Uruguai Station
Uruguai / Tijuca is a station on the Rio de Janeiro Metro that services the neighborhood of Tijuca in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. The station was inaugurated on 15 March 2014, more than 30 years after initially being promised.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0 br.
- Type: Metro station
- Description: metro station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Also known as: “Uruguai / Tijuca”
- Address: Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chafariz da Praça Xavier de Brito and Ginásio Álvaro Vieira Lima.
Chafariz da Praça Xavier de Brito
Fountain
Photo: Avelludo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chafariz da Praça Xavier de Brito is a fountain, which is situated 540 metres west of Uruguai Station.
Ginásio Álvaro Vieira Lima
Photo: Marcos Cunha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ginásio Álvaro Vieira Lima is situated 570 metres northeast of Uruguai Station.
Saens Peña Square
Park
Photo: Junius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tijuca is a neighbourhood of the Northern Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It comprises the region of Saens Peña and Afonso Pena squares. According to the 2000 Census, the district has close to 150,000 inhabitants. Saens Peña Square is situated 1 km northeast of Uruguai Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muda and Tijuca.
Tijuca
Suburb
Photo: Junius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tijuca is a neighbourhood of the Northern Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It comprises the region of Saens Peña and Afonso Pena squares. According to the 2000 Census, the district has close to 150,000 inhabitants.
Aldeia Campista
Quarter
Photo: Junius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aldeia Campista was a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, close to contemporary Vila Isabel, Tijuca, Maracanã and Andaraí. Located in the flat plain of the Grande Tijuca area of southernmost Zona Norte carioca neighbourhoods, once swampy, it was drained.
Uruguai Station
- Categories: underground station, last station, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-22.93094° or 22° 55′ 51″ southLongitude
-43.23827° or 43° 14′ 18″ westInception
March 2014Operator
MetrôRioOpen location code
589R3Q96+JMOpenStreetMap ID
node 1784229907OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q10276205
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Portuguese—“Uruguai Station” goes by many names.
- French: “Uruguai”
- Polish: “Uruguai”
- Portuguese: “Estação Uruguai / Tijuca”
- Portuguese: “Estação Uruguai/Tijuca”
- Portuguese: “Uruguai / Tijuca”
- “Uruguai / Tijuca”
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