Calado station
Calado Station Estação do Calado | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Other names | Coronel Fabriciano Station | ||||
| Location | Current Pedro Nolasco Street Brazil | ||||
| Coordinates | 19°31′48″S 42°37′26″W / 19.53000°S 42.62389°W | ||||
| Owned by | Vitória-Minas Railway | ||||
| Managed by | Vale S.A. (until its deactivation) | ||||
| Line(s) | Vitória-Minas Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Demolished. In its place the Coronel Fabriciano Bus Terminal was built | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 9 June 1924 | ||||
| Closed | 29 January 1979 | ||||
| Previous names | Raul Soares | ||||
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The Calado Station ("Estação Calado"), also known as Coronel Fabriciano Station, was a railway station that operated as a passenger and loading and unloading terminal in the Brazilian municipality of Coronel Fabriciano, in the countryside of the state of Minas Gerais. It was inaugurated on June 9, 1924, being at the time one of the three largest stations of the Vitória-Minas Railway (EFVM). Around it was established the urban core that gave rise to the headquarters of the then-subordinated district to Antônio Dias, emancipated in 1948.
The population growth in the central region of the city led to the displacement of the railroad outside the urban perimeter, culminating in the closure of the station in 1979 and later its demolition. The Coronel Fabriciano Bus Terminal was built on the site. The destruction of the old railway terminal without any hindrance from the authorities represented the loss of historic and cultural municipal heritage since it had an influence on the development of the city and was part of the local daily life, besides being part of the history of the EFVM.