Saens Peña / Tijuca is a station on the Rio de Janeiro Metro that services the neighborhood of Tijuca in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro.

Saens Peña / Tijuca
Entrance to Saens Peña Station in Saenz Peña Place
General information
LocationTijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Coordinates22°55′25″S 43°13′55″W / 22.9236526°S 43.2318928°W / -22.9236526; -43.2318928
Operated byMetrô Rio
Line(s)Line 1
Platforms2
Tracks3
ConnectionsIntegrated buses:[1][2][better source needed]
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes[3]
Other information
Station codeSPN
History
Opened1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Services
Preceding station Rio de Janeiro Metro Following station
Uruguai
Terminus
Line 1 São Francisco Xavier
Location
Saens Peña / Tijuca is located in Rio de Janeiro
Saens Peña / Tijuca
Saens Peña / Tijuca
Location within Rio de Janeiro

The station, inaugurated in 1982, was named simply Saens Peña until August 2022 when, alongside many others, it was renamed to include its neighborhood, Tijuca, in the name.[4]

Passenger traffic edit

Historical passenger traffic
YearPassengers±%
19989,105,143—    
199910,182,198+11.8%
200010,487,459+3.0%
200110,063,969−4.0%
20029,982,976−0.8%
20039,651,933−3.3%
200410,236,043+6.1%
200511,864,483+15.9%
200612,056,413+1.6%
200712,520,139+3.8%
200812,214,612−2.4%
200911,977,007−1.9%
YearPassengers±%
201011,350,660−5.2%
201111,843,898+4.3%
201212,045,724+1.7%
201312,637,869+4.9%
201410,394,953−17.7%
20159,130,138−12.2%
20169,089,765−0.4%
20178,326,014−8.4%
20187,956,573−4.4%
20198,042,196+1.1%
20203,674,416−54.3%
20213,817,452+3.9%
Note: This table displays the total amount of passengers reportedly transported in the station in a given year.
Source: Rio de Janeiro Municipal Government.[5]

Nearby locations edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Integração Expressa" (in Brazilian Portuguese). MetrôRio. Archived from the original on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. ^ Moreira, Willian (13 June 2022). "Prefeitura do Rio define novos valores de integração entre Metrô e sistema de transporte por pneus" [Municipal government of Rio defines new prices for Metro integration with road transport]. Diário do Transporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Saens Peña - Sobre a Estação" (in Portuguese). MetrôRio. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Estações do metrô no Rio receberão complemento com nomes dos bairros onde estão localizadas" [Rio de Janeiro Metro stations will receive complement with neighborhood names where they're located]. G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 4 August 2022. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Total mensal de passageiros transportados no Metrô, segundo as estações e linhas, no Município do Rio de Janeiro entre 1998 e 2021" [Monthly total of passengers transported by the Metro, according to stations and lines, in the Rio de Janeiro city between 1998 and 2021]. Data.rio (in Brazilian Portuguese). 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

External links edit

  Media related to Estação Saens Peña at Wikimedia Commons