Pilares
- Belford Roxo
Rua Turi, s/n Pilares - Rio de Janeiro - RJ CEP 20.771-010
- Weekdays: from 4:45 am to 9:45 pm
- Saturdays: from 6:00 am to 7:45 pm
- Sundays and holidays: from 6:15 am to 2:15 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
- Central do Brasil 5h20
- Belford Roxo 5h05
- Saturdays
- Central do Brasil 6h52
- Belford Roxo 6h21
- Sundays
- Central do Brasil 6h56
- Belford Roxo 6h51
- Weekdays
- Central do Brasil 22h10
- Belford Roxo 21h47
- Saturdays
- Central do Brasil 19h54
- Belford Roxo 19h43
- Sundays
- Central do Brasil 14h20
- Belford Roxo 14h13
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History
Line: Belford Roxo
The station was named after Professor Cintra Vidal, owner of the only educational establishment in that areA at the time. The name Pilares has three versions: the first comes from a warehouse of goods that existed nearby and was adorned with large supporting pillars, known as: the Venda dos Pilares.
The other version is that on the old Estrada Real (Royal Highway) de Santa Cruz, which connected Rio de Janeiro to Minas Gerais, and where large shipments of gold passed through, there were small “pillars” around a water source, which were used to tie horses .
Most likely, however, is that the area where the station was built belonged to the parish of São Tiago de Inhaúma, where there were large plantations belonging to Bishop Castelo Branco, and that around 1873 passed into the hands of Francisca Zieze , who donated them to the Brotherhood of São Benedito dos Pilares.
