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. 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

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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

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, 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 Trinidade to

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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

Casa da Música is served by lines A, B, C, E and F (which run as one line within the metropolitan area). It it is preceded by

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and followed by Francos. Like other stations in the common section of lines A, B, C, E and F, Casa da Música sees a very frequent service, with up to 21 trains per hour in both directions. The rail station has an attached bus station, and is served by a number of international, long distance and city bus routes.

Future

Plans were announced in 2017 to build an underground Line G which would connect Casa da Música with São Bento. The construction started in 2020 and Porto Metro expects it to be completed in July 2025. Plans were announced in 2022 to build line H to connect Casa da Música to

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on line D. The construction is planned to start by the end of 2023 and to be completed by the end of 2026.

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