Guaianases (CPTM)

Guaianases
General information
LocationAv. Salvador Gianetti, s/n
Guaianases
Brazil
Coordinates23°32′32″S 46°24′56″W / 23.542316°S 46.415584°W / -23.542316; -46.415584
Owned by Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by CPTM
PlatformsIsland platforms
Connections Guaianases Bus Terminal
Construction
Structure typeSurface
Other information
Station codeGUA
History
Opened27 May 2000
Services
Preceding station São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Following station
José Bonifácio
towards Palmeiras-Barra Funda
 Line 11 Antonio Gianetti Neto
towards Estudantes
Track layout
Legend
to Dom Bosco
to Antonio Gianetti Neto

Guaianases is a train station on CPTM Line 11-Coral, located in the limits between Lajeado and Guaianases districts, both in the East Side São Paulo.

History

In 1987, Governor-elect Orestes Quércia orders to the São Paulo Metropolitan Company a study about the expansion of Metro East-West Line towards Guaianazes. The study results say that just a line expansion would cause its collapse because of overcrowding, indicating that the ideal solution would be revitalize the railway administrated by CBTU. Contradicting studies, Quércia launched the construction on 14 October of that same year. In that moment, the state of São Paulo was in debt with the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), causing the constructions to be put on hold until May 1988, when they were resumed. Construction was stopped many times, with the state priorizing the construction of Metro Paulista Branch, until they were completely abandoned in 1992, during Governor Fleury's administration.[1][2][3]

In 1995, in Covas administration, construction was resumed by CPTM, which had financial conditions to assume the construction financial with BNDES, being opened on 27 May 2000.[4]

Project

Although its modern conception station, Guaianases doesn't have escalators and elevators, getting complaints from the commuters.[5] Between 2012 and 2014, CPTM hired GP Sistran company to make the basic and executive project for the installing of these equipments. Although the Guaianases accessibility project was signed in to PAC Mobilidade, CPTM had their request denied because of the Brazilian economic crisis, so the project was archived for now.[6]

References

  1. ^ Mello, Karla Reis Cardoso de (1998). Transporte Urbano de Passageiros: as contradiçÕes do Poder Público [Urban Commuter Transportation: the contradictions of Public Power] (Thesis) (in Portuguese). São Paulo. p. 258.
  2. ^ "Sem verba, Metrô diz que vai começar obra" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. 19 May 1998. p. A12. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Governo apressa Metrô na Paulista em prejuízo de linha na periferia" (in Portuguese). No. 22304. Folha de S. Paulo. 27 April 1990. p. C1. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Expresso Leste - um projeto de integração" (PDF). Revista de Transportes Públicos da ANTP (in Portuguese). No. 90. Associação Nacional de Transportes Públicos. March 2003. pp. 17–26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Usuários da CPTM reclamam da falta de acessibilidade na estação Guaianases" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Acessibilidade - Obras de Guaianases emperrar" (in Portuguese). Gazeta da Zona Leste. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2019.