Butantã (São Paulo Metro) Explained

Symbol Location:saopaulo
Symbol:metro
Butantã
Style:São Paulo Metro
Address:Av. Vital Brasil, 427[1]
Borough:Butantã
Country:Brazil
Structure:Underground
Platform:Side platforms
Connections: Butantã Bus Terminal
Itapevi–Butantã Metropolitan Corridor
Opened:28 March 2011
Accessible:y
Code:BUT
Owned: Government of the State of São Paulo
Passengers:38,810/business day[2]
Operator: ViaQuatro
Map Name:Track layout

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 12987.25sqm, 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. It is planned to connect Line 4-Yellow with future Line 22 (Rebouças–Cotia).[3]

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.[4]

The station has 9 ratchets, 14 escalators and 5 elevators, beside platform security doors (PSDs) in the platforms.[4] 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.[5]

Station layout

GStreet levelExit/entrance
M1Concourse level 1Fare control, ticket office, customer service, Bilhete Único/TOP recharge machines
M2Concourse level 2Distribution concourse
P
Platform level
Side platform, doors open on the right
Southbound← toward Vila Sônia–Professora Elisabeth Tenreiro
Northbound toward Luz
Side platform, doors open on the right

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Butantã - Sobre a Linha 4 - Amarela. ViaQuatro. pt. 8 July 2019.
  2. Web site: Entrada de passageiros por estação - Abril 2022. pt-BR. 2022-04-01. 2022-06-11. ViaQuatro.
  3. Web site: Metrô deve concluir projeto funcional de linha entre SP e Cotia até o começo de 2015. ViaTroblebus. pt. Renato. Lobo. 12 August 2014. 8 July 2019.
  4. News: Estação Butantã do Metrô tem 36 escadas. Metrô News. São Paulo. Marcela. Fonseca. pt. 28 March 2011. 6279.
  5. News: Estação Butantã abre segunda-feira. O Estado de S. Paulo. pt. 23 March 2011. José Maria. Tomazela. 14821. São Paulo. 6A. 1516-294X.