Arroios is a station on the Green Line 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 in the Almirante Reis Avenue, in

Arroios Arroios () is a ''freguesia'' (civil parish) and district of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Located in central Lisbon, Arroios is north of Santa Maria Maior and São Vicente, east of Santo António, south of Avenidas Novas and Areeiro, and we ...

neighbourhood.

History

The station, which opened on 18 June 1972, was designed by the architect Denis Gomes with art installations by the painter Maria Keil. On 19 July 2017, the station was closed for extensive renovations; the station's platforms only had room for 4 cars, requiring use of

selective door operation Selective door operation (SDO), also known as selective door opening, is a mechanism employed primarily on trains (although buses with multiple doors also generally have this feature) that allows the driver or conductor/guard to open the doors ...

. The platforms were expanded from 75 to 105 metres, enabling all stations on the Green Line to be able to support six-car trains. The station reopened on 14 September 2021.

Connections

Urban buses

Carris

* 206 Cais do Sodré ⇄ Senhor Roubado (Metro) (morning service) * 208 Cais do Sodré ⇄ Estação Oriente (Interface) (morning service) * 706 Cais do Sodré ⇄ Estação Santa Apolónia * 708 Martim Moniz ⇄ Parque das Nações Norte * 717 Praça do Chile ⇄ Fetais * 718 ISEL ⇄ Al. Afonso Henriques * 735 Cais do Sodré ⇄ Hospital Santa Maria * 742 Bairro Madre Deus (Escola) ⇄ Casalinho da Ajuda * 797 Sapadores - Circulação

Aerobus

* Linha 1 Aeroporto ⇄ Cais do Sodré

References

External links

Green Line (Lisbon Metro) stations Railway stations in Portugal opened in 1972 {{Europe-metro-stub