Carandiru (São Paulo Metro)

Coordinates: 23°30′35″S 46°37′30″W / 23.509662°S 46.624904°W / -23.509662; -46.624904
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Carandiru
General information
LocationAv. Cruzeiro do Sul, 2487
Santana
Brazil
Coordinates23°30′35″S 46°37′30″W / 23.509662°S 46.624904°W / -23.509662; -46.624904
Owned by Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo
PlatformsSide platforms
Construction
Structure typeElevated
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeCDU
History
OpenedSeptember 26, 1975
Passengers
11,000/business day[1]
Services
Preceding station São Paulo Metro Following station
Santana
towards Tucuruvi
Line 1 Portuguesa-Tietê
towards Jabaquara

Carandiru is a metro station on São Paulo Metro Line 1-Blue, located in the district of Santana, in São Paulo. It was opened on 26 September 1975.[2]

Location[edit]

View from the platform of the station.

Located in Avenida Cruzeiro do Sul, 2487,[2] in the district of Santana, North Side of São Paulo. It is next to the location of the old Carandiru Penitentiary, stage of many crises of the penitentiary system during more than 20 years, deactivated and imploded in 2002 to give place to Youth Park (Parque da Juventude).

Characteristics[edit]

Train leaving the station.

It is an elevated station with structure in apparent concrete, prefabricated cover in concrete, and two side platforms.[2] It also has, besides the access, two gates on each side of the platforms, in a way that the passenger who leaves the train in a platform cannot take the train on the opposite side without paying another fee.

It has 6,880 square metres (74,100 sq ft) of built area and capacity for 20,000 passengers per hour during peak hours.[2]

Track layout

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Entrada de Passageiros por Estação - Média Dias Úteis - 2023" (PDF) (in Portuguese). 2023-09-15. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  2. ^ a b c d "Estação Carandiru" (in Portuguese). Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo. Retrieved 7 August 2019.