Rio Grande da Serra (CPTM)

Rio Grande da Serra is a train station on CPTM Line 10-Turquoise, located in the city of Rio Grande da Serra. Since 2002, is the terminus station of Line 10.

Rio Grande da Serra
View of both platforms of Rio Grande da Serra station on July 2017.
Location	Estrada Guilherme Pinto Monteiro, s/n Jardim Maria Paula Brazil
Coordinates	23.74351°S 46.391847°W
Owned by	Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by	CPTM
Platforms	Side platforms
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	RGS
History
Opened	16 February 1867
Previous names	Rio Grande Icatuaçu
Services
Preceding station   CPTM   Following station Ribeirão Pires-Antônio Bespalec toward Brás Line 10 Terminus

Track layout
to Ribeirão Pires-Antônio Bespalec to MRS Logística tracks

History

Small reform in the station on July 2005.

The station was opened and named as Rio Grande, built with wattle and daub and not tiled platform. Desert location at the time, it was an intermediary station of water fueling for steam locomotives and train crossings. It was the second train station built in the state of São Paulo.

Rio Grande da Serra became a city in 1964, with the current name. Its station is still the same since the beginning of the century, well conserved. It works attending CPTM commuter trains, being the end of the line, as the track to Paranapiacaba don't receive trains anymore sinc 2002.

Railroad Ring

The project of the Railway Outline of São Paulo Metropolitan Region considers Evangelista de Souza station as start point of the South Railroad Ring. The track will connect Ouro Fino Paulista, in Ribeiro Pires, to the Evangelista de Souza station, in Parelheiros, allowing the cargo trains cross the São Paulo Metropolitan Region, without interfering in the commuter transportation of CPTM.[1]

References

1. Fernandjes, Natália (5 June 2017). "Estudo para obras do Ferroanel deve ficar pronto no fim do ano" (in Portuguese). Diário do Grande ABC. Retrieved 14 July 2019.