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Deodoro station

Coordinates: 22°51′18″S 43°23′01″W / 22.854889°S 43.383653°W / -22.854889; -43.383653
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Deodoro Station
Commuter
Deodoro Station
General information
LocationRio de Janeiro
Brazil
Coordinates22°51′18″S 43°23′01″W / 22.854889°S 43.383653°W / -22.854889; -43.383653
Line(s) SuperVia
Deodoro Line
Santa Cruz Line
Japeri Line
History
Opened1859; 165 years ago (1859)
Services
Preceding station SuperVia Following station
Marechal Hermes
towards Central
Deodoro Terminus
Madureira
towards Central
Santa Cruz Vila Militar
towards Santa Cruz
Japeri Ricardo de Albuquerque
towards Japeri

Deodoro Station is a railway station in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro that serves as the terminal of the Deodoro Line. It is also on the Santa Cruz and Japeri lines.[1]

History

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The station was opened in 1859 and was initially known as Sapopemba. It was part of the Mangaratiba branch of the Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil.

The current name was adopted in the early 1900s in honour of Deodoro da Fonseca, the first president of Brazil.

Access

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The station provides access to the Deodoro Olympic Park, which hosted events at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

Sources

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  • Max Vasconcellos: Vias Brasileiras de Comunicação, 1928

References

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  1. ^ "Estações e Integrações" (in Portuguese). SuperVia. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  2. ^ Whibley, Jack; Flueckiger, Lisa (11 June 2013). "Rio 2016 Olympics in the Deodoro Zone". The Rio Times. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Venues Map - Deodoro". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.