Line 1 (São Paulo Metro)

São Paulo Metro Line 1 (Blue)
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	São Paulo Metro
Status	Operational
Locale	São Paulo, Brazil
Termini	Tucuruvi Jabaquara
Stations	23
Operation
Opened	September 14, 1974
Operator(s)	Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo
Technical
Line length	20.2 kilometres (12.6 mi)
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) 750 V DC third rail [1]
Route map Line 1 (São Paulo Metro) Legend Tucuruvi 20 kilometres (12 mi) mark Parada Inglesa Jardim São Paulo-Ayrton Senna Santana Carandiru Portuguesa-Tietê Bridge over Marginal Tietê 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) mark Bridge over Rio Tietê Bridge over Marginal Tietê Armênia (Tamanduateí River) Tiradentes Luz (Access to CPTM and Line 4 - Yellow) São Bento Sé (Access to Line 3 - Red) Link to Line 3 - Red Liberdade 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) mark São Joaquim (future access to Line 6 -Orange) Vergueiro Paraíso (Access to Line 2 - Green) Ana Rosa (Access to Line 2 - Green) Link to Line 2 - Green Tunnel over Line 2 - Green Vila Mariana Santa Cruz (future access to Line 5 - Lilac) 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) mark Praça da Árvore Saúde São Judas (future access to Line 17 - Gold) Covered viaduct over Av Dr. Affonso Taunay Conceição Jabaquara (future access to Line 17 - Gold) Connection with Rail yard

Jardim São Paulo Metro Station.

Line 1 (Blue) was the first line built for the São Paulo Metro. It links Tucuruvi Station to Jabaquara Station. Construction began in the late 1960s and was completed in the early 1970s. It was also the first metro line built in Brazil.

History

Originally called North-South Line, line 1 began construction on December 14, 1968. Commercial operation began September 14, 1974, with trains running in the first seven kilometers between Jabaquara and Vila Mariana stations.

Stations

Code	Station	Platforms	Position	Connections	District
TUC	Tucuruvi	Side platforms	Partially Underground	-	Tucuruvi
PIG	Parada Inglesa	Side platforms	Elevated	Urban Bus Terminal	Tucuruvi
JPA	Jardim São Paulo-Ayrton Senna	Island platforms	Underground	-	Santana
SAN	Santana	Side platforms	Elevated	Urban Bus Terminal	Santana
CDU	Carandiru	Side platforms	Elevated	-	Santana
TTE	Portuguesa-Tietê	Side platforms	Elevated	Long Distance Bus Terminal	Santana
PPQ	Armênia	Side platforms	Elevated	Urban Bus Terminal	Bom Retiro
TRD	Tiradentes	Island platforms	Underground	-	Bom Retiro
LUZ	Luz	Side platforms and Island platforms	Underground	Line 4 - Yellow CPTM lines: Line 7 - Ruby, Line 10 - Turquoise and Line 11 - Coral	Bom Retiro
BTO	São Bento	Superimposed	Underground	-	Sé
PSE	Sé	Side platforms and Island platforms	Underground	Line 3 - Red	Sé
LIB	Liberdade	Side platforms	Underground	-	Sé
JQM	São Joaquim	Side platforms	Underground	Line 6 - Orange (future)	Liberdade
VGO	Vergueiro	Side platforms	Underground	-	Liberdade
PSO	Paraíso	Superimposed	Underground	Line 2 - Green	Vila Mariana
ANR	Ana Rosa	Island platforms	Underground	Line 2 - Green Urban Bus Terminal	Vila Mariana
VMN	Vila Mariana	Side platforms	Underground	Urban Bus Terminal	Vila Mariana
SCZ	Santa Cruz	Side platforms	Underground	Line 5 - Lilac (future) Santa Cruz Shopping Mall	Vila Mariana
ARV	Praça da Árvore	Side platforms	Underground	-	Saúde
SAU	Saúde	Side platforms	Underground	-	Saúde
JUD	São Judas	Side platforms	Underground	Line 17 - Gold (future)	Saúde
CON	Conceição	Side platforms	Underground	-	Jabaquara
JAB	Jabaquara	Side platforms	Underground	Line 17 - Gold (future) Long Distance Urban Bus Terminal	Jabaquara

Gallery

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  Santana Station

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  North Zone stations (Santana, Carandiru e Portuguesa-Tietê)

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  Budd-Mafersa train stopping at Santa Cruz Station

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  Elevated line seen in the district of Santana.

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  Railway line passing through Santana.

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  Portuguesa-Tietê Station

Expansion plans

One expansion is planned from Tucuruvi to Cantareira. Another extension is planned from Jabaquara to Diadema.

References

1. Ferreira, Robert; Tharcisiu Alves. (January 2012). "São Paulo Metro". www.nycsubway.org. www.nycsubway.org. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-02-02. On Lines 1, 2 and 3, the track gauge is a non standard 1600 mm, the third rail is 750 V DC and under running. For Lines 4 and 5, the track gauge is 1435 mm and they use overhead pantograph, precluding any connection to the rest of the system, plus the 4 and 5 lines can't connect because the trains on the 4 line use drive-less technology while trains on 5 line are OPTO. Lines 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 (operated by CPTM) are all 1600mm and use overhead pantograph.