Botafogo Station

Botafogo Station (Portuguese: Estação Botafogo; previously Botafogo/Coca-Cola Station[2]) is a subway station on the Rio de Janeiro Metro that serves the neighbourhood of Botafogo in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro.[3]

Botafogo
Train at Botafogo station
General information
LocationRua Nelson Mandela
Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Coordinates22.950236°S 43.184197°W / -22.950236; -43.184197
Operated byMetrô Rio
Line(s)Line 1
Line 2
ConnectionsMetrô Na Superfície bus - Botafogo to Gavéa[1]
Other information
Station codeBTF
History
Opened1981 (1981)
Previous namesBotafogo
Services
Preceding station Rio de Janeiro Metro Following station
Flamengo
towards Uruguai
 Line 1 Cardeal Arcoverde
towards General Osório
Flamengo
towards Pavuna
 Line 2 Terminus
Location
Botafogo is located in Rio de Janeiro
Botafogo
Botafogo
Location within Rio de Janeiro

The station was renamed on 1 January 2021, from Botafogo Station to Botafogo/Coca-Cola Station,[4] after a naming rights purchase by the Brazilian branch of The Coca-Cola Company. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Metrô Rio had been operating at a loss – in July 2020, the passenger flow was just 57% of what it had been in the same period pre-pandemic, and the accumulated deficit was already at R$ 150 million.[5] The station's naming rights sale was used as an alternate mean to generate revenue, and it was chosen for the purchase due to its proximity to Coca-Cola's headquarters, on Botafogo Beach.[5] This change was subsequently reverted between 5 and 7 November 2022, removing the branding and restoring the station's original name.[6]

  • The station in March 2022, when it was still "Botafogo/Coca-Cola"
    The station in March 2022, when it was still "Botafogo/Coca-Cola"
  • The station in February 2023, after its name was reverted to simply "Botafogo"
    The station in February 2023, after its name was reverted to simply "Botafogo"

References
  1. "Mapa Superfície - Botafogo – Gavéa". MetrôRio. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  2. Lobo, Caio (2 January 2021). "MetrôRio altera nome de estação para "Botafogo Coca-Cola"". Metrô CPTM (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. "Botafogo - Sobre a Estação". MetrôRio. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  4. "Em crise, Metrô Rio vende nome de estação, que vira Botafogo/Coca-Cola". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  5. Porcidonio, Gilberto (5 January 2021). "Estação do metrô Botafogo passa a se chamar Botafogo/Coca-Cola". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  6. "Estação do Metrô Botafogo não usa mais "naming rights" Coca Cola" [Botafogo metro station no longer uses Coca-Cola's "naming rights"]. Agenda Bafafá (in Brazilian Portuguese). 17 November 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
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