1912 building
Station architecture.
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Araraquara station was opened on 18 January 1885 by the Rio Clarense railway in the presence of its owner, the Count of Pinhal, and was soon taken over by the Companhia Paulista. In the late nineteenth century it also became the starting point of the Araraquara railway, making it an interchange between the two lines. The present building dates from 1912, and electrification of the main line reached the town on 1 December 1928. After the Paulista was absorbed by the state company Fepasa in 1971, works altered part of the interior; the last passenger train from Campinas arrived on 15 March 2001, after which the station closed to travellers. Today it houses the Araraquara Railway Museum, with objects and photographs telling the story of the trains that built the towns of inland São Paulo. The town is about forty kilometres from São Carlos; check the museum's hours before going.
Station architecture.
Photos and relics.
Inland railways.
Town centre, Araraquara, São Paulo state
No, passenger service ended in 2001 and the station is now a museum.