Lisbon Sete Rios train station
| Lisbon Sete Rios | |
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 The platforms of the station
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| Data | |
| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 4th |
| IBNR | 9400574 |
| opening | 1888 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Lisbon |
| District | Lisbon |
| Country | Portugal |
| Coordinates | 38 ° 44 '25 " N , 9 ° 10' 0" W |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in Portugal | |
The Lisbon Sete Rios train station (also called Jardim Zoológico / Sete Rios ) is a regional and long-distance station of the Comboios de Portugal in the Lisbon municipality of São Domingues de Benfica . In addition, the Linha Azul underground station Jardim Zoológico is an underground connection to the train station. The train station is on the Linha de Cintura . To the west of it is the CP depot as well as a track triangle / rail cross between the Linha de Sintra and the Linha de Cintura to enable trips from the Sintra line to Roma Areeiro or to the Gare do Oriente .
history
The station opened in 1888 when the Linha de Cintura opened between Campolide and Chelas . At the same time it was connected to the Linha de Sintra and indirectly also to the Linha do Oeste with the connecting curve to Benfica . In 1957 the Linha de Cintura between Campolide and Chelas / Braço de Prata was electrified.
Sete Rios has also been a long-distance train station since 1999 with the opening of Linha do Sul via Ponte 25 de Abril .
Infrastructure
The railway section of the complex comprises four tracks, as the Linha de Cintura from Sete Rios to Roma-Areeiro has four tracks. There is also a large CP depot at the station. The location of the plant at this point is thanks to the excellent connections; from Sete Rios the main routes to the north, west and south as well as the suburban routes to Sintra and Cascais can be reached within a short time.
The complex also includes an underground station and a large bus station (Terminal Rodoviário de Sete Rios).
meaning
Comboios de Portugal
Long-distance transport
Along with Santa Apolónia , Oriente and Entrecampos, Sete Rios is Lisbon's fourth long-distance train station. The Intercidades trains on the Lisbon Oriente - Faro and Lisbon Oriente - Évora routes stop here . The Alfa Pendular towards southern Portugal pass the station without stopping. A direct connection to Beja was abandoned in favor of the increase in train pairs to Évora in 2009.
Regional traffic
- CP Urbanos de Lisboa
The CP regional transport subsidiary for Lisbon, CP Urbanos de Lisboa, serves Sete Rios with two lines: The Linha de Sintra stops with the trains on the Mira Sintra-Meleças - Lisbon Oriente routes, which run every 20 or 10 minutes, or the one only to the Rush hour guided trains between Sintra and Alverca , the Linha de Azambuja runs the half-hourly trains between Lisbon Alcântara-Terra - Azambuja via Sete Rios.
- Other regional transport
InterRegional trains on the Lisbon Santa Apolónia / Lisbon Entrecampos - Figueira da Foz / Coimbra connection and regional trains between Santa Apolónia and Caldas de Rainha also stop here . Both routes operate via the Linha de Sintra and later via the Linha do Oeste .
Fertagus
The only Portuguese private railway, Fertagus, serves Sete Rios with the train route Lisbon Roma-Arreiro - Coina / Setúbal over the Ponte 25 de Abril . During rush hour, these trains run every 10 minutes from Roma Arreiro - Coina and every half hour to Setúbal, otherwise only every 20 minutes to Coina with an hourly extension to Setúbal.
Subway
Sete Rios is also connected to the metro, the station opened in 1959 as one of the first eleven on the Lisbon metro . Since 1995 the subway station has been named Jardim Zoológico in reference to the Lisbon Zoo , which is located in the neighborhood. The railway station was not renamed, but the version Jardim Zoológico / Sete Rios has appeared on the CP website for some time .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Page of the campsite for Linha de Sintra
- ↑ Fertagus timetable ( Memento of the original from October 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
