General Osório / Ipanema is a station on Line 1 of the Rio de Janeiro Metro located in the Ipanema borough of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the line's southern terminus. The station opened in December 2009.
Station layout
The station has a layout unusual for Brazil with the two tracks located between three platforms. Internationally this is not uncommon and is referred to as the Spanish solution layout.
Transfers
MetrôRio Bus Service runs the Metrô na Superfície bus to Gávea and the Barra Expresso between General Osório / Ipanema Station and Terminal Alvorada in Barra da Tijuca.
Inside of the station.
Passenger traffic
Historical passenger traffic
Year
Passengers
±%
2009
139,639
—
2010
8,950,679
+6309.9%
2011
10,169,059
+13.6%
2012
10,819,513
+6.4%
2013
2,082,358
−80.8%
2014
11,285,181
+441.9%
2015
12,192,476
+8.0%
Year
Passengers
±%
2016
12,816,639
+5.1%
2017
7,214,042
−43.7%
2018
6,347,745
−12.0%
2019
6,347,805
+0.0%
2020
2,970,494
−53.2%
2021
2,928,042
−1.4%
Note: This table displays the total amount of passengers reportedly transported in the station in a given year.
During part of 2013, the station was closed for work on integration with Line 4; in 2016, Line 4 was inaugurated. These factors serve to explain the sudden dips in traffic. Source: Rio de Janeiro Municipal Government.
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