Corinthians-Itaquera, or just Itaquera, is a station which is part of the metropolitan train system 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 ...
and
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 ...
.
Corinthians-Itaquera station has this name for being located in the district of
Itaquera, in
São Paulo
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, close to
Arena Corinthians. There is, also, connection with
Poupatempo in Itaquera and Shopping Metrô Itaquera in its surroundings. It's located in Avenida Projetada, 1900.
Metro Line 3-Red
Corinthians-Itaquera station was opened on 1 October 1988, being terminus for
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 ...
Line 3-Red, in the East route. In this station, there is also a connection with the Line 3-Red Maintenance Yard, known as "
Itaquera yard" or "PIT".
The station is elevated with two island platforms over the distribution level, structure in apparent concrete, and metallic spatial lattice cover. It has adapted access for people with disabilities and reduced movements. Occupies an area of and has capacity for 60,000 passengers per day during peak hours.
CPTM Line 11-Coral
Corinthians-Itaquera station is a
train station
A train station, railroad station, or railway station is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight, or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track, and a station building providing suc ...
on
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 ...
Line 11-Coral.
The current CPTM station area, which corresponds to one island platform, was built by São Paulo Metro, being unused for almost 12 years, and opened on 27 May 2000 to be used by the then-East Express.
References
São Paulo Metro stations
Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos stations
Railway stations in Brazil opened in 1988
Railway stations in Brazil opened in 2000
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