Saens Peña Station

Saens Peña / Tijuca is a station on the Rio de Janeiro Metro that services the neighborhood of Tijuca in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro.

Saens Peña / Tijuca
Entrance to Saens Peña Station in Saenz Peña Place
General information
Location	Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Coordinates	22°55′25″S 43°13′55″W / 22.9236526°S 43.2318928°W / -22.9236526; -43.2318928
Operated by	Metrô Rio
Line(s)	Line 1
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Connections	Integrated buses:^[1]^[2]^[better source needed] 603 Usina 608 Grajaú
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes^[3]
Other information
Station code	SPN
History
Opened	1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Services
Preceding station Rio de Janeiro Metro Following station Uruguai Terminus Line 1 São Francisco Xavier towards General Osório
Location
Saens Peña / Tijuca Location within Rio de Janeiro

The station, inaugurated in 1982, was named simply Saens Peña until August 2022 when, alongside many others, it was renamed to include its neighborhood, Tijuca, in the name.^[4]

Passenger traffic

Historical passenger traffic

Year Passengers ±% 1998 9,105,143 —     1999 10,182,198 +11.8% 2000 10,487,459 +3.0% 2001 10,063,969 −4.0% 2002 9,982,976 −0.8% 2003 9,651,933 −3.3% 2004 10,236,043 +6.1% 2005 11,864,483 +15.9% 2006 12,056,413 +1.6% 2007 12,520,139 +3.8% 2008 12,214,612 −2.4% 2009 11,977,007 −1.9%	Year Passengers ±% 2010 11,350,660 −5.2% 2011 11,843,898 +4.3% 2012 12,045,724 +1.7% 2013 12,637,869 +4.9% 2014 10,394,953 −17.7% 2015 9,130,138 −12.2% 2016 9,089,765 −0.4% 2017 8,326,014 −8.4% 2018 7,956,573 −4.4% 2019 8,042,196 +1.1% 2020 3,674,416 −54.3% 2021 3,817,452 +3.9%
Note: This table displays the total amount of passengers reportedly transported in the station in a given year. Source: Rio de Janeiro Municipal Government.^[5]

Nearby locations

• Saens Peña Square
• Shopping Tijuca mall
• Tijuca Tênis Clube

References

1. (in Brazilian Portuguese). MetrôRio. Archived from the original on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
2. Moreira, Willian (13 June 2022). "Prefeitura do Rio define novos valores de integração entre Metrô e sistema de transporte por pneus" [Municipal government of Rio defines new prices for Metro integration with road transport]. Diário do Transporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
3. "Saens Peña - Sobre a Estação" (in Portuguese). MetrôRio. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
4. "Estações do metrô no Rio receberão complemento com nomes dos bairros onde estão localizadas" [Rio de Janeiro Metro stations will receive complement with neighborhood names where they're located]. G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 4 August 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
5. "Total mensal de passageiros transportados no Metrô, segundo as estações e linhas, no Município do Rio de Janeiro entre 1998 e 2021" [Monthly total of passengers transported by the Metro, according to stations and lines, in the Rio de Janeiro city between 1998 and 2021]. Data.rio (in Brazilian Portuguese). 19 March 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

External links

  Media related to Estação Saens Peña at Wikimedia Commons