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°57′01″S 43°11′03″W / 22.950236°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]
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeBTF
History
Opened1981; 43 years ago (1981)
Previous namesBotafogo
Services
Preceding station Rio de Janeiro Metro Following station
Flamengo
towards Uruguai
Line 1 Cardeal Arcoverde
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][better source needed]

Passenger traffic

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Although the station has been in operation since 1981, passenger data is only made available from 1998 onwards.

Historical passenger traffic
YearPassengers±%
19988,484,474—    
19999,234,753+8.8%
20009,882,302+7.0%
20019,573,236−3.1%
20029,666,030+1.0%
20039,389,341−2.9%
20049,448,144+0.6%
20059,851,428+4.3%
200610,271,355+4.3%
200711,407,154+11.1%
200812,368,386+8.4%
200912,399,348+0.3%
201013,487,265+8.8%
YearPassengers±%
201114,617,633+8.4%
201215,043,239+2.9%
201315,693,647+4.3%
201417,390,660+10.8%
201518,350,472+5.5%
201619,394,585+5.7%
201717,767,004−8.4%
201817,403,757−2.0%
201917,855,069+2.6%
20207,665,326−57.1%
20217,926,732+3.4%
202211,563,325+45.9%
Note: This table displays the total amount of passengers reportedly transported in the station in a given year.
Source: Rio de Janeiro Municipal Government.[7]

References

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  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. ^ a b 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.
  7. ^ "Total mensal de passageiros transportados no Metrô, segundo as estações e linhas, no Município do Rio de Janeiro entre 1998 e 2023" [Monthly total of passengers transported by the Metro, according to stations and lines, in the Rio de Janeiro city between 1998 and 2023]. Data.rio (in Brazilian Portuguese). 19 March 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2023.