Laranjeiras Metro Station
Laranjeiras is a metro station on the Linha Azul of the Lisbon Metro , the subway network of the Portuguese capital . The station is located at the intersection of Estrada das Laranjeiras with Rua Xavier de Araújo in the municipality of São Domingos de Benfica . The neighboring stations of the train station are Altos do Moinho and Jardim Zoológico . The station went into operation on October 14, 1988 as part of the extension of the Linha Azul to Colégio Militar / Luz .
history
During the years of the Estado Novo and the associated economic crisis in Portugal, the city of Lisbon was unable to expand the metro network according to demand - it left it with the extension of the platforms of numerous stations. However, after the dictatorship was over in 1974 and the economic situation in Portugal gradually improved, the city and the operating company also began to extend the network. The main goal was to develop the densely populated neighborhoods in the Benfica district.
The new northern section of the metro between Sete Rios (today Jardim Zoológico) and Colégio Militar (today Colégio Militar / Luz) went into operation on October 14, 1988, and with it the Laranjeiras station. António J. Mendes was responsible for the design of the station , but the three stations are very similar. All of them have two 105 meter long side platforms with a relatively low ceiling; the exits are in the middle. The operating company won over the painter Rolando Sá Nogueira and the sculptor Fernando Conduto for the artistic design . Both of them based their design on the station name Laranjeiras, or orange trees in English, and designed numerous tile images with orange trees and the corresponding fruits. The tiles come from the Fábrica Rugo.
Since then, little has happened at the station itself. Since the expansion of the network has priority in the Lisbon Metro, retrofitting with elevators is only likely in the 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 |
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.
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, 324 KiB)
Coordinates: 38 ° 44 ′ 15.5 " N , 9 ° 9 ′ 30.2" W.