General Osório Station
General Osório is a station on Line 1 of the Rio de Janeiro Metro located in the Ipanema borough of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the line's southern terminus. The station opened in December 2009.
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| Location | Praça General Osório, Rio de Janeiro Brazil | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°59′05″S 43°11′50″W | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Metrô Rio BusGávea (Metrô na Superfície) Barra Expresso | |||||||||||||||
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| Parking | No | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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  General Osório Location within Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||||||||||
Station layout
The station has a layout unusual for Brazil with the two tracks located between three platforms. Internationally this is not uncommon and is referred to as the Spanish solution layout. [1]
Transfers
MetrôRio Bus Service runs the Metrô na Superfície bus to Gávea and the Barra Expresso between Ipanema/General Osório Station and Terminal Alvorada in Barra da Tijuca.[2]
Inside of the station.
Nearby locations
- General Osório Square
- Nossa Senhora da Paz Square
- Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas
- Copacabana Beach
- Beach of Ipanema
References
- "General Osório". MetrôRio. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- "Barra Expresso via General Osório - 525". MetrôRio. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
External links
Media related to Estação Ipanema/General Osório at Wikimedia Commons
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