Belford Roxo
- Belford Roxo
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Terminal
Rua Floripes da Rocha, S/N Belford Roxo – RJ CEP 26113-340
- Weekdays: from 4:30 am to 9:15 pm
- Saturdays: from 5:40 am to 7:00 pm
- Sundays and holidays: from 5:40 to 13:35
The stations close before the last train passes, so if you want to get on the last train of the day, keep an eye on the closing time of your departure station.
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Train departures
- Weekdays
- Central do Brasil 4h40
- Saturdays
- Central do Brasil 6h09
- Sundays
- Central do Brasil 6h10
- Weekdays
- Central do Brasil 21h30
- Saturdays
- Central do Brasil 19h11
- Sundays
- Central do Brasil 13h40
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Here you can find
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Food Service
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History
Line: Belford Roxo
In the summer of 1888, there was one of the worst droughts in the Baixada Fluminense, which greatly affected the water supply for the population, including the Imperial Court. Several projects then appeared to solve the problem, among which was one thought up by the young Paulo de Frontin and his collaborator Raimundo Teixeira Belfort Roxo. In just six days, the two engineers laid pipes along the banks of the Rio D’Ouro Railway to divert the waters of the Tinguá River to the city of Rio de Janeiro. The fact became known as the “Miracle of the Waters”.
The station pays homage to Raimundo and, for some reason, the pronunciation of the ‘t’ in the name Belfort changed to a “d”.
To remember the “Miracle of the Waters” and also the beginning of the arrival of drinking water in the neighborhood in the 1940s, an iron statue that served as a fountain was erected in front of the station, symbolizing the muse Euterpe, from Greek mythology. Over the years, the oxidation of iron darkened the statue that came to be known as Bica da Mulata.
