São Miguel Paulista (CPTM)

São Miguel Paulista is a train station belonging to CPTM Line 12-Sapphire, located in the city of São Paulo.

São Miguel Paulista
General information
Location	R. Beraldo Marcondes, 136 São Miguel Paulista Brazil
Coordinates	23.490633°S 46.441644°W / -23.490633; -46.441644
Owned by	Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by	CPTM
Platforms	Island platform
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Architect	Luiz Carlos Esteves
Other information
Station code	SMP
History
Opened	1 January 1934
Rebuilt	29 July 2013
Services
Preceding station São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Following station Comendador Ermelino towards Brás Line 12 Jardim Helena-Vila Mara towards Calmon Viana Future services Hospital Jardim Helena towards Bonsucesso Line 14 Vila Jacuí towards Jardim Irene
Track layout Legend to Comendador Ermelino to Jardim Helena-Vila Mara

History

The station was built by EFCB on 7 February 1926, along with Variante de Poá, which was opened only on 1 January 1934. In the end of the 1970s, it was rebuilt by RFFSA, being reopened on 10 June 1982.^[1] It was operated by Brazilian Company of Urban Trains (CBTU) until 1994, when it was transferred, along with other CBTU lines and stations, to the CPTM.

The rebuilt plan of the station to west of the capital was published initially in 2002, in the CPTM Director Plan. In 2004, the Una Arquitetos office was hired for the development of the basic plan. Besides it was announced in June 2007, the rebuilt didn't happen until the 2010s, when the executive project was made.^[2]

In 2010, a new station was built a little bit ahead, towards Brás. After many delays, the new station was delivered on 29 July 2013, but only with the track towards Brás working, because, to board towards Calmon Viana, it was needed to use the old structure. On 3 August 2013, the new station started definitively on both tracks, deactivating the old station in Rua Salvador de Medeiros. The new station was opened only with the south access, next to Praça Padre Aleixo. On 21 October 2014, the north access was opened, made by Jardim Lapenna. Therefore, it's possible to cross from one side to another, serving as a connecting catwalk for both neighbourhoods.

The displacement of the station from its original location caused losses for the São Miguel commercial centre, specially in the boardwalk of Rua Serra Dourada, installed in 1979 in front of the south exit of the old station,^[3] being the only of its kind outside the central region of São Paulo.^[4]

Besides the protests of local shopkeepers and the promise of a project for a new access to the rebuilt station, which would attend Rua Salvador de Medeiros and Rua Serra Dourada, nothing was made until then.^[5]

References

1. "Maior apoio a trólebus descartado por ministro" (in Portuguese). No. 19427. Folha de S. Paulo. 11 June 1982. p. 11. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
2. "Estação São Miguel Paulista" (in Portuguese). Una Arquitetos. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
3. "Prefeito quer mais verdura e menos boate" (in Portuguese). No. 18453. Folha de S. Paulo. 12 October 1979. p. 12. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
4. dos Reis, Arthur (2 October 2015). "Comércio no "Calçadão" de São Migue perde força" (in Portuguese). São Miguel Paulista. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
5. Ramos, Vander; Balago, Rafael (16 July 2013). "CPTM e lojistas entram em acordo para abertura da estação São Miguel" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. Retrieved 11 July 2019.