Estádio Do Mar Station (Porto Metro)
Estádio do Mar is a light rail station on the Porto Metro system in the municipality of Matosinhos, Portugal. The station is on line A of the Metro, which provides a direct connection to the centre of the Porto, city of Porto. It takes its name from the Estádio do Mar, nearby stadium and was opened in 2002. History In 1884, the contractors building the Breakwater (structure), breakwaters at the Port of Leixões, built a narrow gauge railway from the quarries at São Gens to the port area. After the completion of the port works in 1893, this line was adapted for the transport of passengers and goods, with connections to the existing Porto to Póvoa and Famalicão railway line, Porto to Póvoa and Famalicão narrow gauge line, allowing direct services to be operated between and the port. This line became known as the Ramal de Matosinhos, Matosinhos branch. The old narrow gauge lines closed in 2001, as part of the preparations for the creation of the Porto Metro, which elsewhere ...
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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 ...
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