Uruguai Station

For other uses, see Uruguay Station (disambiguation).

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

Uruguai / Tijuca
Opening day of Uruguai Station in March 2014
General information
Location	Rua Conde de Bonfim, 743 Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Coordinates	22°55′57″S 43°14′19″W / 22.9325°S 43.238611°W / -22.9325; -43.238611
Operated by	Metrô Rio
Line(s)	Line 1
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Bicycle facilities	Yes^[1]
Accessible	Yes^[1]
History
Opened	March 15, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-03-15)^[2]
Previous names	Uruguai
Services
Preceding station Rio de Janeiro Metro Following station Terminus Line 1 Saens Peña towards General Osório
Location
Uruguai / Tijuca Location within Rio de Janeiro

The station was inaugurated in 15 March 2014, more than 30 years after initially being promised.^[2] It was previously simply named Uruguai, but was renamed alongside many others in August 2022 to include its neighborhood, Tijuca, in the name.^[3] Uruguai was the first metro station in Rio de Janeiro to be fitted with Wi-Fi for passenger use.^{[4][verification needed]}

Passenger traffic

Historical passenger traffic

Year	Passengers	±%
2014	5,437,874	—
2015	7,297,128	+34.2%
2016	7,759,343	+6.3%
2017	7,160,989	−7.7%
2018	6,995,146	−2.3%
2019	7,211,233	+3.1%
2020	2,973,707	−58.8%
2021	2,948,597	−0.8%
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]

References

1. "Uruguai / Tijuca" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro Metro. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
2. "Estação Uruguai do metrô é aberta ao público na Tijuca". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 15 March 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
3. "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.
4. Hearst, Chesney (17 March 2014). "New Tijuca Metro Station Opened in Rio: Daily". The Rio Times. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
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 Uruguai at Wikimedia Commons