at a glance

rocha miranda is a bairro (neighborhood) in the zona norte (north zone) of rio de janeiro - surrounding bairros include colégio, vaz lobo, turiaçu, bento ribeiro and honório gurgel - it is located in close proximity to the intersection of two major traffic arteries, namely avenida brasil (brazil avenue) and avenida pastor martin luther king jr - this and the connection to the auxiliary rail line (linha auxiliar), offer convenient access to other parts of the city and the state.

in the 19th century the area was part of a large farm property called fazenda do sape, which during that time was in the posession of the baron of mesquita. following the completion of the extention of the railway in 1905 the local station was originally named  sape station (estação sape). the name was temporarily changed to max vasconcellos in 1911.

eventually the property was bought by the rocha miranda family and the station was renamed once again to rocha miranda station, which it is known as today. the surrounding neighbrhood took on the name of the station. the original station building is no longer in use - the current station building was built as recent as 1977.