Uruguai / Tijuca Station ( pt, Estação Uruguai / Tijuca) is a station on the
Rio de Janeiro Metro
The Rio de Janeiro Metro ( pt, MetrôRio, ), commonly referred to as just the ''Metrô'' () is a rapid transit network that serves the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Metrô was inaugurated on 5 March 1979, and consisted of five stations op ...
that services the neighbourhood of
Tijuca
Tijuca () (meaning marsh or swamp in the Tupi language, from ''ty'' ("water") and ''îuk'' ("rotten")) is a neighbourhood of the Northern Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It comprises the region of Saens Peña and Afonso Pena squar ...
in the
North Zone of Rio de Janeiro.
The station was opened in 2014, more than 30 years after initially being promised. Uruguai is the first metro station in Rio de Janeiro to be fitted with
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi () is a family of wireless network protocols, based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio wave ...
for passenger use.
References
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Metrô Rio stations
Railway stations opened in 2014
2014 establishments in Brazil