Luz (São Paulo Metro) in the context of "Estação da Luz"

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👉 Luz (São Paulo Metro) in the context of Estação da Luz

Luz Station (Portuguese: Estação da Luz, IPA: [(i)staˈsɐ̃w ˈlus]) is a commuter rail and intercity rail station in the Bom Retiro district of São Paulo, Brazil, serving RFFSA, the intercity rail network of Brazil, CPTM Line 7-Ruby, Line 11-Coral and Line 13–Jade (Airport-Express). It has subway connections to São Paulo Metro Line 1-Blue and ViaQuatro Line 4-Yellow via its underground metro station of the same name.

It is currently located in Bairro da Luz and was built between 1895 and 1901, designed by the British architect Charles Henry Driver for the São Paulo Railway, a company based in London that was responsible for building the first railway line in the state of São Paulo, connecting the port of Santos to the city of Jundiaí.

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Luz (São Paulo Metro) in the context of Line 4 (São Paulo Metro)

Line 4 (Yellow) (Portuguese: Linha 4–Amarela) is one of the six lines that make up the São Paulo Metro and one of the thirteen lines that make up the São Paulo Metropolitan Rail Transportation Network. Originally called Southeast-Southwest Line, the line goes from Vila Sônia to Luz and currently has 11 stations along its 12.8 km (8.0 mi) and transports around 800,000 users/day. It is the most modern subway line in Latin America and the first line in the region to utilize driverless trains and platform screen doors in all stations.

The construction of the line was divided into two phases: The phase one was completed in 2011 and the phase two was partially inaugurated between 2014 and 2018 and was fully completed by 2021.

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