Lapa (Line 7) (CPTM)

CPTM's train station in São Paulo, Brasil

Preceding station	São Paulo Metropolitan Trains			Following station
Piqueri towards Jundiaí		Line 7		Água Branca towards Luz
Piqueri towards Jundiaí		Service 710		Água Branca towards Rio Grande da Serra

Future out-of-system interchange

Preceding station	São Paulo Metro			Following station
Santa Marina Terminus		Line 20 (proposed) transfer at Lapa		Vila Romana towards Pref. Celso Daniel-Santo André

Track layout

Legend

					to Piqueri






					to Água Branca

Lapa is a train station on CPTM Line 7-Ruby, in the district of Lapa in São Paulo.

History

Lapa station was opened by São Paulo Railway on 20 February 1899. In 1947, SPR lines were transferred to the federal government, which created Santos-Jundiaí Railway (EFSJ). Later, EFSJ started the line electrification and rebuilt many stations, among them Lapa station, in the 1950s. In this decade, Lapa station of Sorocaba Railway was built, 500 metres (1,600 ft) away from the EFSJ station.

After the decay of commuter trains, in the 1970s and 1980s, the station was transferred in 1994 to CPTM, which started a small reform in it years later.

Projects

Due to the existence of two Lapa stations, separated by 500 metres (1,600 ft) and without any connection, CPTM elaborated a unification project. Besides the unification, the station should receive one more train line, 8-Diamond, and two Metro lines, 20-Pink (Lapa-Prefeito Saladino) and 23-Magenta (Lapa-Dutra).^[1]^[2]

References

^ Lobo, Renato (28 September 2011). "Governo quer construir nova estação Lapa para integração de linhas" (in Portuguese). Via Trólebus. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
^ Lobo, Renato (14 December 2013). "Futuras linhas do Metrô SP e CPTM: Linha 23 Magenta e o metroanel" (in Portuguese). Via Trólebus. Retrieved 23 July 2019.