Cinelândia Station

Cinelândia
View of platforms at Cinelândia
General information
Location	Avenida Rio Branco Centro, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Coordinates	22.910889°S 43.175772°W / -22.910889; -43.175772
Operated by	Metrô Rio
Line(s)	Line 1 Line 2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	CNL
History
Opened	1979; 45 years ago (1979)
Services
Preceding station Rio de Janeiro Metro Following station Carioca towards Uruguai Line 1 Glória towards General Osório Carioca towards Pavuna Line 2 Glória towards Botafogo
Location Cinelândia Location within Rio de Janeiro

Cinelândia Station (Portuguese: Estação Cinelândia) is a station on the Rio de Janeiro Metro that services the Praça Marechal Floriano (commonly known as Cinelândia)[1] public square in the Centro neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

In 1979, the Cinelândia station was opened as one of the first five stations of the then-new metro network.[1]

The metro station is located on the site of the former Monroe Palace, which served as home to the Brazilian Congress from 1914 to 1920, and later as home to the Brazilian Senate from the 1925 to 1960. This palace was demolished in 1976, ostensibly in order to build the metro station.[1]

References

1. "Cinelândia - Sobre a Estação" (in Brazilian Portuguese). MetrôRio. Retrieved 16 September 2014.