Brás (São Paulo Metro)

Brás

Coordinates

23°32′52″S 46°36′57″W / 23.547824°S 46.615881°WCoordinates: 23°32′52″S 46°36′57″W / 23.547824°S 46.615881°W

Platforms

Side platforms and Island platforms

Connections

Access to SPTrans Bus Line

Construction

Structure type

elevated

Disabled access

Yes

Other information

Station code

BAS

History

Opened

March 10, 1979

Services

Preceding station	São Paulo Metro	Following station
Pedro II toward Palmeiras-Barra Funda	Line 3	Bresser-Mooca toward Corinthians-Itaquera
Preceding station	CPTM	Following station
Luz Terminus	Line 10	Mooca toward Rio Grande da Serra
Luz Terminus	Line 11	Tatuapé toward Estudantes
Terminus	Line 12	Tatuapé toward Calmon Viana
Terminus	Line 13	Tatuapé toward Zezinho Magalhães

Brás is a station on Line 3 (Red) of the São Paulo Metro and Lines 10 (Turquoise), 11 (Coral), and 12 (Sapphire) of the CPTM commuter train. The planned Line 13 (Jade) of the CPTM system will also have a station at Brás.

The first station at this location was opened on February 16, 1867, under the name 'Brás' 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 (Green 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.

The following SPTrans bus lines can be accessed. Passengers may use a Bilhete Único card for transfer:

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