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
LocationPraça General Osório,
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Coordinates22°59′05″S 43°11′50″W
Platforms3
Tracks2
Connections Metrô Rio Bus
Gávea (Metrô na Superfície)
Barra Expresso
Construction
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedDecember 2009 (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 is located in Rio de Janeiro
General Osório / Ipanema
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
YearPassengers±%
2009139,639—    
20108,950,679+6309.9%
201110,169,059+13.6%
201210,819,513+6.4%
20132,082,358−80.8%
201411,285,181+441.9%
201512,192,476+8.0%
YearPassengers±%
201612,816,639+5.1%
20177,214,042−43.7%
20186,347,745−12.0%
20196,347,805+0.0%
20202,970,494−53.2%
20212,928,042−1.4%
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

References
  1. "Estações do metrô no Rio receberão complemento com nomes dos bairros onde estão localizadas". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-08-22.
  2. "General Osório". MetrôRio. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  3. "Barra Expresso via General Osório - 525". MetrôRio. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  4. "Total mensal de passageiros transportados no Metrô, segundo as estações e linhas, no Município do Rio de Janeiro entre 1998 e 2021" [Monthly total of passengers transported by the Metro, according to stations and lines, in the Rio de Janeiro city between 1998 and 2021]. Data.rio (in Brazilian Portuguese). 19 March 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.

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