Guapituba (CPTM)
{{Short description|Railway station in São Paulo, Brazil}}
{{Infobox station | symbol_location = saopaulo | symbol = cptm
| name = Guapituba
| style = CPTM
| image = EntradaGuapituba-2014-L10.jpg
| image_size =
| image_caption = View of the entrance of Guapituba station in 2014.
| address = Av. Capitão João, s/n
| borough = Jardim Guapituba
| country = Brazil
| coordinates = {{coord|-23.692172|-46.448532|region:BR_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}
| line =
| structure = At-grade
| platform = Side platforms
| opened = 1 May 1907
| rebuilt = 4 June 1983
| code = GPT
| former = Km 50
| owned = 20px Government of the State of São Paulo
| operator = {{rint|saopaulo|cptm}} CPTM
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=CPTM
|line1=Line 10|left1=Mauá|right1=Ribeirão Pires-Antônio Bespalec
|line2=Service 710|left2=Mauá|right2=Ribeirão Pires-Antônio Bespalec
}}
| map_name = Track layout
| route_map = {{Routemap|inline=1
|map =
\vSTR!~MFADEg\~~ ~~ ~~to Mauá
\vSTRgf\
cPLT\vSTR\cPLT
cPLT\vSTR\cPLT
cPLT\vSTR\cPLT
cPLT\vSTR\cPLT
\vSTRgf\
\vSTR!~MFADEf\~~ ~~ ~~to Ribeirão Pires-Antônio Bespalec
}}}}
Guapituba is a train station on CPTM Line 10-Turquoise, located in the city of Mauá.{{cite web|url=https://www.estacoesferroviarias.com.br/g/guapituba.htm|title=Guapituba|publisher=Estações Ferroviárias do Brasil|language=pt|first=Ralph|last=Mennucci Giesbrecht|access-date=14 July 2019|archive-date=22 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622001738/http://www.estacoesferroviarias.com.br/g/guapituba.htm|url-status=dead}}
History
In 1907, São Paulo Railway opened in the location the telegraph post Quilômetro 50. The passengers movement grew slowly, so that Quilômetro 50 post was a sporadic boarding point until the 1970s, not appearing in maps from 1954 to 1970.{{cite web|url=http://vfco.brazilia.jor.br/mapas-ferroviarios/1954-EFSJ-Estrada-Ferro-Santos-Jundiai.shtml|title=Mapa e informações da Estrada de Ferro Jundiaí em 1950|publisher=Centro-Oeste Brasil|language=pt|access-date=14 July 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://vfco.brazilia.jor.br/ferrovias/mapas/1970rffsa09santosJundiai.shtml|title=Rede Ferroviária Fewderal Sistema Regional Centro-Sul 9a Divisão: Santos a Jundiaí|publisher=Centro-Oeste Brasil|language=pt|access-date=14 July 2019}}
The region around the station grew a lot during the 1960s and 1970s, specially with the arrival of lots o migrants to Parque das Américas, Jardim Santa Rosa, Parque Aliança and Vila Gomes. Also there was great movement in favor of the construction of Parque das Américas station, specially by Saint Philip the Apostle Parish represented by its first vicar, Father José João Rogério Maria Mahon.
According to local residents and the Parish history, practically all the manifestations were organized by the church, until they won and station construction began in 1982. Named Guapituba for being located in the homonymous Mauá neighbourhood, the station was opened on 4 June 1983.
In 1994, started being operated by CPTM as part of Line D-Beige (Luz ↔ Paranapiacaba).
References
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{{Rail line|next=Ribeirão Pires
toward Santos|previous=Pilar
toward Jundiaí|route=Trunk line
The São Paulo Railway Company |col=964B00}}
{{Rail line|next=Ribeirão Pires
toward Paranapiacaba|previous=Mauá
toward Luz|route=Line D-Beige
CPTM |col=BDA16D}}
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Category:Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos stations