Guabiroba (train station/Bahnhof), São Paulo (GSP-0555)

*Companhia Paulista de Estradas de Ferro*

Other names: Elihu Root (1906)

Guabiroba station (also spelled Guabirobas) was opened in September 1877 by the railway company Cia. Paulista de Estradas de Ferro (Descalvado branch) and was in the Município de Araras, 180 km northwest of the provincial capital of São Paulo. The line belonged to FEPASA from 1971 until it was closed in 1997 (estacoesferroviarias.com.br). In 1906, the station was renamed after Elihu Root in honour of a US Secretary of State (1845-1937), who at that time chaired the III Pan-American Conference in Rio de Janeiro and subsequently visited the region and the Vila Americana in São Paulo by train. He was the US Secretary of War from 1899 to 1903, increased the size of the army considerably and was nevertheless awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1912.

Elihu Root (in light-coloured suit) at the Guabiroba station, 1906 (*estacoesferroviarias.com.br*)

Today, the tracks have disappeared and the station building is an abandoned ruin:

In October 2022 (Photo: Leonardo Patara, on *estacoesferroviarias.com.br*)

As the press in Rio reported, there had been a post office at the station since July 1885:

No imperial postmark from the Guabiroba railway station has yet been found.

*J.M. Ribeiro Lisboa: Provincia de São Paulo, 1884*

Andere Namen: Elihu Root (1906)

Der Bahnhof Guabiroba (auch Guabirobas geschrieben) wurde im September 1877 von der Eisenbahngesellschaft Cia. Paulista de Estradas de Ferro (Descalvado-Zweig) eröffnet und lag im Município de Araras, 180 km nordwestlich der Provinzhauptstadt São Paulo. Die Strecke gehörte von 1971 bis zu ihrer Stilllegung 1997 der FEPASA (estacoesferroviarias.com.br). 1906 wurde der Bahnhof nach Elihu Root umbenannt, zu Ehren eines US-Staatssekretärs (1845-1937), der zu dieser Zeit die III. Panamerikanische Konferenz in Rio de Janeiro leitete und anschließend mit dem Zug die Region und die Vila Americana in São Paulo besuchte. Er war von 1899 bis 1903 Kriegsminister der USA, vergrößerte die Armee erheblich und erhielt nichtsdestotrotz 1912 den Friedensnobelpreis.