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Casa Da Música Station (Porto Metro)
Casa da Música is an underground light rail station on the Porto Metro system in Porto, Portugal. It is situated on the and takes its name from the nearby Casa da Música concert hall. History The station was built on the site of the former on the gauge Porto to Póvoa and Famalicão railway line that operated into the Porto-Trindade terminus. This station and line dated from the opening of that terminus in 1938, and before then the line terminated at , just to the south of Casa da Música station. Avenida da França station and the line into Trindade station were closed in 2001 to enable the construction of the Metro. The new station was designed by Eduardo Souto de Moura, who also designed the Metro's Trindade station. It was inaugurated on 7 December 2002 and commercial services started on 1 January 2003. This section was initially served by the initial line A operating between terminals at Trindade and Senhor de Matosinhos. The line was extended eastwards from Trini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porto Metro
The Porto Metro () is a light rail network in Porto, Portugal and a key part of the city's public transport system. Having a semi-metro alignment, it runs underground in central Porto and above ground into the city's suburbs while using low-floor tram vehicles. The first parts of the system have been in operation since 2002.Webb, Mary (ed.) (2009). ''Jane's Urban Transport Systems 2009–2010'', p. 277. Coulsdon, Surrey (UK): Jane's Information Group. . The network has 6 lines and reaches seven municipalities within the metropolitan Porto area: Porto, Gondomar, Maia, Matosinhos, Póvoa de Varzim, Vila do Conde and Vila Nova de Gaia. It currently has a total of 85 operational stations across of double track commercial line. Most of the system is at ground level or elevated, but of the network is underground. The system is run by ViaPORTO. The Porto Metro has received the Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trindade Station (Porto Metro)
Trindade is a station on the Porto Metro system in Porto, Portugal. It is the system's principal interchange station, being the only station served by all lines. It is situated on the site of the former Porto-Trindade railway station, just to the north of . It was opened in 2002. History Before 2001 The modern metro station was built on the site of the former Trindade railway station. The former station served as the city terminus for a network of gauge railways that served the area to the north of the city, including lines stretching as far as Matosinhos, Póvoa de Varzim, Vila Nova de Famalicão and Guimarães. It was opened on 30 October 1938 and was closed on 28 April 2001. The northern sections of lines A, B, C, E and F of the Porto Metro make use of much of the trackbed of the old 1000mm gauge railway lines, including the reuse of the (formerly known as the Trindade Tunnel), which provided the northern rail approach to the railway station, and now fulfils the same role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Souto De Moura Buildings
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Porto Metro Stations
Porto (), also known in English as Oporto, is the second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of just 248,769 people in a municipality with only . Porto's urban area has around 1,319,151 people (2025) in an area of ,Demographia: World Urban Areas , March 2010 making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. It is recognized as a with a Gamma + rating from the |
Santo Ovídio Station (Porto Metro)
Santo Ovídio is a light rail station on line D of the Porto Metro system in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. The station is situated underground, below the junction between Av. da República, R. de Soares dos Reis, R. Conceição Fernandes and R. António Rodrigues Rocha. To the north the line runs in the centre of Av. da República, whist to the south it climbs onto an elevated structure. Santo Ovídio station opened, along with the extension of line D from its previous terminus at , on 15 October 2011. It served as the terminus of line D until 28 June 2024, when the line was further extended to Vila d'Este. Plans were announced in 2022 to build a new line of the Porto Metro (line H) to connect Santo Ovídio to Casa da Música The Casa da Música is a concert hall in Porto, Portugal. It was designed by architect Rem Koolhaas and opened in 2005. Designed to mark the festive year of 2001 in which the city of Porto was designated European Capital of Culture, it was th ... on l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diário De Notícias
() is a Portuguese weekly newspaper published in Lisbon, Portugal. Established since 1864, the paper is considered a newspaper of record for Portugal. History and profile ''Diário de Notícias'' was first published in Lisbon on 29 December 1864 by Tomás Quintino Antunes and Eduardo Coelho. At its early phase the paper had no explicit political stance and financially relied on the advertisements. Its headquarters is in Lisbon. During the 1880s the novelist Eça de Queiroz, then stationed in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, in the Portuguese diplomatic service, contributed occasional "London letters" to the newspaper. Some of these were afterwards published in a book entitled '' Cartas de Inglaterra''. Before the Carnation Revolution ''Diário de Notícias'' belonged to the Empresa Nacional de Publicidade, a propaganda arm of the dictatorship. Following the Carnation Revolution, the paper remained nationalized until the early 1990s. Then the paper and ''Jornal de Notícias'' we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Bento Station (Porto Metro)
