Botafogo Station
Train at Botafogo station | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Rua Nelson Mandela Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro Brazil | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°57′01″S 43°11′03″W / 22.950236°S 43.184197°W | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Metrô Rio | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Line 1 Line 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Metrô Na Superfície bus - Botafogo to Gavéa | |||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | BTF | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1981 | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Botafogo | |||||||||||||||
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Botafogo Station (Portuguese: Estação Botafogo; previously Botafogo/Coca-Cola Station) is a subway station on the Rio de Janeiro Metro that serves the neighbourhood of Botafogo in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro.
The station was renamed on 1 January 2021, from Botafogo Station to Botafogo/Coca-Cola Station, 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 before the pandemic, and the accumulated deficit was already at R$ 150 million. 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. This change was subsequently reverted between 5 and 7 November 2022, removing the branding and restoring the station's original name.
- 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"
