Palmeiras-Barra Funda, also known only as Barra Funda, 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 = , st ...

Line 7-Ruby and

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Line 8-Diamond, in the district of

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History

The first railway to open a station in Barra Funda was the

Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana Rail transport in Brazil began in the 19th century and there were many different railway companies. The railways were nationalised under RFFSA (Rede Ferroviária Federal, Sociedade Anônima) in 1957. Between 1999 and 2007, RFFSA was broken up ...

, on 10 July 1875. On 19 May 1892,

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opened their station, a few meter ahead, after Viaduto Pacaembu. The stations were isolated from each other. The idea of integration between the suburban trains and Metro began in the 1980s. The current station was built by the

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with resources from the State and Federal Governments, in the location of the old Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana station, to attend the East-West Line (current Line 3-Red) and unify in only one station the FEPASA and CBTU commuter trains. During the construction, in May 1986, a favela was displaced, which was located onder the adjacent Viaduto Antártica, paying Cz$ 6,000 for each family. Despite the amount paid, the families chose to invade a land in Alto da Lapa, which was considered the first municipal land invasion during

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administration. The station was opened on 17 December 1988, only with Metro and FEPASA lines. CBTU line was transferred only on 5 January 1989. After the unification of the FEPASA and CBTU commuter train line as CPTM, a free interchange between the old companies' lines began. On 27 April 2006, the Metro station was renamed to Palmeiras-Barra Funda, a tribute to

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, a São Paulo soccer club headquartered away from the terminal. The same happened to the CPTM station in 2007.

Station layout

References

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