Piedade
- Deodoro
- Santa Cruz
Rua Manoel Vitorino, s/n Piedade Rio de Janeiro - RJ CEP 20.740-280
- Weekdays: from 4:30 am to 11:15 pm
- Saturdays: from 5:10 am to 9:30 pm
- Sundays and holidays: from 5:30 am to 8:45 pm
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
- Deodoro 4h42
- Japeri 4h42
- Santa Cruz 5h02
- Central do Brasil 5h22
- Saturdays
- Japeri 6h31
- Santa Cruz 6h46
- Central do Brasil 5h29
- Sundays
- Japeri 6h25
- Santa Cruz 6h45
- Central do Brasil 6h03
- Weekdays
- Japeri 23h27
- Santa Cruz 23h10
- Central do Brasil 23h34
- Saturdays
- Japeri 21h57
- Santa Cruz 21h42
- Central do Brasil 21h44
- Sundays
- Japeri 21h05
- Santa Cruz 20h45
- Central do Brasil 22h03
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Toilet
Weekdays: from 6:00 am to 8:00 pm
Saturdays: from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm
Sundays and holidays: closed
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History
Line: Deodoro e Santa Cruz
Local Attractions: Gothic Church of Divino Salvador
At the beginning of the 19th century, the region of the current Piedade neighborhood had an essentially rural characteristic. Small sites and plots of land dominated the place. Years later, after the movement of workers towards the suburbs of Rio, the neighborhood started to urbanize. And with the expansion of the railway, the region benefited from a train station: Parada Gambá.
Historians say that the station got this name, because Emperor D. Pedro II decided to stop at a place where there were several possums (gambás in Portuguese). And as the place became famous for that reason, Parada Gambá caught on”.
Those who lived in the neighborhood did not like this title at all, and at the end of the 19th century, one of the residents decided to write a letter to the director of the Central Railway of Brazil to try to change this situation: Please have pity (piedade), sir. Change the name of our little station ”. The director replied: “My lady, it shall be done”. And the name of the neighborhood will be Piedade ”. And the appeal was answered.
