General Osório Station

General Osório / Ipanema^[1] is a station on Line 1 of the Rio de Janeiro Metro located in the Ipanema borough of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the line's southern terminus. The station opened in December 2009.

General Osório / Ipanema
General information
Location	Praça General Osório, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Coordinates	22°59′05″S 43°11′50″W
Platforms	3
Tracks	2
Connections	Metrô Rio Bus Gávea (Metrô na Superfície) Barra Expresso
Construction
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	December 2009; 15 years ago (2009-12)
Services
Preceding station Rio de Janeiro Metro Following station Cantagalo towards Uruguai Line 1 Terminus Terminus Line 4 Nossa Senhora da Paz towards Jardim Oceânico
Location General Osório / Ipanema Location within Rio de Janeiro

Station layout

The station has a layout unusual for Brazil with the two tracks located between three platforms. Internationally this is not uncommon and is referred to as the Spanish solution layout. ^[2]

Transfers

MetrôRio Bus Service runs the Metrô na Superfície bus to Gávea and the Barra Expresso between General Osório / Ipanema Station and Terminal Alvorada in Barra da Tijuca.^[3]

Inside of the station.

Passenger traffic

Historical passenger traffic

Year Passengers ±% 2009 139,639 —     2010 8,950,679 +6309.9% 2011 10,169,059 +13.6% 2012 10,819,513 +6.4% 2013 2,082,358 −80.8% 2014 11,285,181 +441.9% 2015 12,192,476 +8.0%	Year Passengers ±% 2016 12,816,639 +5.1% 2017 7,214,042 −43.7% 2018 6,347,745 −12.0% 2019 6,347,805 +0.0% 2020 2,970,494 −53.2% 2021 2,928,042 −1.4%
Note: This table displays the total amount of passengers reportedly transported in the station in a given year. During part of 2013, the station was closed for work on integration with Line 4; in 2016, Line 4 was inaugurated. These factors serve to explain the sudden dips in traffic. Source: Rio de Janeiro Municipal Government.[4]

Nearby locations

• General Osório Square
• Nossa Senhora da Paz Square
• Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas
• Copacabana Beach
• Beach of Ipanema