Line 2 (São Paulo Metro)

Line 2 (Green) (Portuguese: Linha 2–Verde) is one of the six lines that make up the São Paulo Metro and one of the thirteen lines that make up the Metropolitan Rail Transportation Network. It currently runs between the Vila Madalena and Vila Prudente stations. The line is also called the Paulista Line, because it goes along much of the Avenida Paulista, one of the leading financial centers in São Paulo. Despite being the second line to be planned, it was the third to be built—the second line built was actually Line 3 (Red Line). This line connects West to South-East regions.

Internal view of an Alstom G stock train.

São Paulo Metro Line 2 (Green)
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	São Paulo Metro
Status	Operational
Locale	São Paulo, Brazil
Termini	Vila Madalena Vila Prudente
Stations	14
Operation
Commenced	1987
Opened	January 25, 1991
Owner	Government of the State of São Paulo
Operator(s)	Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo
Depot(s)	Tamanduateí rail yard Paulo Freire rail yard (under construction)
Rolling stock	150 Alstom/Siemens I stock (25 trains) 156 Bombardier/Tejofran/Temoinsa J stock (26 trains)
Technical
Line length	14.7 kilometres (9.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) [1]
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Operating speed	100 km/h (62 mph)
Signalling	CBTC
Route map Vila Madalena Santuário Nossa Senhora de Fátima-Sumaré Clínicas train park Clínicas Consolação Trianon-Masp Brigadeiro to Tucuruvi Paraíso Ana Rosa to Jabaquara Chácara Klabin Ipiranga Brook Av. Dr. Ricardo Jafet Santos-Imigrantes Alto do Ipiranga Sacomã Tamanduateí rail yard Tamanduateí Tamanduateí River Av. Dr. Francisco Mesquita to São Mateus Vila Prudente Under construction Orfanato Água Rasa Anália Franco Vila Formosa Rapadura train park Guilherme Giorgi Nova Manchester Aricanduva Penha

History

Platform of Santuário Nossa Senhora de Fátima-Sumaré Station

The first section of Line 2 (Green Line), initially called the Paulista Line, was built using the New Austrian Tunnelling Method.[2] The line opened on January 25, 1991, having at that time a length of 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) and four stations. With this line the metro system was extended to include a major axis of the expanded center of São Paulo, with a large concentration of financial institutions, hospitals, schools, hotels, consulates, offices of state radio and television, theaters and museums. The following year the Ana Rosa and Clínicas stations were opened, increasing the line to 4.7 kilometres (2.9 mi). In 1998 two new stations (Vila Madalena and Santuário Nossa Senhora de Fátima-Sumaré) were completed, adding a further 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) stretch.

On March 30, 2006 the then Governor Geraldo Alckmin on his last day in office opened the Santos-Imigrantes station. Shortly after, on May 9, 2006, the Chácara Klabin station was formally opened by former Governor Claudio Lembo, thus completing the 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) stretch between Ana Rosa and Santos-Imigrantes, making the line a total of 9.9 kilometres (6.2 mi) long.

Brigadeiro Station platform

On June 30, 2007 the Governor José Serra opened the Alto do Ipiranga station, located at the junction of Avenida Dr. Gentil de Moura and Rua Visconde de Piraja, bringing the metro network in São Paulo to a total length of 61 kilometres (38 mi), with a forecast of passenger demand on Line 2 of 370,000 people per day. Jose Serra published a decree and authorization to extend the line to Vila Prudente, adding the Sacomã, Tamanduateí and Vila Prudente stations.

On May 10, 2007, during the Papal visit of Benedict XVI to the city of São Paulo, Line 2 had the highest demand of its history up until then, carrying 370,226 passengers. During the weekend of May 17–18, 2008 Line 2 was temporarily shut down between the stations and Clinicas and Consolation to allow for the use of a tunnel boring machine just seven meters below the level of its tunnel being used for the extension project of Line 4 (Yellow). The current record of passengers carried by the line was on May 7, 2008, with 428,056 passengers.

On March 28, 2009, the first of the sixteen new trains came into operation for the inauguration of the Sacomã - Vila Prudente stretch. On January 10, 2010, Sacomã station was opened to the public, initially only in operation from 10:30 to 15:00 and then from the 22nd, from 10:00 to 16:00. Finally, on the 30th of that month, it was fully opened to the public. Although the extension project of Line 2 was the only one to receive the whole amount in 2009, the schedule was delayed—the opening of the Tamanduateí and Vila Prudente stations originally scheduled for March 2010 was postponed.[3] On August 18 it was announced that the opening of Vila Prudente station would happen just three days later. On September 21, the Tamanduateí station opened.

Stations

Sacomã Station is one of the most modern in Latin America.

The Santos-Imigrantes station is semi-elevated with metal and concrete structures that support the roof of the station. The Santuário Nossa Senhora de Fátima-Sumaré station is elevated and situated in a valley (under the Dr. Arnold viaduct). The Tamanduateí station is elevated with concrete structures mixed with metal, supporting the arched ceiling. All other stations are underground. The Trianon-Masp, Consolação, Brigadeiro, Ana Rosa, Chácara Klabin, and Santos-Imigrantes stations are composed of core platforms. The others are just side platforms.

