Brás (São Paulo Metro)

Brás
Building of the station, part of the CPTM
General information
Location	Rua Domingos Paiva Brás Brazil
Coordinates	23°32′45″S 46°36′59″W
Owned by	Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by	Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo CPTM
Platforms	Island and side platforms Island and side platforms
Connections	Brás Bus Terminal
Construction
Structure type	Elevated At-grade
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	BAS
History
Opened	10 March 1979 16 February 1867
Previous names	Braz Estação do Norte Roosevelt
Passengers
75,000/business day
Services
Preceding station São Paulo Metro Following station Pedro II towards Palmeiras–Barra Funda Line 3 Bresser-Mooca towards Corinthians-Itaquera
Out-of-system interchange
Preceding station São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Following station Luz towards Jundiaí Service 710 Juventus-Mooca towards Rio Grande da Serra Luz Terminus Line 10 Luz towards Palmeiras-Barra Funda Line 11 Tatuapé towards Estudantes Terminus Line 12 Tatuapé towards Calmon Viana Luz towards Palmeiras-Barra Funda Line 13-Airport Express Guarulhos-CECAP towards Aeroporto–Guarulhos
Track layout Line 3 track layout to Pedro II to Bresser–Mooca CPTM track layout to Luz to Luz to Tatuapé to Tatuapé to Juventus–Mooca

Brás is a station on the Line 3-Red of São Paulo Metro and on the Lines 10-Turquoise, 11-Coral, 12-Sapphire and the Service 710 of CPTM.

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 Franklin Roosevelt, 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 São Paulo Metro) the train station was integrated with the newly inaugurated metro station, forming the integrated Brás station. In 1994, the CPTM 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 SPTrans bus lines can be accessed. Passengers may use a Bilhete Único card for transfer:

Line	Destination
5131/10	Cid. Ademar
5630/10	Grajaú Terminal