Alameda is a station on the Green and Red Lines of the
Lisbon Metro
The Lisbon Metro () is a rapid transit system in Lisbon, Portugal. Opened in December 1959, it was the first rapid transit system in Portugal.
, the system's four lines total of route and serve 56 stations.
History
Initial plans
The idea ...
. The station is located on Avenida Almirante Reis at Alameda Dom Afonso Henriques, east of the
Instituto Superior Técnico.
History
This section of the Green Line opened in June 1972 together with Arroios, Areeiro, Roma and Alvalade stations. The original architectural design of the station was by Dinis Gomes with
installation art
Installation art is an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific art, site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior intervent ...
by the
plastic artist Maria Keil. Full refurbishment of the station was completed in March 1998, which involved extending the piers of the existing station for the construction of the Red Line. The architect for this project was
Manuel Tainha and the artist was
Luís Noronha da Costa.
The Red Line station opened in May 1998 in conjunction with Olaias, Bela Vista, Chelas and Oriente stations, with a view to extending the network to the area of
Expo '98. The architectural design for this is also by Manuel Tainha and the art work by plastic artists Costa Pinheiro and
Juhana Blomstedt, and sculptor Alberto Carneiro.
Fire and a large explosion on the morning of October 19, 1997, during the refurbishment of the station, killed two workers.
Connections
Urban buses
Carris
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206 Cais do Sodré ⇄
Senhor Roubado (Metro) (morning service)
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706 Cais do Sodré ⇄ Estação Santa Apolónia
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708 Martim Moniz ⇄ Parque das Nações Norte
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713 Alameda D. A. Henriques ⇄ Estação Campolide
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716 Alameda D. A. Henriques ⇄ Benfica - Al. Padre Álvaro Proença
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717 Praça do Chile ⇄ Fetais
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718 ISEL ⇄ Al. Afonso Henriques
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720 Picheleira / Rua Faria Vasconcelos ⇄ Calvário
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735 Cais do Sodré ⇄ Hospital Santa Maria
Aerobus
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Linha 1 Aeroporto ⇄
Cais do Sodré
See also
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List of Lisbon metro stations
References
External links
Red Line (Lisbon Metro) stations
Green Line (Lisbon Metro) stations
Railway stations in Portugal opened in 1972
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