Vila Clarice (CPTM)

Vila Clarice
Vila Clarice station seen from above.
General information
Location	Praça Comendador Souza Cruz, s/n Pirituba Brazil
Coordinates	23.469781°S 46.744385°W / -23.469781; -46.744385
Owned by	Government of the State of São Paulo
Operated by	CPTM
Platforms	Side platforms
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	VCL
History
Opened	1 September 1955
Previous names	Vila Clarisse
Services
Preceding station São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Following station Jaraguá towards Jundiaí Line 7 Pirituba towards Luz Service 710 Pirituba towards Rio Grande da Serra
Track layout to Jaraguá to Pirituba

Vila Clarice is a train station on CPTM Line 7-Ruby, located in the district of Pirituba in São Paulo.

History

The allotment of Vila Clarisse was already in São Paulo maps in 1930,[1] as in 1943 the core was already under settlement. Between the 1940s and the beginning of the 1950s, a platform was built, with occasional train stops. In 1953, City Councillor Anna Lamberga Zeglio requested to the Director of Estrada de Ferro Santos-Jundiaí that the commuter trains made regular stop in the station.[2] With the growing of Vila Clarrise neighbourhoo, EFSJ implemented a station to replace the platform, opened on 1 September 1955.[3]

After being operated by RFFSA between 1957 and 1983, Vila Clarice is transferred to CBTU in 1984, which enlarged the station platforms from 6 to 9 cars in 1985.

On 1 June 1994, the station was transferred to CPTM. Besides it wasn't affected by the 1983 riots, Vila Clarice was severely depredated along with other 5 stations of the CPTM Northwest Line during the 1996 riots. Because of it, the station and the line were closed for 6 months for repairs.[4]

Because Vila Clarice is in a curve, the gap between the train and platforms is of 39 centimetres (15 in), above the 10 centimetres (3.9 in) allowed by ABNT-NBR 14021, being the 4th largest of all the network. The gaps are center of many passengers complaints. Besides CPTM develops many projects to reduce the gaps, none of them were implanted.[5][6]

Projects

CPTM

CPTM made two biddings for a project of platform structural recovery and station functional readjustment. Besides small works were executed, the main ones (construction of a new building and platform coverage) weren't.[7][8]

Metro

During São Paulo campaign for Expo 2020, a new Exhibition Centre was projected to receive the exposition in the region of Pirituba/Vila Clarisse. To attend the visitors, Metro project the expansion of Line 6-Orange from Brasilândia to Bandeirantes, connection with CPTM Line 7 in Vila Clarice. With São Paulo's defeat, the project was cancelled.[9]

However, in the 2019 Metro Report, the expansion of Line 6 appeared as one of the plans of the company.[10]

Toponymy

The station was named after the allotment launched in 1943 in the region. Besides the neighbourhood is named Vila Clarisse, the new station was named Vila Clarice, what was kept until nowadays.

References

1. "Prefeitura disponibiliza mapa histórico de 1930 no Geosampa" (in Portuguese). Prefeitura de São Paulo. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
2. "Duzentos milhões para as obras de calçamento das vias públicas" (in Portuguese). No. 9102. Folha da Manhã. 26 November 1953. p. 3. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
3. Mennucci Giesbrecht, Ralph. "Vila Clarice" (in Portuguese). Estações Ferroviárias do Brasil. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
4. "CPTM reativa hoje 11 estações de trens". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). No. 23864. 30 April 1997. p. 9. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
5. "Vão entre o trem e a estação da Vila Clarice" (in Portuguese). Folha do Noroeste. 13 July 2017. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
6. Galfo, Fernando (15 September 2018). "CPTM publica edital para reduzir vãos das plataformas" (in Portuguese). Ferroviando. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
7. Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (2 April 2005). "Convite No. 8457402031" (in Portuguese). Diário Oficial do Estado de São Paulo. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
8. Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (17 September 2008). "Tomada de Preços No. 8297802021" (in Portuguese). Diário Oficial do Estado de São Paulo. p. 24. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
9. Lobo, Renato (30 June 2014). "Obras da Linha 6-Laranja começam em 40 dias, diz jornal" (in Portuguese). Via Trólebus. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
10. Lobo, Renato (6 April 2020). "Relatório do Metrô mostra nova linha na Zona Leste e Linha 5 até o Ipiranga" (in Portuguese). Via Trólebus. Retrieved 14 April 2020.