Lisbon Benfica train station
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 Platforms of Lisbon Benfica train station
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| Location in the network | Intermediate station |
| Platform tracks | 4th |
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| City / municipality | Lisbon |
| District | Lisbon |
| Country | Portugal |
| Coordinates | 38 ° 44 '40 " N , 9 ° 11' 59" W |
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| List of train stations in Portugal | |
The Lisbon Benfica train station is a regional station in the Freguesia Benfica in the Portuguese capital Lisbon . The station is only served by local trains of the CP Urbanos de Lisboa . As with all suburban train stations in Lisbon, the prefix Lisboa is dispensed with, the station is noted everywhere as Benfica .
history
The station opened on April 2, 1887, when the Sintra - Lisbon Alcântara-Terra section of the Linha de Sintra went into operation. The Campolide –Alcântara-Terra section is now part of the Linha de Cintura , after the connection to the Rossio terminus in the city center was completed in 1891 . As early as 1888, a connecting line between Benfica and the Sete Rios station on the Linha de Cintura was built, so that the trains from Sintra could get to other destinations in the Lisbon area.
Location and facility
The station is located in the eponymous Freguesia Benfica on Rua da Venezuela. The Estádio da Luz , the stadium of the Benfica football club , is located around one kilometer northeast of the train station.
The station consists of four tracks on two side and one central platform. The platforms are 220 and 221 meters long and, as is usual in the suburban network of Lisbon, 90 centimeters high. The station has a travel center, toilets, shops and restaurants.
traffic
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railroad
The station is served exclusively by local trains operated by CP Urbanos de Lisboa , a subsidiary of the state-owned railway company Comboios de Portugal . All trains of the Linha de Sintra line family stop there. A total of three train routes serve the station:
- Sintra– Agualva / Cacém –Queluz / Belas– Reboleira –Lisboa Benfica – Lisboa Campolide – Lisboa Rossio (every half hour)
- Mira Sintra-Meleçâs – Agualva / Cacém – Queluz / Belas – Reboleira – Benfica – Sete Rios– Lisboa Entrecampos - Lisboa Roma-Areeiro - Lisboa Oriente ( every half hour)
- Sintra – Agualva / Cacém – Queluz / Belas – Reboleira – Benfica – Sete Rios – Entrecampos – Roma-Areeiro – Oriente– Sacavém - Alverca (only during rush hour)
The interregional and regional trains that run from Linha do Oeste via Linha de Sintra to Lisbon's Entrecampos and Santa Apolónia stations pass the station without stopping.
city traffic
In front of the station, on Rua da Venezuela, there is a bus stop that is served by eight Carris lines. There are direct bus connections to Algés , to the train stations Cais do Sodré , Sete Rios and Oriente as well as to the metro station Colégio Militar / Luz . There is no connection to the Lisbon metro network .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Equipment of the Benfica station, Comboios de Portugal ( Memento from July 22, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ).