Line 2 (São Paulo Metro)

São Paulo Metro Line 2 (Green)
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	São Paulo Metro
Status	Operational
Locale	São Paulo, Brazil
Termini	Vila Madalena Vila Prudente
Stations	14
Operation
Opened	January 25, 1991
Operator(s)	Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo
Technical
Line length	14.7 kilometres (9.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) 750 V DC third rail
Operating speed	Maximum 87 km per hour
Route map Line 2 (São Paulo Metro) Vila Madalena Santuário Nossa Senhora de Fátima Sumaré Clínicas Tunnel over Line 4 (Yellow) Consolação Trianon Masp 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) mark Brigadeiro Paraíso (Access to Line 1 (Blue)) Ana Rosa (Access to Line 1 (Blue)) Link to Line 1 (Blue) Tunnel under Line 1 (Blue) Chácara Klabin Bridge over Rio Ipiranga Santos-Imigrantes 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) mark Alto do Ipiranga Sacomã Link with rail yard Tamanduateí Access to CPTM Bridge over Rio Tamanduateí Vila Prudente

Line 2 (Green) is a line of the São Paulo Metro and currently runs between the Vila Madalena and Vila Prudente stations. The line is also called the Paulista Line, because it goes along much of the Avenida Paulista, one of the leading financial centers in São Paulo. Despite being the second line to be planned, it was the third to be built—the second line built was actually Line 3 (Red Line). This line connects West to South-East regions.

The first section of Line 2 (Green Line), initially called the Paulista Line, was built using the New Austrian Tunnelling Method. The line opened on January 25, 1991, having at that time a length of 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) and four stations. With this line the metro system was extended to include a major axis of the expanded center of São Paulo, with a large concentration of financial institutions, hospitals, schools, hotels, consulates, offices of state radio and television, theaters and museums. The following year the Ana Rosa and Clínicas stations were opened, increasing the line to 4.7 kilometres (2.9 mi). In 1998 two new stations (Vila Madalena and Santuário Nossa Senhora de Fátima-Sumaré) were completed, adding a further 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) stretch.

On March 30, 2006 the then Governor Geraldo Alckmin on his last day in office opened the Santos-Imigrantes station. Shortly after, on May 9, 2006, the Chácara Klabin station was formally opened by former Governor Claudio Lembo, thus completing the 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) stretch between Ana Rosa and Santos-Imigrantes, making the line a total of 9.9 kilometres (6.2 mi) long.

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