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Between 1891 and 1957 most passenger services at Santa Apolónia moved to Rossio Train Station, then referred to as the Central Station. Santa Apolonia became one of several land transport hubs, that included Gare do Oriente, situated 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) southwest, Cais do Sodré, Rossio and Entrecampos.
Opened on December 19, 2007, in conjunction with the Terreiro do Paço station, the station is located on Avenida Infante D. Henrique, connecting to the Santa Apolónia railway station (North and Azambuja Lines). It takes its name from the railway station, which was constructed partly on the site of the old Convent of Santa Apolónia.
Evolution of the Lisbon Metro, 1959–2012. 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.
Entrecampos Station opened on 20 May 1888 on the Cintura Line between Benfica and Santa Apolónia. [8] Fertagus trains began servicing Entrecampos Station in July 1999. [2] On 29 November 2023, the inauguration of a permanent piano at the train station took place. The initiative was started by Critical Software as a way of giving back to the ...
1 March 1998: Palhavã station is renamed to Marquês de Pombal, Sete Rios station is renamed to Jardim Zoológico and Socorro station is renamed to Martim Moniz. 3 March 1998: Creation of the Blue and Green line by closing the Restauradores - Rossio tunnel. New Blue line route: Pontinha - Restauradores. 8 August 1998: Opening of the Baixa ...
Common branch stations: Restauradores, Avenida, Rotunda (former name of the Marquês de Pombal station and where the line would split into the two branches). Current Blue Line branch stations (coming from Rotunda station): Parque , São Sebastião , Palhavã (former name of the Praça de Espanha station) and Sete Rios (former name of the Jardim ...
The Commuter rail service in Porto is well connected with bus and metro service in the city, linking with lines A (Blue line), B (Red line), C (Green line), E (Violet Line) and F (Orange Line) of metro service in Campanhã Station and with line D (Yellow line) in São Bento Station.
Opened on December 19, 2007, in conjunction with the Santa Apolónia station, and it is located on Praça do Comércio. It takes its name (literally 'Palace Square') from the adjacent Terreiro do Paço square. The architectural design of station is by Artur Rosa. This station won both the Valmor and Municipal Architecture prizes in 2008 [1]