Uruguai / Tijuca[1] Station (Portuguese: Estação Uruguai / Tijuca) is a station on the Rio de Janeiro Metro that services the neighbourhood of Tijuca in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro.
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![]() Opening day of Uruguai Station in March 2014 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Rua Conde de Bonfim, 743 Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro Brazil | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 22.9325°S 43.238611°W / -22.9325; -43.238611 | ||||||||||
Operated by | Metrô Rio | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Line 1 | ||||||||||
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Opened | March 2014; 8 years ago (2014-03) | ||||||||||
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![]() ![]() Uruguai / Tijuca Location within Rio de Janeiro |
The station was opened in 2014, more than 30 years after initially being promised. Uruguai is the first metro station in Rio de Janeiro to be fitted with Wi-Fi for passenger use.[2][3][4]