Lapa (Line 7) (CPTM)

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

For the CPTM Line 8-Diamond station, see Lapa (Line 8) (CPTM).

Lapa
Lapa station; view from Rua Engenheiro Fox.
Location	R. William Speers, 863 Lapa Brazil
Coordinates	23.517473°S 46.705134°W / -23.517473; -46.705134
Owned by	Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by	CPTM
Platforms	Side platforms
Construction
Structure type	Surface
Other information
Station code	LPA
History
Opened	20 February 1899
Services
Preceding station   CPTM   Following station Piqueri toward Jundiaí Line 7 Água Branca toward Brás
Future out-of-system interchange Preceding station   São Paulo Metro   Following station Santa Marina Terminus Line 20 Transfer at: Lapa Vila Romana toward Pref. Celso Daniel-Santo André

Track layout
to Piqueri to Água Branca

History

Station viewed from the other Lapa station, 500 metres (1,600 ft) away from it.

Lapa station photo, viewed from Rua William Speers.

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 withou 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

1. Lobo, Renato (28 September 2011). "Governo quer construir nova estação Lapa para integração de linhas" (in Portuguese). Via Trólebus. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
2. 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.