The line also integrates with Line 15 (Silver) and the extension of Line 5 (Lilac).

Code	Station	Platforms	Position	Connections	District
VMD	Vila Madalena	Side platforms	Underground	Vila Madalena Bus Terminal	Between Pinheiros and Perdizes
SUM	Santuário Nossa Senhora de Fátima-Sumaré	Side platforms	Elevated	-	Between Perdizes and Jardim Paulista
CLI	Clínicas	Side platforms	Underground	-	Between Consolação and Jardim Paulista
CNS	Consolação	Island platforms	Underground		Between Consolação and Jardim Paulista
TRI	Trianon-Masp	Island platforms	Underground	-	Between Bela Vista and Jardim Paulista)
BGD	Brigadeiro	Island platforms	Underground	-	Between Bela Vista and Vila Mariana
PSO	Paraíso	Split platforms	Underground		Vila Mariana
ANR	Ana Rosa	Island platforms	Underground	Ana Rosa Bus Terminal	Vila Mariana
CKB	Chácara Klabin	Island platforms	Underground		Vila Mariana
IMG	Santos-Imigrantes	Island platforms	Elevated	-	Cursino
AIP	Alto do Ipiranga	Side platforms	Underground	-	Ipiranga
SAC	Sacomã	Side platforms	Partially underground	Sacomã Bus Terminal Expresso Tiradentes	Ipiranga
TTI	Tamanduateí	Side platforms	Elevated		Between Ipiranga and Vila Prudente
VPT	Vila Prudente	Side platforms	Underground	Vila Prudente Bus Terminal Expresso Tiradentes	Vila Prudente
TBA	Orfanato	Side platforms	Underground	-	Vila Prudente
TBA	Água Rasa	Side platforms	Underground	Água Rasa Bus Terminal	Água Rasa
TBA	Anália Franco	Side platforms	Underground	-	Água Rasa
TBA	Vila Formosa	Side platforms	Underground	Vila Formosa Bus Terminal	Vila Formosa
TBA	Guilherme Giorgi	Side platforms	Underground	-	Carrão
TBA	Nova Manchester	Side platforms	Underground	-	Carrão
TBA	Aricanduva	Side platforms	Underground	-	Vila Matilde
PEN	Penha	Side platforms	Underground	(Future)	Penha

• Note: Stations in bold are under construction; stations in italic are in planning.

Expansion plans

Vila Prudente ↔ Cidade Tiradentes

In May 2009 a joint delegation of the city and the state of São Paulo visited the monorail system in Tokyo to begin planning the implementation of a monorail to extend Line 2 (Green) from Vila Prudente to Cidade Tiradentes.[4] On November 6, 2009, international bidding was opened in order to build the monorail system. On November 23, 2009, construction on the Vila Prudente-Oratório was started. The system will be 23.8 kilometres (14.8 mi) long between Vila Prudente and Cidade Tiradentes and will have 17 stations (Vila Prudente, Oratório, São Lucas, Vila Tolstoi, Vila União, Jardim Planalto, Sapopemba, Fazenda da Juta, São Mateus, Jardim Colonial, Iguatemi, Jaquiriça, Bento Guelf, Érico Semer, Márcio Beck, and Cidade Tiradentes) and 54 trains, each capable of carrying 1000 passengers. The line is projected to carry around 510,000 passengers daily.[5]

However, it was decided in September 2012, that the eastward extension monorail to Cidade Tiradentes will be named Line 15, and Line 2 will be extended northwards from Vila Prudente to Dutra. The extension will be 13.3 km (8.3 mi) long and have 13 stations. Funds were approved in mid-2012 for the first section (4.6 km or 2.9 mi), which includes the Orfanato, Água Rasa, Anália Franco and Vila Formosa stations. This section is expected to open in 2017 or 2018.

Vila Madalena ↔ Cerro Corá

In addition, there are plans to expand Line 2 (Green) 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) from Vila Madalena station to Avenida Cerro Corá, in the neighborhood of Lapa.[6]

References

1. Ferreira, Robert; Tharcisiu Alves. (January 2012). "São Paulo Metro". www.nycsubway.org. www.nycsubway.org. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-02-02. On Lines 1, 2 and 3, the track gauge is a non standard 1600 mm, the third rail is 750 V DC and under running. For Lines 4 and 5, the track gauge is 1435 mm and they use overhead pantograph, precluding any connection to the rest of the system, plus the 4 and 5 lines can't connect because the trains on the 4 line use drive-less technology while trains on 5 line are OPTO. Lines 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 (operated by CPTM) are all 1600mm and use overhead pantograph.
2. Uchôa, Marco (April 7, 1992). "Túnel passará pela torre da 'Cultura'". O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). São Paulo. pp. Cidades, pg. 2.
3. Grandin, Felipe (2010-04-26). "Governo de SP deixou de investir R$ 1,3 bi no Metrô". Jornal da Tarde (in Portuguese) (14490). São Paulo. pp. 3A. ISSN 1516-294X. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
4. Mayor of São Paulo visits monorail system in Tokyo. (in Portuguese) Archived 2012-06-30 at Archive.today
5. Construction begins on the monorail between Vila Prudente and Cidade Tiradentes (in Portuguese)
6. Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo - METRÔ (2006). "Rede Essencial".