Central do Brasil, located in downtown Rio de Janeiro, is an important region that connects several modes of mass transportation.

At Central do Brasil there are two bus terminals, a train station and a subway station.

These transports connect, mainly, the Center of Rio with neighborhoods of the North Zone, West Zone and other neighboring cities of the Baixada Fluminense.

It can be said that Central do Brasil is the main entrance of the working class in the city.

A little of history...

In 1855 the church of Santana was demolished in order to build the D. Pedro II train station on the site. The locomotives that left from there united the most prosperous provinces of the Empire: Rio, São Paulo and Minas that traded, among other goods, mainly coffee and milk.

In 1858, the inaugural voyage was carried out with Dom Pedro II and his family as passengers. The route was: Rio de Janeiro to Queimados, in the Baixada Fluminense, 47 km. The Central's initial fleet consisted of 10 locomotives, 40 passenger wagons and 100 freight wagons.

Construction of Central do Brasil

The building that housed the old building was demolished. And there, in the early 1930s, the building was erected with a large station for the expansion of the railway system, as well as the passage of Avenida Presidente Vargas.

The building was rebuilt to impress. Vargas' main intention was to show a modern federal capital.

The famous Central do Brasil clock (which is from 1943) is bigger than Big Ben, from London, England. The English specimen measures seven meters, while the Brazilian is 10 meters high on each side. At 135 meters high, the building was once the tallest reinforced concrete structure in the world. However, it is rare to see it working properly.

In 1997, the station was the setting for the film Central do Brasil. The work was nominated for an Oscar for best foreign film in 1998. The curious thing is that the name “Central do Brasil” came to be used definitively after the film was released. Previously it was common to see people still referring to the station as “D. Pedro II ”.

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MAR 17, 2021

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