Oratório (São Paulo Metro)

Oratório is a station on Line 15–Silver of the São Paulo Metro,^[2] opened on August 30, 2014. When concluded, the line will connect Vila Prudente to the district of Cidade Tiradentes.

Oratório
Oratório station
General information
Location	Av do Oratório, 165 São Lucas Brazil
Coordinates	23°34′57″S 46°33′42″W
Owned by	Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by	Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo
Platforms	Island platforms
Connections
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Luiz Carlos Esteves
Other information
Station code	ORT
History
Opened	August 30, 2014
Passengers
6,000/business day[1]
Services
Preceding station São Paulo Metro Following station Vila Prudente Terminus Line 15 São Lucas towards Jacu-Pêssego
Track layout Legend to Vila Prudente to São Lucas

Oratório station is placed in the confluence between Avenues Prof. Luis Inácio de Anhaia Melo and do Oratório, in the borough of Jardim Independência, district of São Lucas, in the Eastside of the city.^[3]

Currently, there are plans to privatize the line. Former Governor Geraldo Alckmin announced, in a reunion of the managing council of Public-Private Partnerships, that the lines 15-Silver and 17-Gold will be conceded to the private initiative, because of the financial difficulties of the state in the expansion and maintenance of the metropolitan network.^[4][5]

History

Initially, the station would be the terminus of Line 2-Green in its east branch. However, the project was cancelled when Metro announced their new project: Line 2 would reach to station Tatuapé, connecting to Line 3-Red. Later, the project was changed again to station Penha, but station Oratório was still cancelled.

Following that, the station was transferred to the future Line 6-Orange, where it would be its terminus. However, the line was expanded and its terminus station was changed to Cidade Líder, and this branch didn't include station Oratório. After that, it would be part of a branch line, named Oratório Branch (Ramal Oratório), which also included station Vila Alpina, but the project didn't move on. Only in 2009, a project was announced and finally moved on: Line 2-Green would have an extension to Cidade Tiradentes Hospital, in an elevated monorail, replacing Expresso Tiradentes, which was cancelled.

The construction of station Oratório began in April 2010, while Vila Prudente was already under construction since December 2009. Posteriorly, in 2011, the pre-working phase of the next station, São Lucas, began. The first branch, which included stations Vila Prudente and Oratório, had their opening scheduled for the second semester of 2013, while station São Lucas was scheduled to 2014.

The Line 15-Silver was officially openen on August 30, 2014, initially in restrict operating hours, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Later, its working time was extended. The trains started circulating from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. From November 20 and on, Line 15 started working from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. between the two stations. Only since October 26, 2016, the line started working in its normal time, from 4 a.m. to midnight.

This working time limitations were necessary, so the equipment and systems test protocols could be concluded, because it was a new system at the time, besides ensuring the users security and the line operation.^[6][7]

Station layout

P Platform level
	Westbound	← toward Vila Prudente
	Island platform, doors open on the left
	Eastbound	toward São Mateus →
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, ticket office, customer service, Bilhete Único/BOM recharge machines
G	Street level	Exit/entrance

SPTrans lines

The following SPTrans bus lines can be accessed. Passengers may use a Bilhete Único card for transfer:

Line #	Destination
3024–10	Vila Industrial
4222–10	Mooca
5142–10	Terminal Sapopemba
N531/11	Terminal Sacomã

EMTU lines

The following EMTU bus lines can be accessed:

Line	Destination
102	São Paulo (IV Centenário)

References

1. "Entrada de Passageiros por Estação - Média Dias Úteis - 2023" (PDF) (in Portuguese). 2023-09-15. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
2. "Estação Oratório – Linha 15-Prata" (in Portuguese). São Paulo Metro. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
3. "Linha 15-Prata do Metrô de São Paulo abre neste sábado" (in Portuguese). Mobilize. August 28, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
4. Russo, Rodrigo; Geraque, Eduardo (June 24, 2016). "Governo Alckmin decide privatizar monotrilho da zona leste de SP" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
5. Leite, Fabio (August 25, 2016). "Alckmin vai privatizar duas linhas do Metrô; licitação deve sair neste ano" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
6. "Linha 15-Prata do Monotrilho tem horário de funcionamento ampliado" (in Portuguese). G1. December 21, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
7. "Linha Prata do monotrilho começa a operar em horário normal nesta quarta" (in Portuguese). G1. October 26, 2016. Retrieved May 23, 2019.