Cidade Universitária (CPTM)

For the Lisbon Metro station, see Cidade Universitária (Lisbon Metro).

Cidade Universitária is a train station on ViaMobilidade Line 9-Emerald, in the district of Alto de Pinheiros in São Paulo.

Cidade Universitária
General information
Location	Av. das Nações Unidas, 6202 Alto de Pinheiros Brazil
Coordinates	23°33′28″S 46°42′42″W / 23.557639°S 46.711764°W / -23.557639; -46.711764
Owned by	Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by	ViaMobilidade (CCR)
Platforms	Island platform
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	USP
History
Opened	4 April 1981; 43 years ago (1981-04-04)
Services
Preceding station São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Following station Villa Lobos-Jaguaré towards Osasco Line 9 Pinheiros towards Varginha
Track layout Legend to Villa Lobos-Jaguaré to Pinheiros

History

The station was built by Fepasa to attend University of São Paulo students, being opened on 4 April 1981.^[1] In 1996, CPTM starts operating the Fepasa commuter train lines, including this station. It was reformed and reopened on 28 March 2010.^[2] Between 28 August 2000 and 9 September 2011, it was connected with São Paulo Metro station Vila Madalena through the Orca Shuttle Service.^[3]

References

1. Mnnucci Giesbrecht, Ralph. "Cidade Universitaria" (in Portuguese). Estações Ferroviárias do Brasil. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
2. "Governo entrega estações modernizadas da Linha 9-Esmeralda da CPTM" (in Portuguese). Governo do Estado de São Paulo. 28 March 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
3. "Ponte ORCA Cidade Universitária/VIla Madalena encerra operação" (in Portuguese). Governo do Estado de São Paulo. 8 September 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2019.