São Paulo–Morumbi (São Paulo Metro)

São Paulo–Morumbi is a metro station on Line 4-Yellow of the São Paulo Metro operated by ViaQuatro. It is localized in the crossing of Av. Professor Francisco Morato and Av. Jorge João Saad, in the district of Butantã, West Side of São Paulo, next to Morumbi Stadium.

São Paulo–Morumbi
Location	Av. Dep. Jacob Salvador Zveibil, 50 Butantã Brazil
Coordinates	23.586111°S 46.723889°W / -23.586111; -46.723889
Owned by	Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by	ViaQuatro
Platforms	Side platforms
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	MBI
History
Opened	27 October 2018
Previous names	Morumbi
Services
Preceding station   São Paulo Metro   Following station Butantã toward Luz Line 4 Vila Sônia Terminus

Track layout (Line 4)
to Butantã to Vila Sônia

The initial opening date was scheduled to 2012,[1] being delayed to 2015,[2] 2017,[3] until it was finally opened on 27 October 2018,[4] working in full time since 10 November 2018.[5] Besides that, it was opened without the urban bus terminal, which was opened two months after the station, of 29 December 2018.

The construction of the station on Line 17-Gold was interrupted because of the lack of the State resources, being in phase of services rescheduling, conditioned to obtain budgetary allocation.[6][7]

Toponymy

The word "Morumbi" is an indigenous term of tupi origin that can mean "green fly" (moru: fly, and mbi: green). The ethnologist Eduardo Navarro states that "Morumbi" has other meanings, as from the tupi maromby, which meaning is "river of the big fishes" (maromba: "big fish"; y: "river"), or marumbi, term of Portuguese language that means "lagoon full of taboas".[8]

The name symbolizes the district of Morumbi, as the station is localized between the districts of Morumbi and Butantã. Since the project until mid 2006, the project name of the station was "Morumbi". Because of a political movement aiming at the votes of soccer fans, many stations had their names changed to honor soccer teams of São Paulo. Therefore, station Morumbi had its project name changed to "São Paulo-Morumbi".[9]

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/entrance
M1	Mezzanine level 1	Fare control, ticket office, customer service, Bilhete Único/BOM recharge machines
M2	Mezzanine level 2	Distribution mezzanine
P Platform level
	Side platform, doors open on the left
	Northbound	←  4  toward Luz
	Southbound	←  4  toward Luz
	Side platform, doors open on the right

References

1. "Pilastras na República atrasam obra da linha amarela do metrô" (in Portuguese). Agora São Paulo. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
2. Meier, Ricardo (15 June 2015). "A 'estação fantasma' São Paulo-Morumbi da linha 4-Amarela" (in Portuguese). Metrô CPTM. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
3. Monteiro, André; Uribe, Gustavo (31 July 2015). "Atraso na linha 4 do metrô trará duplo dano financeiro ao governo de SP" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
4. "Com 4 anos de atraso e sem ligação com terminal de ônibus, estação Morumbi do Metrô é inaugurada" (in Portuguese). G1. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
5. "Estação São Paulo-Morumbi do Metrô passa a funcionar em horário comercial a partir deste sábado" (in Portuguese). G1. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
6. Meier, Ricardo (17 September 2018). "Saiba o status das obras de expansão do Metrô e da CPTM" (in Portuguese). Metrô CPTM. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
7. "Obras de expansão da Linha 17-Ouro" (in Portuguese). Metrô de São Paulo. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
8. NAVARRO, E. A. (2013). "Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil". São Paulo: Global. p. 586. ISBN 85-260-1933-3.
9. Dimenstein, Gilberto (25 July 2006). "Políticos pretendem mudar nomes das estações do metrô" (in Portuguese). Folha de S. Paulo. Retrieved 10 June 2019.