Morumbi (São Paulo Metro)
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Location | Av. das Nações Unidas, 14171 Santo Amaro Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 23°37′18″S 46°42′06″W / 23.621593°S 46.701642°WCoordinates: 23°37′18″S 46°42′06″W / 23.621593°S 46.701642°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Government of the State of São Paulo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | ViaMobilidade (2023-2043) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | Side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opening | 30 April 2023 (estimated)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Morumbi is a future monorail station, which will be operated by ViaMobilidade. Placed in the district of Santo Amaro in São Paulo, it will connect with homonymous station of Line 9-Emerald.
History[]
In 2010, it was presented the project of Line 17 of São Paulo Metro, with a connection station project beside the CPTM station.[2] In 2011, the construction was started, but it was interrupted many times because of legal problem between the Metro and builder companies. Currently, is in process of bidding, with conclusion scheduled to mid of 2022.[3][4]
Toponymy[]
The word "Morumbi" is an indigenous term of tupi origin that can mean "green fly" (moru: fly, and mbi: green). The ethnologist Eduardo Navarro defends that "Morumbi" has other meanings, as from the tupi maromby, which meaning is "river of the big fishes" (maromba: "big fish"; y: "river"), or marumbi, term of Portuguese language that means "lagoon full of taboas".[5]
Station layout[]
P Platform level | ||||
Side platform, doors open on the right | ||||
Eastbound | toward Aeroporto de Congonhas/Washington Luiz → | |||
Eastbound | toward Aeroporto de Congonhas/Washington Luiz → | |||
Side platform, doors open on the left | ||||
M | Mezzanine | Fare control, ticket office, customer service, Bilhete Único/BOM recharge machines, future transfer between Lines and | ||
G | Street level | Exit/entrance |
References[]
- ^ Meier, Ricardo (28 March 2021). "Relatório anual do Metrô prevê início da operação da Linha 17-Ouro em abril de 2023". Metrô CPTM (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "SP assina convênio para construção da Linha 17-Ouro do Metrô" (in Portuguese). Governo do Estado de São Paulo. June 30, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^ Galfo, Fernando (February 11, 2019). "Monotrilho da Linha 17 Ouro somente em 2021" (in Portuguese). Ferroviando. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^ Galfo, Fernando (March 22, 2019). "Baldy promete monotrilho da Linha 17 Ouro até final de 2022" (in Portuguese). Ferroviando. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^ NAVARRO, E. A. (2013). Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo: Global. p. 586. ISBN 978-85-260-1933-1.
- São Paulo Metro stations
- Proposed railway stations in Brazil
- São Paulo Metro stubs