Uruguai Station

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Uruguai / Tijuca
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Opening day of Uruguai Station in March 2014
General information
LocationRua Conde de Bonfim, 743
Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Coordinates 22°55′57″S43°14′19″W / 22.9325°S 43.238611°W / -22.9325; -43.238611
Operated by Metrô Rio
Line(s) Line 1
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Bicycle facilitiesYes [1]
AccessibleYes [1]
History
OpenedMarch 15, 2014;10 years ago (2014-03-15) [2]
Previous namesUruguai
Services
Preceding station Rio de Janeiro Metro Following station
Terminus Line 1 Saens Peña
towards General Osório
Location
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Uruguai / Tijuca
Location within Rio de Janeiro

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.

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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

Historical passenger traffic
YearPassengers±%
20145,437,874—    
20157,297,128+34.2%
20167,759,343+6.3%
20177,160,989−7.7%
20186,995,146−2.3%
20197,211,233+3.1%
20202,973,707−58.8%
20212,948,597−0.8%
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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Uruguai / Tijuca" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro Metro . Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Estação Uruguai do metrô é aberta ao público na Tijuca". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 15 March 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ Hearst, Chesney (17 March 2014). "New Tijuca Metro Station Opened in Rio: Daily" . The Rio Times. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "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.

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