the first of many suggestion that would be presented in the following decades.[1]

With the demand growth, a new building was built and opened on 1 June 1958, with the name of Km 7.[2] However the construction works were only finished in 1961.[3]

In the end of the 1970s, the old station was demolished, giving place for a new station, built by Christian-Nielsen Engenheiros e Construtores, hired by FEPASA and reopened on 6 July 1985.[4] The station, along with the entire line, was transferred to CPTM, which operated it until 2022, when it was auctioned with Line 9-Diamond to ViaMobilidade.

Projects

Due to the existence of two Lapa stations, separated for 500 metres (1,600 ft) and without connection with each other, two project to unify the stations were made:

• In 1978, São Paulo Metropolitan Company projected the west expansion of the East-West Line with Pompeia station and the terminus in Lapa station, which would be rebuilt, with connection from the Metro to the FEPASA and RFFSA commuter train lines, and would count with a bus terminal attached to it. Because of the lack of funds, the project was cancelled, and the line had its terminus in Barra Funda station.[5]
• In 2010, CPTM hired, along with Una Arquitetos, a project to unify Lapa stations. The project was influenced by the project of the burial of Lapa-Brás branch. It hasn't been executed yet.[6]

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