Jardim de Alah Station

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Jardim de Alah / Leblon
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Train leaving the station towards General Osório Station.
General information
Location Jardim de Alah  [ pt ], Leblon, Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Coordinates 22°59′01″S43°12′57″W / 22.983577°S 43.215846°W / -22.983577; -43.215846
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
AccessibleYes [1]
History
OpenedJuly 30, 2016;8 years ago (2016-07-30) [2]
Previous namesJardim de Alah
Passengers
  [lower-alpha 1] [3]
Preceding station Rio de Janeiro Metro Following station
Nossa Senhora da Paz Line 4 Antero de Quental
Location
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Jardim de Alah / Leblon
Location within Rio de Janeiro

Jardim de Alah / Leblon is a station on Line 4 of the Rio de Janeiro Metro located in the Leblon neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The station opened alongside four others of Line 4 in late July 2016. [2]

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The station is named after the Jardim de Alah  [ pt ] park across the street from it. It was previously simply named (and is still referred to as) Jardim de Alah, but was renamed alongside many others in August 2022 to include its neighborhood, Leblon, in the name. [4]

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Notes

  1. This section displays the total amount of passengers reportedly transported in this station for a given year.
  2. The station was only inaugurated in late July, so it was only operational for about 5 months in 2016 – hence the low passenger count then.

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References

  1. "Jardim de Alah / Leblon". Metrô Rio . Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 Rodrigues, Matheus; Silveira, Daniel (30 July 2016). "Com Temer e Pezão, Linha 4 do Metrô no Rio é inaugurada" [With Temer and Pezão, Rio de Janeiro Metro's Line 4 is inaugurated]. G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  3. "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.
  4. "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] (in Brazilian Portuguese). 4 August 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

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