Avenida Metro Station
Avenida is a metro station on the Linha Azul (blue line) of the Lisbon Metro , the subway network of the Portuguese capital . The station is located under one of the most famous boulevards in Lisbon, Avenida da Liberdade in the municipality of Coração de Jesus . The neighboring stations of the station are Marquês de Pombal and Restauradores . The station went into operation on December 29, 1959 as one of the eleven stations of the original Lisbon network.
history
The Lisbon city administration officially opened the Avenida station on December 29, 1959 in connection with the complete commissioning of the Lisbon subway network between Restauradores , Sete Rios and Entre Campos . The train station, which like all Lisbon subway stations has two side platforms, was given the usual architectural design like all other subway stations. Francisco Keil do Amaral as the architect designed the station itself. The artist Maria Keil was responsible for the design at all other subway stations . Only at the Avenida train station did she recommend the artist Rogério Ribeiro , who, based on Keil, also used azulejos for the train station. Ribeiro designed dark green tiles for the vestibules and small brown brick slips for the two side platforms.
Due to the growing passenger flows from 1966, the operating company decided from 1972 to extend all platforms, the length of which varied between 40 and 70 meters, depending on the importance and opening date, to 105 meters so that six-car trains can stop there. In this context, the platforms of Avenida station were extended by 65 meters to the south in 1974. On November 9, 1982, the station received an additional exit in the south. This was designed by the engineer Carlos Sanchez Jorge , Ribeiro was also responsible for the design.
The station has not changed much since then. In the future it is planned to equip it with elevators. However, since the expansion of the existing lines is currently the main focus of the Lisbon Metro, the subsequent installation is currently not foreseeable in the short to medium term.
course
At the underground station you can change to the Carris bus lines .
| line | course |
|---|---|
| Reboleira - Amadora Este - Alfornelos - Pontinha - Carnide - Colégio Militar / Luz - Alto dos Moinhos - Laranjeiras - Jardim Zoológico - Praça de Espanha - São Sebastião - Parque - Marques de Pombal - Avenida - Restauradores - Baixa-Chiado - Terreiro do Paço - Santa Apolonia |
literature
- JS Brazão Farinha: Caderno n ° 5 - Obras de Construção do Metropolitano de Lisboa 1955-1993 , [Issue No. 5 - Construction of the Lisbon subway between 1955 and 1993], Metropolitano de Lisboa, February 1997, no ISBN
Web links
- Area map of the train station (PDF file, 1.08 MiB)
- Pictures of the train station before 1959 [1] [2] [3]
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brief information about the station of the Metropolitano de Lisboa, EP ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Architectural description of the station of the Metropolitano de Lisboa, EP ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2007 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.
Coordinates: 38 ° 43 '12.3 " N , 9 ° 8' 44.6" W.