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ISMAI Station (Porto Metro)
ISMAI is a light rail station on the Porto Metro system serving the ISMAI, Instituto Universitário da Maia (ISMAI) in the municipality of Maia, Portugal. The station is the terminus of line C of the Metro, which provides a direct connection to the centre of the Porto, city of Porto. It was opened in 2006. History The station was built in the corridor of a section of the former narrow gauge Linha de Guimarães, Porto to Guimarães railway line. This section of the line was built, between 1927 and 1932, to connect the pre-existing narrow gauge lines at Senhora da Hora railway station, Senhora da Hora and , thus allowing through trains to run between Guimarães and Porto. Prior to this section of line being built, passengers making this journey were forced to change between narrow and Iberian gauge trains at Trofa. In the 1990s it was decided to close the narrow gauge lines to the north of Porto. The Trofa to Guimarães section of the line was to be converted to Iberian gauge and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porto Metro
The Porto Metro () is a light rail network in Porto, Portugal and a key part of the city's public transport system. Having a semi-metro alignment, it runs underground in central Porto and above ground into the city's suburbs while using low-floor tram vehicles. The first parts of the system have been in operation since 2002.Webb, Mary (ed.) (2009). ''Jane's Urban Transport Systems 2009–2010'', p. 277. Coulsdon, Surrey (UK): Jane's Information Group. . The network has 6 lines and reaches seven municipalities within the metropolitan Porto area: Porto, Gondomar, Maia, Matosinhos, Póvoa de Varzim, Vila do Conde and Vila Nova de Gaia. It currently has a total of 85 operational stations across of double track commercial line. Most of the system is at ground level or elevated, but of the network is underground. The system is run by ViaPORTO. The Porto Metro has received the Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
