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Santa Apolónia Railway Station
The Santa Apolónia Station is the oldest railway terminus in Portugal. It is situated in the Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish of São Vicente, Lisbon, São Vicente, in the central part of the Concelho, municipality of Lisbon, on the northern margin of the Tagus River in the historical district of Alfama. History In December 1844, under the initiative of José Bernardo da Costa Cabral, the ''Companhia das Obras Públicas'' was founded, with the purpose of constructing a rail line between Lisbon and Spain, in addition to intermodal station between rail and maritime services. The station was known as the ''Cais da América'' or ''Cais da Europa'', and allowed rail passengers from Europe to offload to ships for America.João Martins, Miguel Sousa & Madalena Brion (1996), p.11 The initial project was for the construction at the ''Cais dos Soldados'' (''Soldiers Wharf''). Meanwhile, in December 1852, the engineer Thomaz Rumball proposed two alternatives, alongside the ''Museu Mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logo Infraestruturas De Portugal 2
A logo (abbreviation of logotype; ) is a graphic mark, emblem, or symbol used to aid and promote public identification and recognition. It may be of an abstract or figurative design or include the text of the name that it represents, as in a wordmark. In the days of hot metal typesetting, a logotype was one word cast as a single piece of type (e.g. "The" in ATF Garamond), as opposed to a Typographic ligature, ligature, which is two or more letters joined, but not forming a word. By extension, the term was also used for a uniquely set and arranged typeface or colophon (publishing), colophon. At the level of mass communication and in common usage, a company's logo is today often synonymous with its trademark or brand.Wheeler, Alina. ''Designing Brand Identity'' © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (page 4) Etymology Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper's ''Online Etymology Dictionary'' states that the first surviving written record of the term 'logo' dates back to 1937, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terreiro Do Paço
Terreiro is a town and commune of Angola, located in the province of Cuanza Norte. See also * Communes of Angola The Communes of Angola () are administrative units in Angola after municipalities. The 163 municipalities of Angola are divided into communes. There are a total of 618 communes of Angola: Bengo Province * Ambriz * Kakalo-Kahango * Ícolo e Be ... References {{Cuanza Norte Province Populated places in Cuanza Norte Province Communes in Cuanza Norte Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Run-round Loop
A headshunt (or escape track in the United States) is a short length of track provided to release locomotives at terminal platforms, or to allow shunting to take place clear of main lines. Terminal headshunt A 'terminal headshunt' is a short length of track that allows a locomotive to uncouple from its train, move forward, and then run back past it on a parallel track. Such headshunts are typically installed at a terminal station to allow the locomotive of an arriving train to move to the opposite end of (in railway parlance, 'run around') its train so that it can then haul the same train out of the station in the other direction (assuming, of course, that it is a locomotive equipped to run in either direction; for locomotives that only operate in one direction, a wye or turntable needs to be provided to physically turn the engine around, as well as a run-around track). Reversing headshunt Found primarily on metro systems, rapid transit light rail networks, and tramways, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linha Do Norte
Linha do Norte is the Portuguese main railway line that connects the two main Portuguese cities, Lisbon and Porto. Its length is . It goes through some other important cities such as Vila Franca de Xira, Santarém, Entroncamento, Pombal, Coimbra, Aveiro, Espinho and Vila Nova de Gaia. It constitutes the backbone of the Portuguese railway system of freight and passenger services, running approximately 720 trains (both freight and passenger) daily. As part of the plans for a high-speed rail network, there will be a parallel high-speed line (up to ) to relieve this main line, since it has reached a saturation threshold where it's impossible to add additional freight trains without jamming the fast passenger services ( InterCidades and Alfa Pendular). History Planning and construction The line was first conceived as part of a broader plan to develop the Portuguese railway network. On 30 August 1852, the government issued a decree outlining the initial route for what w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intermodal Passenger Transport
Intermodal passenger transport, also called mixed-mode commuting, involves using two or more mode of transport, modes of transportation in a journey. Mixed-mode commuting is often used to combine the strengths (and offset the weaknesses) of various transportation options. A major goal of modern intermodal passenger transport is to reduce automobile dependency, dependence on the automobile as the major mode of ground transportation and increase use of public transport. To assist the traveller, various intermodal journey planners such as Rome2rio and Google Transit have been devised to help travellers plan and schedule their journey. Mixed-mode commuting often centers on a form of rapid transit, such as regional rail, which has high speed but limited coverage, to which low-speed options (i.e. bus, tram, or bicycle) are appended at the beginning or end of the journey. Trains offer quick transit from a suburb into an urban area, where passengers can choose a way to complete the tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisbon Metro
