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Baraúna (train station/Bahnhof), Pernambuco (BPE-0060)

Sociedade Geológica e Mineralógica, 1910

Baraúna station was inaugurated in January 1883 by the Great Western Railway Company and was located close to the banks of the Sirgi River in the Município of Nazaré, 90 km northwest of the provincial capital Recife. Since July 1909, the surrounding area has belonged to the Município of Aliança. The railway line went to Rede Ferroviária do Nordeste in 1950, and from 1975 until its closure in 1996 it belonged to Rede Ferroviária Federal S.A. (estacoesferroviarias.com.br).  Today the station building is demolished, the rails are still there.

Photo Sidney Correia (estacoesferroviarias.com.br)

A station post office existed from August 1889, as can be read in the Boletim Postal of the following month:

Boletim Postal No. 5, September 1889

No imperial postmark from this station has been seen so far.

Rede Ferroviaria, 1898

Der Bahnhof Baraúna wurde im Januar 1883 durch die Great Western Bahngesellschaft eingeweiht und lag nah am Ufer des Flusses Sirgi im Município von Nazaré, 90 km nordwestlich der Provinzhauptstadt Recife entfernt. Seit Juli 1909 gehört die Umgebung zum Município von Aliança. Die Bahnlinie ging 1950 zur Rede Ferroviária do Nordeste, und von 1975 bis zur Stilllegung 1996 gehörte sie der Rede Ferroviária Federal S.A. (estacoesferroviarias.com.br).  Heute ist das Bahnhofsgebäude abgerissen, die Schienen sind noch da.

Foto Sidney Correia (estacoesferroviarias.com.br)

Ein Bahnhofspostamt gab es seit August 1889, wie im Boletim Postal des Folgemonats zu lesen ist:

Boletim Postal Nr. 5, September 1889

Bisher war kein kaiserlicher Poststempel aus diesem Bahnhof zu sehen.

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Brazilian-German philatelist who lives in Germany since 1981.

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