Morumbi (CPTM)

For the São Paulo Metro station, see Morumbi (São Paulo Metro).

Morumbi is a train station on ViaMobilidade Line 9-Emerald, located in the limits of district of Santo Amaro. It will be connected to ViaMobilidade Line 17-Gold, scheduled to 2nd semester of 2022.^[1]

Morumbi
CAF Series 7000 train leaving Morumbi station towards Grajaú.
General information
Location	Av. das Nações Unidas, 14171 Santo Amaro Brazil
Coordinates	23°36′50″S 46°41′43″W
Owned by	Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by	ViaMobilidade (CCR)
Platforms	Island platforms
Connections	(future) Diadema–Morumbi Metropolitan Corridor
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Luiz Carlos Esteves
History
Opened	January 25, 1957; 67 years ago (1957-01-25)
Rebuilt	June 30, 2000; 24 years ago (2000-06-30)
Services
Preceding station São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Following station Berrini towards Osasco Line 9 Granja Julieta towards Varginha
Out-of-system interchange
Preceding station São Paulo Metro Following station Terminus Line 17 (under construction) transfer at Morumbi Chucri Zaidan towards Washington Luiz
Track layout Legend to Berrini to Granja Julieta

History

Morumbi station was built and opened by Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana (along with Jurubatuba branch), on January 25, 1957, and demolished in the 1970s by FEPASA during the remodeling of commuter trains. Because of the lack of funds, its reconstruction project was paralyzed during all the 1980s, being reestablished only in 1994, when the architectural project was hired from architect Luiz Carlos Esteves. In 1992, CPTM launched the project South Dinamization, which wanted to conclude the construction of the remaining stations of the line.^[2]

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 defends 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".^[3]

References

1. Galfo, Fernando (March 22, 2019). "Baldy promete monotrilho da Linha 17 Ouro final de 2022" (in Portuguese). Ferroviando. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
2. Mennucci Giesbrecht, Ralph (2001). "Morumbi (Original)" (in Portuguese). Estações Ferroviárias do Brasil. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
3. Navarro, E. A. (2013). Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese and unsupported language). São Paulo: Global. p. 586. ISBN 978-85-260-1933-1.