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São Paulo–Morumbi (São Paulo Metro)

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São Paulo-Morumbi is a metro station on Line 4-Yellow of the São Paulo Metro operated by Motiva Linha 4. 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.

LocationAv. Dep. Jacob Salvador Zveibil, 50, Butantã
São Paulo
Brazil
Coordinates23.586111°S 46.723889°W / -23.586111; -46.723889
Owner Government of the State of São Paulo
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São Paulo-Morumbi
General information
LocationAv. Dep. Jacob Salvador Zveibil, 50, Butantã
São Paulo
Brazil
Coordinates23.586111°S 46.723889°W / -23.586111; -46.723889
Owner Government of the State of São Paulo
Operator Motiva Linha 4
PlatformsSide platforms
Connections Morumbi Bus Terminal
Campo Limpo–Rebouças–Centro Bus Corridor
Construction
Structure type
Underground
Accessibley
Other information
Station codeMBI
History
Opened27 October 2018; 7 years ago (2018-10-27)
Former namesMorumbi
Passengers
41,250/business day[1]
Services
Preceding station São Paulo Metro Following station
Vila Sônia-Professora Elisabeth Tenreiro
Terminus
Line 4 Butantã
towards Luz
Future services
Terminus Line 17 Estádio Morumbi
Track layout
Location
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The initial opening date was scheduled to 2012,[2] being delayed to 2015,[3] 2017,[4] until it was finally opened on 27 October 2018,[5] working in full time since 10 November 2018.[6] 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.[7][8]

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".[9]

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".[10]

Station layout

G Street level Exit/entrance
M1 Concourse level 1 Fare control, ticket office, customer service, Bilhete Único/TOP recharge machines
M2 Concourse level 2 Distribution concourse
P
Platform level
Side platform, doors open on the left
Southbound Line 4 (São Paulo Metro) toward Vila Sônia–Professora Elisabeth Tenreiro
Northbound Line 4 (São Paulo Metro) toward Luz
Side platform, doors open on the right

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