Jaraguá is a

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CPTM , owner = São Paulo State Government , area served = Greater São Paulo, Brazil , transit_type = Commuter rail , lines = 5 , line_number = , s ...

Line 7-Ruby, in the district of Jaraguá in

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. It is the only CPTM station that has platforms built in different locations. The station is split in two by Estrada de Taipas. This way, the level crossing is open faster for the local traffic and avoid delays.

History

The station was opened by

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on 1 October 1891, named ''Taipas''. In the 1940s, it was renamed to ''Jaraguá'' because of a telegraph post that was next to the station with the same name. The located in the Km 95 of the SP-1452 road. In 1947, SPR lines were incorporated to the public state company

Estrada de Ferro Santos-Jundiaí Estrada de Ferro Santos-Jundiaí was a gauge railway line in São Paulo, Brazil. On 13 September 1946, the São Paulo Railway was nationalised by the federal government, and passed to be managed by the Brazilian Ministry of Transportation and ...

(EFSJ). Besides many federal administrations, the station didn't go through any improvements, as in the 1970s and 1980s the lines were getting more abandoned. The scrapping of the commuter train system caused a revolt in the commuters, who destroyed many stations, including Jaraguá, which was set on fire on 28 October 1983. In the following year, the station was reformed in the 1980s, the current building was constructed, and the train system was transferred to another federal company (CBTU). Currently, the building keeps its original characteristics and, since then, it attends the CPTM metropolitan trains, which started operating in 1994. Jaraguá rail station was certified as a historical site by the

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(Council of Defence of Historic, Archaeological, Artistic and Touristic Site) on 21 June 2010, by the Circullar Letter No, 1453/2010 of Process 60308/2009. The communication letter was published on 22 July 2010. The certification was requested by Ralph Mennucci Giesbrecht in 2006. Currently, it was announced the rebuilt of many stations, with Jaraguá among them.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jaraguá (CPTM) Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos stations Railway stations opened in 1891