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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Luz (São Paulo Metro)

Luz is a metro station located between República and Sé districts, in the central region of São Paulo. This station connects the lines 1-Blue, operated by Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo, and 4-Yellow, operated by ViaQuatro. It also has connection with the CPTM station, which attends lines 7-Ruby and 11-Coral with no additional cost, and Line 13-Jade (Airport-Express).

Line 1-Blue

Characteristics

The station of Line 1-Blue was opened on 26 September 1975. It's an underground station with a flow distribution mezzanine and island and side platforms with structure in apparent concrete. It has a 18,250 square metres (196,400 sq ft) constructed area and capacity for 40,000 passengers per hour in peak hours.

The free connection with the CPTM station started on 30 November 2004, by an initiative of the State Secretariat of Metropolitan Transports.

Line 4-Yellow

Characteristics

The station of Line 4-Yellow was originally scheduled to be opened in 2008, but was opened only on 15 September 2011 and started operating from 10a.m. to 3p.m. On 23 September, the time was increased to 9a.m. to 4 p.m. and, since 26 September, from 4:40 a.m. to midnight.

It's an underground station with side platforms. It has a 20,594.84 square metres (221,681.0 sq ft) of constructed area, with five levels and 36 metres (118 ft) of depth. A skylight in the roof of the station allows the entrance of solar light.

Luz transit
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Luz

Notes

  1. ^ Line 13 is attended in the station by the hourly Airport-Express service (5AM - 12AM).

References

  1. ^ "Entrada de Passageiros por Estação - Média Dias Úteis - 2023" (PDF) (in Portuguese). 2023-09-15. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  2. ^ "Entrada de passageiros por estação - Junho 2022" (PDF) (in Brazilian Portuguese). ViaQuatro. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
  3. ^ "Estação Luz - Linha 1-Azul" (in Portuguese). Metrô de São Paulo. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Transferência gratuita: Metrô x CPTM na Estação Luz" (in Portuguese). Amigos Metroviários dos Excepcionais. 2 December 2004. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Inauguradas novas estações da Linha 4-Amarela do Metrô de SP" (in Portuguese). Estadão. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2019.