Palmeiras-Barra Funda, also known only as Barra Funda, is a train station on CPTM Line 7-Ruby and ViaMobilidade Line 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.
General information
Location	Av. Auro Soares de Moura Andrade, 664 Barra Funda Brazil
Coordinates	23.525556°S 46.667222°W / -23.525556; -46.667222
Owned by	Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by	CPTM ViaMobilidade (CCR)
Platforms	Island platforms
Connections	Barra Funda Bus Terminal
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	BFU
History
Opened	10 July 1875; 147 years ago (1875-07-10) (EFS) 19 May 1892; 130 years ago (1892-05-19) (SPR)
Rebuilt	17 December 1988; 33 years ago (1988-12-17)
Previous names	Barra Funda
Services
Preceding station CPTM Following station Água Branca towards Jundiaí Line 7 Luz towards Brás Service 710 Luz towards Rio Grande da Serra Lapa towards 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 towards Corinthians-Itaquera
Track layout Legend to Água Branca to Lapa to Júlio Prestes to Luz

History

The first railway to open a station in Barra Funda was the Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana, 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 from 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 Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana 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, in 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. CBTU line was transferred only on 5 January 1989.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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