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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] |
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] |
Pólo Universitário Station (Porto Metro)
Pólo Universitário is an underground light rail station on line D of the Porto Metro system in Porto, Portugal. It is situated under Rua Alfredo Allen on the University of Porto campus, from which it takes its name. Immediately to the north of Pólo Universitário station, the line emerges from its tunnel and continues at street level for the remainder of its route. The central tunnelled section of line D, including Pólo Universitário station, opened on 17 September 2005, with trains initially running from Câmara de Gaia, to the south. Pólo Universitário was the northern terminus until 31 March 2006, when the line was extended to Hospital de São João. The line has since been extended from Câmara de Gaia to Vila d’Este. The station is preceded by and followed by IPO 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 tracks, served by a ... [...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] |
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] |
Jardim Do Morro Station (Porto Metro)
Jardim do Morro is a light rail station on line D of the Porto Metro system in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. It is situated on the immediately to the south of the upper level of the Dom Luís I Bridge, which the trains use to cross over the Douro river from Porto. It is adjacent to the , the Serra do Pilar Monastery and the upper station of the Gaia Cable Car. The initial section of line D, including Jardim do Morro 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 São Bento and followed by stations. On weekdays, trains run every five to six minutes, declining to every 10 minutes on weekends and evenings. The station platforms are on the surface, and there are two through tracks, each served by a side platform. The platform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliados Station (Porto Metro)
Aliados is an underground light rail station on line D of the Porto Metro system in Porto, Portugal. It is situated to the south of and under the , one of central Porto's main streets, from which it takes its name. The central tunnelled section of line D, including Aliados 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 Trindade and followed by São Bento 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 tracks, each served by a side platform. Porto tram line 22 also stops at the Avenida dos Aliados near the station. File:Santo Ildefonso-Avenida dos Aliados.jpg, Ventillation grill in Aveni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hospital De São João Station
Hospital de São João is a light rail station that is the terminus of line D of the Porto Metro system in Porto, Portugal. It is named after the nearby University Hospital of São João. It serves the hospital as well as the Asprela Campus of the University of Porto The University of Porto (''Universidade do Porto'') is a Portuguese public research university located in Porto, and founded on 22 March 1911. It is the second largest Portuguese university by number of enrolled students, after the University ..., and is a transfer point between the Metro and urban and suburban bus services. The station is followed by IPO station. On weekdays, trains run every five to six minutes, declining to every 10 minutes on weekends and evenings. The station platforms are on the surface, and are directly accessed from the street. There are two terminal tracks, each served by a side platform. Although the central section of line D opened in 2005, the IPO and Hospital de São João stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vila D'Este Station (Porto Metro)
Vila d'Este is a light rail station that is the terminus of line D of the Porto Metro system in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal. The station opened, along with the extension of line D from its previous terminus at Santo Ovídio Ovidius (), also ''Saint Auditus'', was the third Bishop of Braga; he is a Portuguese saint. Hagiography According to hagiographies of the 16th century, Ovidius was a Roman citizen of Sicilian origin. Tradition states that he was sent to Brag ..., on 28 June 2024. The station is followed by . On weekdays, trains run every 10 to 12 minutes, declining to every 20 minutes on weekends and evenings. The station is on the surface, alongside R. Salgueiro Maia. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Vila d'Este (Station) Porto Metro stations Railway stations in Portugal opened in 2024 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Câmara De Gaia Station (Porto Metro)
Câmara de Gaia is a light rail station on line D of the Porto Metro system in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, 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 .... It is situated on the adjacent to the Gaia City Hall, from which it takes its name. The initial section of line D, including Câmara de Gaia station, opened on 17 September 2005, with trains initially running to Pólo Universitário to the north. Câmara de Gaia was the southern terminus until 27 May 2008, when the line was extended to . The line has since been extended from D. João II to Vila d’Este, and from Pólo Universitário to Hospital de São João. The station is preceded by and followed by stations. On weekdays, trains run every five to six minutes, declining to every 10 minutes on wee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porto
Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, 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 concelho, 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 global city with a Gamma + rating from the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Located along the Douro River estuary in northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European centers and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douro
The Douro (, , , ; ; ) is the largest river of the Iberian Peninsula by discharge. It rises near Duruelo de la Sierra in the Spanish Soria Province, province of Soria, meanders briefly south, then flows generally west through the northern part of the Meseta Central in Castile and León into northern Portugal. Its largest tributary (carrying more water than the Douro at their confluence) is the right-bank Esla (river), Esla. The Douro flows into the Atlantic Ocean at Porto, the second largest city of Portugal. The scenic Douro railway line runs close to the river. Adjacent areas produce port wine, port (a mildly fortification (wine), fortified wine) and other agricultural produce. A small tributary of the river has the Côa Valley Paleolithic Art site which is considered important to the archaeological pre-historic patrimony, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Within Spain, it flows through the middle of the autonomous community of Castile and León, with the basin spanni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dom Luís I Bridge
The Dom Luís I Bridge (), or Luís I Bridge, is a double-deck metal arch bridge that spans the river Douro between the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia in Portugal. At its construction, its span was the longest of its type in the world. It can be confused with the nearby Maria Pia Bridge, a railway bridge that was built 9 years earlier (and is located to the east), which is similar in aspect to the Luís I bridge. Today, the bridge's upper level is used by pedestrians and by line D of the Porto Metro, whilst the lower level is used by buses, taxis, cyclists and pedestrians. The lower level links to the Porto waterfront, including the Praça da Ribeira and the lower station of the Guindais Funicular, at its northern end, and to Gaia waterfront, with its Port wine lodges, at its southern end. The upper level connects to Porto city centre and São Bento station at its northern end, and adjoins the Serra do Pilar Monastery and the upper station of the Gaia Cable Car a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