São Bento is an underground light rail station on line D of the Porto Metro system in Porto, Portugal. It is situated in front of the São Bento railway station, one of Porto's main railway stations, from which it takes its name. Immediately to the south of São Bento station, the line emerges from its tunnel in order to use the upper level of the Dom Luís I Bridge to cross over the Douro river. The central tunnelled section of line D, including São Bento station, opened on 17 September 2005, with trains initially running between Câmara de Gaia, to the south, and Pólo Universitário to the north. The line has since been extended from Câmara de Gaia to Vila d’Este, and from Pólo Universitário to Hospital de São João. The station is preceded by Aliados and followed by Jardim do Morro stations. On weekdays, trains run every five to six minutes, declining to every 10 minutes on weekends and evenings. The station platforms are underground, and there are two through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francos Station
Guillermo Alberto Francos (born 20 April 1950) is a politician and lawyer from Argentina, serving as Minister of Interior for Javier Milei since December 2023 until May 2024 when he was designated Chief of Cabinet to replace Nicolás Posse. Biography He was born in Puerto Belgrano, a base of the Argentine Navy. Guillermo Francos graduated from the Universidad del Salvador in 1974 and worked as a lawyer from 1975 to 1989. During those years he worked at the Ministry of Justice from 1974 to 1978. He worked at several places, both in the state and private organizations. He was elected national deputy in 1997 as a member of the Action for the Republic party, he resigned in September 2000, as he was appointed head of Aeropuertos Argentina 2000. He was briefly president of Aerolíneas Argentinas, and then moved to the banks. He led the Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires, Grupo Banco Provincia and Provincia Microempresas from 2007 to 2011 during the government of Daniel Scioli in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolina Michaëlis Station
Carolina Michaëlis is a light rail station on the Porto Metro system in Porto, Portugal. The station is partly underground, beneath the Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcelos stairway and in front of the . It was opened in 2002. History The station was built in the corridor of the former gauge Porto to Póvoa and Famalicão railway line that operated into the Porto-Trindade terminus. These lines dated from the opening of that terminus in 1938, and were closed in 2001 to enable the construction of the Metro. The new station was inaugurated on 7 December 2002 and commercial services started on 1 January 2003. This section was initially served by the initial line A operating between terminals at Trindade and Senhor de Matosinhos. The line was extended eastwards from Trinidade to Estádio do Dragão on 5 June 2004. Using the same tracks, line B started operation on 13 March 2005, line C on 30 July 2005, line E on 27 May 2006, and line F on 2 January 2011. Services Carolina Michaël ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Academy Of Arts
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House in Piccadilly London, England. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and appreciation of the fine arts through exhibitions, education and debate. History The origin of the Royal Academy of Arts lies in an attempt in 1755 by members of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, principally the sculptor Henry Cheere, to found an autonomous academy of arts. Before this, several artists were members of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, including Cheere and William Hogarth, or were involved in small-scale private art academies, such as the St Martin's Lane Academy. Although Cheere's attempt failed, the eventual charter, called an 'Instrument', used to establish the Royal Academy of Arts over a decade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estádio Do Dragão Station
Estádio do Dragão, known during its planning stage as Antas, is a light rail station on the Porto Metro system in Porto, Portugal. The station is underground, adjacent to the Estádio do Dragão football stadium, from which it takes its name. It was opened in 2004, in time for 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, that year's European Football Championship, for which the stadium hosted games. The station is a through station on line F, and acts as the eastern terminus for trains on lines A, B and E. Lines A, B, E and F run as one line within the metropolitan area to the west of Estádio do Dragão, and the next station in that direction is Campanhã station (Porto Metro), Campanhã. To the east on line F, the next station is . Estádio do Dragão station station is located underground, between the stadium and the main line railway tracks north out of Campanhã railway station. It has three through tracks served by two island platforms. Access is by lift or stairs via a highe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senhor De Matosinhos Station
Senhor de Matosinhos is a light rail station on the Porto Metro system in the municipality of Matosinhos, Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share .... The station is the terminus of line A of the Metro, which provides a direct connection to the centre of the city of Porto. It was opened in 2002. While much of the first stage of the Porto Metro was built using the trackbed of the network of gauge railways that served the area to the north of Porto, including a line to Matosinhos, the Senhor de Matosinhos station is on a new alignment created for the Metro. The new station was on the first section of the Porto Metro to open and was inaugurated on 7 December 2002, with commercial services starting on 1 January 2003. Senhor de Matosinhos is the terminus of line A, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
