Butantã (São Paulo Metro)

Butantã is a metro station on Line 4-Yellow of the São Paulo Metro operated by ViaQuatro. It opened on 28 March 2011, covering an area of 12,987.25 square metres (139,793.6 sq ft), and it has disabled access. The station is located on Avenida Vital Brasil, 427. It has three entrances, and it connects with a SPTrans bus terminal adjacent to the station.[1] It is planned to connect Line 4-Yellow with future Line 22 (Rebouças–Cotia).[2]

Butantã
The Butantã Subway Station in 2016
Location	Av. Vital Brasil, 427[1] Butantã Brazil
Owned by	Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by	ViaQuatro
Platforms	Side platforms
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	BUT
History
Opened	28 March 2011[1]
Services
Preceding station   São Paulo Metro   Following station Pinheiros toward Luz Line 4 São Paulo–Morumbi toward Vila Sônia

Track layout (Line 4)
to Pinheiros to São Paulo–Morumbi

Characteristics

The station is located in Avenida Vital Brasil, 427, in a crossing with Rua Pirajussara. Is an underground station, with side platforms and support rooms above the ground level, with structures in concrete and a metallic structure catwalk, fixated with braces above the platforms. The ViaQuatro employees' offices and technical and operational rooms are located in external buildings, what would have avoided, according to the Metro, many expropriations.[3]

The station has 9 ratchets, 14 escalators and 5 elevators, beside platform security doors (PSDs) in the platforms.[3] It has access to people with disabilities and connection with urban bus terminal.

Its capacity was projected for an average of 35,000 daily passengers.[4]

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/entrance
M1	Mezzanine level 1	Fare control, ticket office, customer service, Bilhete Único/BOM recharge machines
M2	Mezzanine level 2	Distribution mezzanine
P Platform level
	Side platform, doors open on the right
	Northbound	← toward Luz
	Southbound	toward São Paulo-Morumbi →
	Side platform, doors open on the right

References

1. "Butantã - Sobre a Linha 4 - Amarela" (in Portuguese). ViaQuatro. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
2. Lobo, Renato (12 August 2014). "Metrô deve concluir projeto funcional de linha entre SP e Cotia até o começo de 2015" (in Portuguese). ViaTroblebus. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
3. Fonseca, Marcela (28 March 2011). "Estação Butantã do Metrô tem 36 escadas" (in Portuguese) (6279). São Paulo: Metrô News.
4. Tomazela, José Maria (23 March 2011). "Estação Butantã abre segunda-feira" (in Portuguese) (14821). São Paulo: O Estado de S. Paulo. p. 6A. ISSN 1516-294X.