General Osório Station

General Osório
LocationPraça General Osório,
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Coordinates22°59′05″S 43°11′50″W
Platforms3
Tracks2
Connections Metrô Rio Bus
Gávea (Metrô na Superfície)
Barra Expresso
Construction
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Services
Preceding station   Metrô Rio   Following station
toward Uruguai
Line 1Terminus
TerminusLine 4
Nossa Senhora da Paz
Location
General Osório
Location within Rio de Janeiro

General Osório is a station on Line 1 of the Rio de Janeiro Metro located in the Ipanema borough of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the line's southern terminus. The station opened in December 2009.

Station layout

The station has a layout unusual for Brazil with the two tracks located between three platforms. Internationally this is not uncommon and is referred to as the Spanish solution layout. [1]

Transfers

MetrôRio Bus Service runs the Metrô na Superfície bus to Gávea and the Barra Expresso between Ipanema/General Osório Station and Terminal Alvorada in Barra da Tijuca.[2]

Inside of the station.

Nearby locations

References

  1. "General Osório". MetrôRio. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  2. "Barra Expresso via General Osório - 525". MetrôRio. Retrieved 17 September 2014.

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