Deodoro Station

Deodoro Station
Commuter
Location	Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Coordinates	Coordinates: 22°51′18″S 43°23′01″W / 22.854889°S 43.383653°W
Line(s)	SuperVia Deodoro Line Santa Cruz Line Japeri Line
History
Opened	1859
Services
Preceding station   SuperVia   Following station Marechal Hermes toward Central Deodoro Terminus Madureira toward Central Santa Cruz Vila Militar toward Santa Cruz Madureira toward Central Japeri Ricardo de Albuquerque toward Japeri

Deodoro Station is a railway station in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro that serves as the terminal of the Deodoro Line. It is also on the Santa Cruz and Japeri lines.^[1]

History

The station was opened in 1859 and was initially known as Sapopemba. It was part of the Mangaratiba branch of the Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil.

The current name was adopted in the early 1900s in honour of Deodoro da Fonseca, the first president of Brazil.

Access

The station provides access to the Deodoro Olympic Park, which will host events at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[2][3]

Sources

• Max Vasconcellos: Vias Brasileiras de Comunicação, 1928

References

1. "Estações e Integrações" (in Portuguese). SuperVia. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
2. Whibley, Jack; Flueckiger, Lisa (11 June 2013). "Rio 2016 Olympics in the Deodoro Zone". The Rio Times. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
3. "Venues Map - Deodoro". Rio 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.