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Praça da Bandeira station

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Praça da Bandeira

Estação Praça da Bandeira
Praça da Bandeira station in 2016
General information
LocationRio de Janeiro
Brazil
Coordinates22°54′35″S 43°12′47″W / 22.9098528°S 43.2129222°W / -22.9098528; -43.2129222
Elevation8 metres
Owned byRio de Janeiro State Government
Operated bySuperVia
Line(s)Deodoro Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeRJ-1301
History
Opened1907; 117 years ago (1907)
Electrified1937; 87 years ago (1937)
Previous namesLauro Müller
Services
Preceding station SuperVia Following station
Central
Terminus
Deodoro São Cristóvão
towards Deodoro
Santa Cruz São Cristóvão
towards Santa Cruz
Japeri São Cristóvão
towards Japeri
Location
Praça da Bandeira is located in Rio de Janeiro
Praça da Bandeira
Praça da Bandeira
Location within Rio de Janeiro

Praça da Bandeira Station (Portuguese: Estação Praça da Bandeira), previously known as Lauro Müller Station (Portuguese: Estação Lauro Müller), is a railway station in Praça da Bandeira, Rio de Janeiro which is serviced by the Supervia.

History

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Praça da Bandeira Station

The station, then known as Lauro Müller Station, was inaugurated in 1907, following a modification of the trackbed of the Central do Brasil Railroad between Central do Brasil (then known as Dom Pedro II) and São Cristóvão. In 1957, Manchete magazine described the construction of the station as follows: "(…) With [passenger] traffic increasing day by day, especially after the start of the railway services from the docks, and to avoid future complications with the lateral avenues of the new Mangue Canal, opened by the Comissão Construtora do Cais do Porto (Docklands Construction Commission), the director Francisco de Paiva Ramos, on 25th May 1903, suggested elevating the line between São Cristóvão and São Diogo, removing the level crossing on the Praia Formosa, Figueira de Melo and São Cristóvão Roads. The idea was approved, and the project was executed by the Seção Técnica da Linha (Technical Section of the Line), under the leadership of the engineer Carlos Euler, helped by his colleague Mário Martins Costa. The line elevation works, which included the construction of a metallic viaduct over the canal, near Leopoldina Station, started in 1905, with José de Andrade Pinto being the chief line engineer. With the elevation of the line, São Diogo lost its importance, and Lauro Muller Station opened. It was named after the transport minister at the time, who inaugurated the station alongside Afonso Pena, the President of the Republic".[1] The station was renamed in the 2000s after the public square on which it's located.[citation needed]

Platforms

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Southbound local Deodoro Line toward Central do Brasil (Central do Brasil) (weekday mornings and early afternoons)[2]
Santa Cruz Line toward Central do Brasil (Central do Brasil) (weekends and weekday afternoons and evenings)
Japeri Line toward Central do Brasil (Central do Brasil) (weekends and weekday afternoons and evenings)
Island platform
Northbound local Deodoro Line toward Deodoro (São Cristóvão) (weekdays, except nights)
Santa Cruz Line toward Santa Cruz (São Cristóvão) (weekends and weekday early mornings and nights)
Japeri Line toward Japeri (São Cristóvão) (weekends and weekday early mornings and late nights)
Southbound express Santa Cruz Line does not stop here (weekday mornings and early afternoons)
Japeri Line does not stop here (weekday mornings and early afternoons)
Northbound express Santa Cruz Line does not stop here (weekdays, except early mornings and nights)
Japeri Line does not stop here (weekdays, except mornings and late nights)
Southbound Belford Roxo Line does not stop here
Saracuruna Line does not stop here
Northbound Belford Roxo Line does not stop here →
Saracuruna Line does not stop here →
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References

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  1. ^ Ralph Mennucci Giesbrecht (2018). "Praça da Bandeira". Estações Ferroviárias do Brasil. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Mais viagens expressas no ramal Santa Cruz e retorno das viagens paradoras do ramal Deodoro" [More express services on the Santa Cruz Line and the return of local services on the Deodoro Line]. Supervia (in Portuguese). 5 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.