Utinga (CPTM)

Utinga is a train station on CPTM Line 10-Turquoise, located in the district of Utinga, city of Santo André.

Utinga
View from platform of Utinga station in Santo André.
General information
LocationAv da Paz, s/n
Utinga
Brazil
Coordinates23.6261442°S 46.544078°W / -23.6261442; -46.544078
Owned by Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by CPTM
PlatformsSide platforms
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codeUTG
History
Opened1 August 1933
RebuiltMid-1960
Services
Preceding station CPTM Following station
São Caetano do Sul-Pref. Walter Braido
towards Luz
 Line 10 Prefeito Saladino
towards Rio Grande da Serra
São Caetano do Sul-Pref. Walter Braido
towards Jundiaí
 Service 710
Track layout
to São Caetano do Sul-Pref. Walter Braido
to Prefeito Saladino
to Pref. Celso Daniel-Santo André (Line 10 Express)

History

In April 1932, São Paulo Railway announced the construction of Utinga station to attend the homonymous neighbourhood in Santo André. On 1 August 1933, the station was opened. In mid-1960, a new building was built to attend the growing demand.[1][2]

The station was transferred from the federal administration (CBTU) to the state administration (CPTM) on 1 June 1994. In 2000, a small group, composed mostly by gypsies, invaded an area next to the station, originating Utinga favela. With the time, the number of robberies in the station's surroundings and in its facilities and trains raised, and the perpetrators looked for refuge in the favela's alleys.[3][4][5]

Projects

On 11 May 2005, the consortium composed by Maubertec and Herjack companies was hired by CPTM by the cost of 845,974 BRL (505,714.64 USD) - with additives, the cost of the contract was of 888,036.85 BRL (530,859.39 USD) to make projects of rebuilt for stations Mooca, Ipiranga, Utinga and Prefeito Saladino.[6] On 29 March 2008, the projects were delivered. CPTM signed them up in the Growth Acceleration Program (PAC), being contemplated in the pre-selection phase. With the 2014 economic crisis, many PAC financings were cancelled, including the reconstruction of the stations.[7]

Toponymy

The term Utinga comes from the Tupi language, which means "white water", through the junction of the terms y (water) and ting (white).[8]

References
  1. "Nova estação suburbana na S. Paulo Railway: Utinga ficará entre São Caetano e São Bernardo" (in Portuguese). No. 3441. Folha da Noite. 5 April 1932. p. 15. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  2. Mennucci Giesbrecht, Ralph. "Utinga" (in Portuguese). Estações Ferroviárias do Brasil. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  3. Macchi, Ana (4 September 2000). "Comunidade cigana cresce em terreno em Santo André" (in Portuguese). Diário do Grande ABC. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  4. "Cresce número de arrastões na estação de trem de Utinga" (in Portuguese). ABCD Maior. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  5. Azeredo, André (4 July 2018). "Arrastões nos trens da CPTM assustam usuários e funcionários em Santo André" (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  6. "Estações Mooca, Ipiranga, Utinga e Prefeito Saladino da Linha D Lote 6 - CPTM" (in Portuguese). Maubertec. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  7. Leite, Fabio (6 March 2017). "CPTM adia para 2020 entrega de acessibilidade em todas as estações" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  8. Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (1 January 1998). Método moderno de tupi antigo: a língua do Brasil nos primeiros séculos [Modern method of old tupi: Brazil's language of the first centuries]. Editora Vozes. p. 601. ISBN 9788532619532.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.