Jardim São Paulo-Ayrton Senna (São Paulo Metro)

Jardim São Paulo–Ayrton Senna, originally known only as Jardim São Paulo, is a metro station on São Paulo Metro Line 1-Blue, located in the district of Santana, in São Paulo. It was opened by Governor Mário Covas on 29 April 1998,^[2] along with stations Tucuruvi and Parada Inglesa, in the Line 1 north expansion project, initiated in 1996.

Jardim São Paulo–Ayrton Senna
General information
Location	Av. Leôncio de Magalhães, 1000 Santana Brazil
Coordinates	23°29′33″S 46°37′02″W
Owned by	Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by	Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo
Platforms	Island platform
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	JPA
History
Opened	April 29, 1998
Previous names	Jardim São Paulo
Passengers
11,000/business day[1]
Services
Preceding station São Paulo Metro Following station Parada Inglesa towards Tucuruvi Line 1 Santana towards Jabaquara

Characteristics

Entrance of the station

It is a buried station with an apparent concrete structure and island platform located under the distribution mezzanine. It has openings for natural lighting in the ambient of the platform and a different landscaping project, with the presence of gardens on the level of the lobby, where the tickets offices and the gates are.^[2] The project of the station gave to the architect Meire Gonçalves Selli an award in the 2nd Iberoamerican Architecture and Civile Engineering Biennal of Madrid in 2000.

It has 7,355 square metres (79,170 sq ft) of constructed area and capacity of 20,000 passengers per hour during the peak hours.^[2]

It has two exits, both located inside Domingos Luís Park and has access for people with disabilities.

Renaming

Vôo de Xangô, by Gilberto Salvador

In 2009, State Deputy Campos Machado (PTB), proposed a project for the renaming of the station from "Jardim São Paulo" to "Jardim São Paulo-Ayrton Senna". Senna, the legendary Formula 1 racing driver who was killed in a high-speed accident at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, was born and raised in the region of Jardim São Paulo. In 2011, the renaming was approved by the State Government, and such change was implemented since October of that year. The project went forward with much support from the public, including the collecting of many signatures for a petition. A sculpture as a tribute for the driver was installed in the location.^[3][4][5] The sculpture was made by the designer and plastic artist Paulo Soláriz, known by his sculpture-trophies and art aimed to motor racing and idealizer of the renaming project.^[6]

Track layout
Legend
to Parada Inglesa to Santana

References

1. "Entrada de Passageiros por Estação - Média Dias Úteis - 2023" (PDF) (in Portuguese). 2023-09-15. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
2. "Estação Jardim São Paulo-Ayrton Senna" (in Portuguese). Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
3. "Agora é definitivo: Estação vai se chamar Jardim São Paulo - Ayrton Senna" (in Portuguese). Jornal SP Norte. 5 August 2011. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
4. "Estação de metrô de São Paulo ganhará nome de Senna em outubro" (in Portuguese). Vírgula. 29 July 2011. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
5. do Valle, Caio; Dantas, Tiago (29 July 2011). "Senna vai dar nome a estação em SP" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
6. "Senna vai dar nome a estação de metrô em SP" (in Portuguese). Uol. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2019.