Ipiranga (CPTM)

Ipiranga is a train station on CPTM Line 10-Turquoise, located in the city of São Paulo. The station is located on the west side of Vila Prudente district.

Ipiranga
Platforms of CPTM Ipiranga stations during rain in São Paulo.
Location	Av. Presidente Wilson, 3473 Ipiranga Brazil
Coordinates	23.5825036°S 46.5965849°W
Owned by	Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by	CPTM
Platforms	Side platforms
Connections	(Planned)[1]
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	IPG
History
Opened	1 April 1886
Rebuilt	Mid-1960
Services
Preceding station   CPTM   Following station Juventus-Mooca toward Brás Line 10 Tamanduateí toward Rio Grande da Serra
Out-of-system interchange Preceding station   São Paulo Metro   Following station Terminus Line 15 Vila Prudente toward Jardim Colonial Transfer at: Ipiranga (São Paulo Metro)

Track layout
to Juventus-Mooca to Tamanduateí

History

Ipiranga station opened on 1 April 1886, to serve as a support structure to the project for the Ipiranga Museum. It was built between 1885 and 1890. After World War II, an industrial boom in the surrounding region increased the station's use. This industrial movement reached its highest point in the 1950s, with the arrival of the Ford Motor Co. factory in 1953, which rerouted railroads to reach its installations.[2] From the 1950s, thousands of workers used this station as their daily transport.

Estrada de Ferro Santos-Jundiaí set plans for construction of a new building to open in mid-1960. With the beginning of de-industrialization, Ipiranga station lost its importance as the old industries gave place to empty warehouses. This migration movement of industrial plants to other locations also reached the Ford factory, which closed in 2001, transferring the production to Camaçari, Bahia). Unlike other unoccupied factories and still active, Ford's factory was partially demolished, becoming a shopping mall.[3]

Since 1 June 1994, the station is operated by CPTM.

New station

On 11 May 2005, the consortium composed of Maubertec and Herjack companies was hired by CPTM at the cost of 845,974 BRL (506,571.26 USD). With additives, the cost reached 888,036.85 BRL (531,758.59 USD) to rebuild stations Mooca, Ipiranga, Utinga and Prefeito Saladino.[4] On 29 March 2008, the projects were delivered. CPTM signed them up in the Growth Acceleration Program (PAC), contemplated in the pre-selection phase. With the 2014 economic crisis, many PAC financings were cancelled, including the reconstruction.[5]

Expresso Tiradentes

The project of the Expresso Tiradentes BRT was to connect Ipiranga station with the train station; only part of the structure was implemented. It may be implemented along with the future Metro Line 15-Silver station.[6]

Subway stations

The São Paulo Metro planned the expansion of Line 15-Silver between Vila Prudente and Ipiranga, to become the line terminus. This project has no implementation date.[1] During the opening of stations Sapopemba, Fazenda da Juta and São Mateus, Alexandre Baldy, Secretary of Metropolitan Transports, stated that the state government is willing to announce the beginning of the construction of the monorail station in 2020.[7]

Another project is the planned expansion of Metro Line 5-Lilac from Chácara Klabin station towards Ipiranga. Funds are not allocated.[6]

Toponymy

The word "ipiranga" comes from the Tupi language ypiranga and means "red river", formed by a junction of the terms y (water, river) and piranga (red).[8]

In 2010, State Deputies José Bittencourt (PRB) and Vaz de Lima (PSDB) tried to rename the station to Ipiranga-Pastor Alfreto Reikdal, after the homonymous obscure religious leader, but the proposal was rejected.[9][10]

According to CPTM studies in the 22nd Week of Metroviary Technology of the Metro Engineers and Architects Association (AEAMESP), the cost for an intermediary station like Ipiranga renaming is almost 620,000 BRL (177,700.96 USD), a reason why CPTM avoids renaming stations, except when obligated by law.[11]

References

1. Galfo, Fernando (29 March 2019). "Metrô pede Licença de Instalação da extensão da Linha 15 Prata até Ipiranga" (in Portuguese). Ferroviando. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
2. Mennucci Giesbrecht, Ralph. "Ipiranga" (in Portuguese). Estações Ferroviárias do Brasil. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
3. Leite, Kátia (7 November 2011). "Mooca Plaza Shopping será inaugurado no dia 29" (in Portuguese). Folha da Vila Prudente. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
4. "Estações Mooca, Ipiranga, Utinga e Prefeito Saladino da Linha D Lote 6 - CPTM" (in Portuguese). Maubertec. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
5. Leite, Fabio (6 March 2017). "CPTM adia para 2020 entrega de acessibilidade em todas as estações" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
6. Lobo, Renato (7 January 2019). "Metrô estuda levar Linha 5-Lilás até o Ipiranga" (in Portuguese). Via Trolebus. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
7. Meier, Ricardo (16 December 2019). "Governo do estado quer iniciar obras da estação Ipiranga em 2020 e viabilizar extensão para Cidade Tiradentes até 2022" (in Portuguese). Metrô CPTM. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
8. "Ipiranga" (in Portuguese). Dicionário Ilustrado Tupi Guarani. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
9. Bittencourt, José; de Lima, Vaz (30 April 2010). "Projeto de Lei no. 385/2010" (in Portuguese). Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de São Paulo. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
10. Bittencourt, José (14 May 2010). "Projeto de Lei no. 434/2010" (in Portuguese). Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de São Paulo. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
11. de Oliveira Nisti, Clercia Mara; da Silva Andrade, Helena; dos Santos da Silva, Thiago (2016). "Nomenclatura das estações da CPTM - Metodologia para escolha de nome, custos e as consequências de sua alteração" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Associação dos Engenheiros e Arquitetos do Metrô. Retrieved 11 July 2019.