Uruguai / Tijuca is a station on the Rio de Janeiro Metro that services the neighborhood of Tijuca in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro.
Uruguai / Tijuca  | |||||||||||
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 Opening day of Uruguai Station in March 2014 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Rua Conde de Bonfim, 743 Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro Brazil | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°55′57″S 43°14′19″W / 22.9325°S 43.238611°W | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Metrô Rio | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Line 1 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Bicycle facilities | Yes[1] | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes[1] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | March 15, 2014[2] | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Uruguai | ||||||||||
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The station was inaugurated in 15 March 2014, more than 30 years after initially being promised.[2] It was previously simply named Uruguai, but was renamed alongside many others in August 2022 to include its neighborhood, Tijuca, in the name.[3] Uruguai was the first metro station in Rio de Janeiro to be fitted with Wi-Fi for passenger use.[4][verification needed]
Passenger traffic edit
| Year | Passengers | ±% |
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| 2014 | 5,437,874 | — |
| 2015 | 7,297,128 | +34.2% |
| 2016 | 7,759,343 | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 7,160,989 | −7.7% |
| 2018 | 6,995,146 | −2.3% |
| 2019 | 7,211,233 | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 2,973,707 | −58.8% |
| 2021 | 2,948,597 | −0.8% |
| Note: This table displays the total amount of passengers reportedly transported in the station in a given year. Source: Rio de Janeiro Municipal Government.[5] | ||
References edit
- ^ a b "Uruguai / Tijuca" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro Metro. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Estação Uruguai do metrô é aberta ao público na Tijuca". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 15 March 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- ^ "Estações do metrô no Rio receberão complemento com nomes dos bairros onde estão localizadas" [Rio de Janeiro Metro stations will receive complement with neighborhood names where they're located]. G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 4 August 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ Hearst, Chesney (17 March 2014). "New Tijuca Metro Station Opened in Rio: Daily". The Rio Times. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- ^ "Total mensal de passageiros transportados no Metrô, segundo as estações e linhas, no Município do Rio de Janeiro entre 1998 e 2021" [Monthly total of passengers transported by the Metro, according to stations and lines, in the Rio de Janeiro city between 1998 and 2021]. Data.rio (in Brazilian Portuguese). 19 March 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
External links edit
Media related to Estação Uruguai at Wikimedia Commons