Butantã is a

metro station A metro station or subway station is a train station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase tickets, board trains, and evacuate the syste ...

on Line 4-Yellow of the

São Paulo Metro The São Paulo Metro (, ), commonly called the ''Metrô'', is one of the rapid transit companies serving the city of São Paulo, alongside the Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos, São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Company (CPTM), Via Quatro ...

operated by

ViaQuatro ViaQuatro is a company belonging to Companhia de Concessões Rodoviárias, being responsible for the operation, maintenance and investments of more than US$2 billion in the Line 4 of São Paulo Metro for 30 years, through the first public-privat ...

. It opened on 28 March 2011, covering an area of , and it has disabled access. The station is located on Avenida Vital Brasil, 427. It has three entrances, and it connects with a SPTrans bus terminal adjacent to the station. It is planned to connect Line 4-Yellow with future Line 22 (Rebouças–Cotia).

Characteristics

The station is located in Avenida Vital Brasil, 427, in a crossing with Rua Pirajussara. Is an underground station, with side platforms and support rooms above the ground level, with structures in concrete and a metallic structure catwalk, fixated with braces above the platforms. The ViaQuatro employees' offices and technical and operational rooms are located in external buildings, what would have avoided, according to the Metro, many expropriations. The station has 9 ratchets, 14 escalators and 5 elevators, beside platform security doors (PSDs) in the platforms. It has access to people with disabilities and connection with urban bus terminal. Its capacity was projected for an average of 35,000 daily passengers.

Station layout

References

São Paulo Metro stations Railway stations located underground in Brazil Railway stations in Brazil opened in 2011 {{SãoPaulo-metro-stub