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Lisbon Metro Blue Line

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Blue Line
Lisbon metro station Restauradores
Overview
Other name(s)Seagull Line
Native nameLinha Azul
OwnerGovernment-owned corporation
Locale Lisbon
Amadora
 Portugal
TerminiReboleira
Santa Apolónia
Connecting linesYellow Line Red Line Green Line
Stations18
Service
TypeRapid Transit
SystemMetropolitano de Lisboa
Operator(s)Metropolitano de Lisboa, EPE
Rolling stockML90, ML95, ML97, ML99
History
Opened29 December 1959 (64 years ago) (1959-12-29)
(original network)
15 July 1995 (29 years ago) (1995-07-15)
(independent line)
Technical
Line length14 km (8.7 mi)
CharacterUnderground subway
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC third rail
Route map

13,724
12,765
Amadora Este
Alfornelos
 0AMD0  0ODV0 
branch line
→ PMO III
10,747
Pontinha
PMO III Pontinha
09,927
Carnide
09,146
Colégio Militar/Luz
Alto dos Moinhos
Laranjeiras
PMO I Sete Rios
(closed)
06,591
Jardim Zoológico
(until 1995 Sete Rios)
Praça de Espanha
(until 1995 Palhavã)
branch line
→ PMO I (closed)
Red Line
branch line
São Sebastião
Red Line
Parque
Yellow Line
Picoas
branch lineYellow Line
"Y" linePicoas (until 1995)
03,791
Marquês de Pombal
(until 1995 Rotunda) ⇄ Yellow Line
Yellow Line
Rato
Avenida
02,691
Restauradores
Green Line
Rossio
12th branch
(closed 1998)
02,025
Baixa-Chiado
Elev. Município
ventilation shaft
branch line
→ '''Blue Line'''
× Tram (R. V. Cordón)
× Tram (R. Arsenal)
Green Line
ventilation shaft
× Tagus
Terreiro do Paço
Alfândega
(pj. 1993; canc.)
00,000
Santa Apolónia
Topographic map

The Blue Line (Portuguese: Linha Azul) or Seagull Line (Portuguese: Linha da Gaivota) is one of the four lines of Lisbon Metro. It is the only line of the Lisbon Metro entirely underground, without any viaduct.

Stations

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Reboleira
Reboleira railway station Bus interchange
Amadora Este
Bus interchange
Alfornelos
Pontinha
Bus interchange
Carnide
Colégio Militar/Luz
Bus interchange
Alto dos Moinhos
Laranjeiras
Jardim Zoológico
Sete Rios railway station Bus interchange
Praça de Espanha
Bus interchange
São Sebastião
 Red 
Parque
Marquês
de Pombal
 Yellow 
Bus interchange
Avenida
Restauradores
Rossio railway station
Baixa-Chiado
 Green 
Terreiro do Paço
Transtejo & Soflusa
Santa Apolónia
Santa Apolónia railway station
Code Station name Distance (km) Transfers Location
Inter-
station
Total
SP Santa Apolónia Disabled access 0.0 Comboios de Portugal Azambuja Line (Santa Apolónia) São Vicente Lisbon
TP Terreiro do Paço Disabled access 1.1 1.1 Soflusa Santa Maria Maior
BC Baixa-Chiado Disabled access 0.9 2.0 Green Line
RE Restauradores Disabled access 0.7 2.7 Comboios de Portugal Sintra Line (Rossio)
AV Avenida 0.5 3.2 Santo António
MP Marquês de Pombal Disabled access 0.6 3.8
PA Parque 0.6 4.4 Avenidas Novas
SS São Sebastião Disabled access 0.7 5.1 Red Line
PE Praça de Espanha 0.7 5.8 Campolide
JZ Jardim Zoológico 0.8 6.6
São Domingos de Benfica
LA Laranjeiras 1.1 7.7
AH Alto dos Moinhos 0.6 8.3
CM Colégio Militar/Luz 0.8 9.1 Luz bus terminal Carnide
CA Carnide Disabled access 0.9 10.0
PO Pontinha Disabled access 0.7 10.7 Pontinha bus terminal
AF Alfornelos Disabled access 0.9 11.6 Amadora
AS Amadora Este Disabled access 1.2 12.8 Amadora bus terminal
RB Reboleira Disabled access 0.9 13.7
  • Comboios de Portugal Sintra Line (Reboleira)
  • Reboleira bus terminal

Frequency

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Summer timetable[1] Winter timetable[1]
Time Headway Time Headway
Working days 06:30 - 07:00

07:00 - 07:30

07:30 - 09:30

09:30 - 10:00

10:00 - 16:30

16:30 - 19:00

19:00 - 20:00

20:00 - 20:30

20:30 - 22:30

22:30 - 01:05

07' 30'

06' 45'

05' 45'

06' 15'

07' 25'

05' 45'

06' 45'

07' 25'

08' 05'

10' 45'

06:30 - 07:00

07:00 - 07:30

07:30 - 09:30

09:30 - 10:00

10:00 - 16:30

16:30 - 19:00

19:00 - 20:00

20:00 - 20:30

20:30 - 21:00

21:00 - 21:30

21:30 - 22:30

22:30 - 01:05

07' 30'

06' 10'

04' 55'

05' 15'

06' 40'

05' 15'

06' 10'

06' 40'

07' 20'

08' 15'

08' 05'

10' 45'

Weekends and holidays 06:30 - 08:30

08:30 - 09:30

09:30 - 10:30

10:30 - 11:30

11:30 - 19:30

19:30 - 22:30

22:30 - 01:05

08' 00'

08' 05'

08' 00'

08' 05'

08' 10'

08' 00'

10' 40'

06:30 - 08:30

08:30 - 09:30

09:30 - 10:30

10:30 - 11:30

11:30 - 19:30

19:30 - 22:30

22:30 - 01:05

08' 00'

08' 05'

08' 00'

08' 05'

08' 10'

08' 00'

10' 40'

Chronology

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Frequência de comboios - Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E." Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E. (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  2. ^ "Cronologia - Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E." Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E. (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
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