Butantã (São Paulo Metro)


Butantã is a metro station on Line 4-Yellow of the São Paulo Metro operated by ViaQuatro. It opened on 28 March 2011, covering an area of, and it has disabled access. The station is located on Avenida Vital Brasil, 427. It has three entrances, and it connects with a SPTrans bus terminal adjacent to the station. It is planned to connect Line 4-Yellow with future Line 22.

Characteristics

The station is located in Avenida Vital Brasil, 427, in a crossing with Rua Pirajussara. Is an underground station, with side platforms and support rooms above the ground level, with structures in concrete and a metallic structure catwalk, fixated with braces above the platforms. The ViaQuatro employees' offices and technical and operational rooms are located in external buildings, what would have avoided, according to the Metro, many expropriations.
The station has 9 ratchets, 14 escalators and 5 elevators, beside platform security doors in the platforms. It has access to people with disabilities and connection with urban bus terminal.
Its capacity was projected for an average of 35,000 daily passengers.

Station layout