Brás is a station on the Line 3-Red of

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and on the Lines 10-Turquoise, 11-Coral, 12-Sapphire and the Service 710 of

CPTM The Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) () is one of the rapid transit companies serving the city of São Paulo, alongside the São Paulo Metro, Via Quatro and Via Mobilidade, all four forming the largest metropolitan rail transpo ...

History

The first station at this location was opened on February 16, 1867, under the name 'Braz' by the São Paulo Railway (SPR). On November 6, 1875, the Northern Railway (Estrada de Ferro do Norte, later the Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil) opened a terminal station, called the 'Estação do Norte' for their northern rail lines. The name of this station was changed to "Roosevelt" on September 15, 1945, by presidential decree in homage to the American President

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, who died that year. During the 1950s the government took control of the lines operated by the SPR, and creating the National Rail Company RFFSA (liquidated in 2007). During the 1980s, with the construction of the East-West Line (Red line 3 on the

) the train station was integrated with the newly inaugurated metro station, forming the integrated Brás station. In 1994, the

assumed administration of the suburban rail service and remodeled the station. After the remodeling, the name 'Roosevelt' was officially dropped, and the station began being called Brás, as was called the original SPR station.

SPTrans lines

The following

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bus lines can be accessed. Passengers may use a

Bilhete Único Bilhete Único (''Unified Ticket'') is the name of the São Paulo transportation contactless smart card system for fare control. Using Philips Mifare technology, the ticketing system is managed by SPTrans (São Paulo Transporte S/A), the ci ...

card for transfer:

References

São Paulo Metro stations Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos stations Railway stations in Brazil opened in 1979 {{SãoPaulo-metro-stub