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
LocationAv. Vital Brasil, 427[1]
Butantã
Brazil
Owned by Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by ViaQuatro
PlatformsSide platforms
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeBUT
History
Opened28 March 2011[1]
Services
Preceding station   São Paulo Metro   Following station
toward Luz
Line 4
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 ←  4  toward Luz
Southbound  4  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.


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