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Água Branca (São Paulo Metro)

23°31′15″S 46°41′18″W / 23.52074°S 46.68835°W / -23.52074; -46.68835

Água Branca
General information
LocationAv. Santa Marina, s/n
Lapa
Brazil
Owned by Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by LinhaUni
PlatformsSide platforms
Connections
(planned)
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
History
Opening2025
Services
Preceding station São Paulo Metro Following station
Santa Marina
towards Brasilândia
Line 6
(under construction)
SESC-Pompeia
towards São Joaquim
Out-of-system interchange
Preceding station São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Following station
Lapa
towards Jundiaí
Line 7
transfer at Água Branca
Palmeiras-Barra Funda
towards Luz
Future out-of-system interchange
Preceding station São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Following station
Lapa
towards Amador Bueno
Line 8
transfer at Água Branca
Palmeiras-Barra Funda
Track layout

Água Branca will be one of the future stations of São Paulo Metro and will belong to Line 6-Orange, which is under construction. In its first phase, with 15.9 km (9.9 mi) of extension, Line 6 should connect Brasilândia, in the North Side, to São Joaquim station of Line 1-Blue. Later, the line should connect Rodovia dos Bandeirantes to the borough of Cidade Líder, in the East Side.

The station will be located in Avenida Santa Marina, next to the CPTM station.

The construction of the station began in 2016, when the opening date was estimated to mid-2020. Later, Governor Geraldo Alckmin promised the opening of the first phase of the line to 2020, time which was discarded due to a year of delay in the financing of the Federal Savings Bank, which would be used for the expropriations. In June 2016, the opening of the line was estimated for 2021, time kept in October 2017, when the resume of the construction was announced for the beginning of 2018. Currently, the construction is suspended, due to the involvement of the construction companies of the Move São Paulo consortium (Odebrecht, Queiroz Galvão, UTC Participações) in Operation Car Wash, which caused them to not get the financing of R$ 5.5 billions (US$ 1,575,344,427.58) with the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) for the continuity of the construction. The State Government of São Paulo is currently in negotiations with international companies, including Spanish Acciona and Chinese China Railway Construction Corporation.

References

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  2. ^ Meier, Ricardo (22 June 2016). "Linha 6 já tem três estações em obras, mas data de inauguração sofrerá atraso" (in Portuguese). Metrô CPTM. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  3. ^ Palhares, Isabela (22 June 2016). "Linha 6-Laranja do Metrô será entregue em 2021, diz Alckmin" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  4. ^ Leite, Fabio (4 October 2017). "Grupo chinês deve 'comprar' Linha 6 do Metrô e retomar obra parada" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  5. ^ Santiago, Tatiana (22 June 2016). "Linha 6-Laranja do Metrô de SP será entregue com um ano de atraso" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  6. ^ Lobo, Renato (6 February 2017). "Metrô amplia prazo das obras da Linha 6-Laranja" (in Portuguese). Via Trólebus. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  7. ^ Lobo, Renato (23 January 2020). "Doria se reúne com possível futuro operador da Linha 6-Laranja do Metrô" (in Portuguese). Via Trólebus. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  8. ^ Meier, Ricardo (19 October 2019). "Empresa chinesa CR20 teria fechado acordo para assumir Linha 6-Laranja" (in Portuguese). Metrô CPTM. Retrieved 25 January 2020.