Braz Cubas (CPTM)

Braz Cubas is a train station on CPTM Line 11-Coral, located in the city of Mogi das Cruzes. Built next to Avenida Anchieta, the station in close to the commercial center of the district of Brás Cubas, the most populous in Mogi.^[1]

Braz Cubas
View of the platforms of Braz Cubas station.
General information
Location	Av. Anchieta, s/n Vila Socorro Velho Brazil
Coordinates	23.536212°S 46.225142°W / -23.536212; -46.225142
Owned by	Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by	CPTM
Platforms	Side platforms
Construction
Structure type	Surface
Other information
Station code	BCB
History
Opened	13 September 1929
Previous names	Brás Cubas
Services
Preceding station São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Following station Jundiapeba towards Palmeiras-Barra Funda Line 11 Mogi das Cruzes towards Estudantes
Track layout Legend to Jundiapeba to Mogi das Cruzes

History

Braz Cubas station was opened by EFCB as a telegraph post on 20 August 1914. Since 1994, it is operated by CPTM.

The station was a scene of a national commotion crime: on 8 December 2003, two youngsters were thrown through the windows of a train that was leaving Braz Cubas station by 3 skinheads. One of the youngsters died and the other one lost his arm.^[2]