The Lisbon Metro () is a rapid transit system in Lisbon, Portugal. Opened in December 1959, it was the first rapid transit system in Portugal. , the system's four lines total of route and serve 56 stations. History Initial plans The idea of building a system of underground railways for the city of Lisbon first arose in 1888. It was first proposed by Henrique de Lima e Cunha, a military engineer who had published a proposal in the journal ''Obras Públicas e Minas'' ''(Public Works and Mines)'' for a network with several lines that could serve the Portuguese capital. Concrete plans took longer to evolve, though. Lanoel Aussenac d'Abel and Abel Coelho presented theirs in 1923, and José Manteca Roger and Juan Luque Argenti theirs one year later, in 1924. None of these plans were carried out. After World War II, in which Portugal remained neutral, the national economy took off and the financial possibilities arising from the Marshall Plan provided a strong boost to the pote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfa Pendular
Alfa Pendular is the name of the flagship Pendolino high-speed tilting train of Portuguese state railway company Comboios de Portugal. Since the 1990's it connects the near-coastal and coastal cities of Braga, Porto, Aveiro, Coimbra, Santarém, Lisbon, Albufeira, and Faro, spanning from North to South, at speeds of up to 220 km/h (135 mph). The trains were assembled in Portugal by ADtranz at the former Sorefame works at Amadora, based on contracting partnership between Fiat-Ferroviaria as the main contractor and ADtranz and Siemens as the main subcontractors. In 2017, the Alfa train fleet was upgraded with new interiors, livery, seating, and features such as Wi-Fi, plugs and chargers for electronic devices. Description The Alfa Pendular high speed train is a six car electric multiple unit (EMU), which is derived from, and closely resembles the Giugiaro designed Italian Fiat-Ferroviaria ETR 480 Pendolino train. The bogies were redesigned to operate on Portugal's spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cais Do Sodré Railway Station
The Cais do Sodré Railway Station () is an intermodal Train station, railway station in the Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish of Misericórdia, in the Concelho, municipality of Lisbon, serving as the terminus of the Cascais Line, suburban route to the resort town Cascais. History In 1925, the company ''Sociedade Estoril'' elaborated a project for a station along the margin of the civil parish of São Paulo (Lisbon), São Paulo. The station was completed and inaugurated on 18 August 1928. A new roof was built over the platforms in 1960, but on 28 May 1963 this collapsed while one train was loading and another was unloading. About 50 people were killed and many more injured. In 1993, metro station was opened to link the railway station, a project of Nuno Teotónio Pereira, who was contracted in 1998 to remodel the site. He was brought back in 2000, in order to construct the river terminal along the northern margin of the Tagus River, Tagus. On 4 August 1995, there was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gare Do Oriente
Gare do Oriente (), or alternately, the ''Lisbon Oriente Station'' is one of the main Portugal, Portuguese intermodal transport hubs, and is situated in the Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish of Parque das Nações, Concelho, municipality of Lisbon. History In 1994, the station was proposed as part of the modernization of the Linha do Norte, a modification to the rail line to facilitate the future development of a new station in eastern Lisbon. Located along Avenida D. João II, over Avenida de Berlim and Rua Conselheiro Mariano de Carvalho, the station was planned to occupy the lands once occupied by Apeadeiro dos Olivais, which was demolished in the 1990s in order to make way for the new station. Bids for building the project on lands to be used for the 1998 exposition were solicited internationally. The concept was originally designed by Spain, Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava in 1995, and built by Acciona, Necso. The station was inaugurated on 19 May 1998, as part of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rossio Train Station
The Rossio Railway Station (; ) is a railway station in Lisbon, Portugal, located in the Rossio square. The station was formerly known as ''Estação Central'' (Central Station) and that designation still appears in its façade. Trains gain access to the station, which is in the central urban area of Lisbon, through a tunnel which is over long. History The station was commissioned by the Portuguese Royal Railway Company and was designed between 1886 and 1887 by Portuguese architect José Luís Monteiro. It was built in one of the most important squares of Lisbon, the Rossio, and connected the city to the region of Sintra. The tunnel was excavated under the city and is considered one of the most important works of engineering in Portugal dating from the 19th century. It was completed in 1890, and soon after Lisbon's Circle Line with a connection to the North Line also opened. The station became Lisbon's main passenger terminus until 1957, from that date only a few long-d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
