Amadora railway station
Amadora Station Estação Ferroviária da Amadora | |||||||||||||||
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![]() The platforms of Amadora Station, September 2021 | |||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||
Location | 2700-159 Amadora![]() | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°45′35.53″N 9°14′9.79″W / 38.7598694°N 9.2360528°W | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 140 m | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Managed by | Infraestruturas de Portugal | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Sintra Line | ||||||||||||||
Distance | 10.0 km from Rossio | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 16 April 1888 | ||||||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||||||
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Amadora Station (Portuguese: Estação Ferroviária da Amadora) is a railway station located in the city of Amadora. It is served by the Sintra and Azambuja Lines.[1] It is managed by Infraestruturas de Portugal.
Service
[edit]Trains stop at Amadora Station at approximately 15-minute intervals on weekends and off-peak periods on weekdays. During peak periods, trains stop at Amadora Station at approximately 5-minute intervals, with some trains arriving within a minute of each other.[2]
Station layout
[edit]Amadora Station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks.
- The tracks in the direction of Sintra, December 2005
- View from a train of the end of a platform at Amadora Station, August 2020
History
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Est.Amadora%281950s%29.jpg/220px-Est.Amadora%281950s%29.jpg)
Amadora Station opened on 16 April 1888, originally under the name of Porcalhota. It was renamed Amadora on 1 February 1908.[3] The station building was rebuilt as a part of a modernization project of the Sintra Line and put into service on 15 May 1993. The quadrupling of the Sintra Line tracks between Benfica and Amadora was completed in September 1999.[4]
Surrounding area
[edit]- Centro Comercial Babilónia, a double-story shopping mall with 60 stores[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Portugal, Comboios de. "Amadora station | CP - Comboios de Portugal". CP.PT | Comboios de Portugal. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ "Lisbon < > Azambuja/Sintra | Urban train times (complete timetable)" (PDF). Comboios de Portugal. 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ "A Amadora Rural". www.arqa.pt. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ "Cronologia | IP Patrimonio | Infraestruturas de Portugal". www.ippatrimonio.pt. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ Portugal, All About. "Centro Comercial Babilónia". All About Portugal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-13.