Alcântara-Terra railway station

Alcântara-Terra Railway Station

Estação Ferroviária de Alcântara-Terra
View from a platform at Alcântara-Terra Station, May 2008
General information
LocationLisbon
Portugal
Coordinates38°42′26.74″N 9°10′23.76″W / 38.7074278°N 9.1732667°W / 38.7074278; -9.1732667
Owned by Infraestruturas de Portugal
Line(s)Cintura Line
Platforms2 island platforms + 1 side platform
Tracks8
Train operators Comboios de Portugal
Connections Cascais Line: Alcântara-Mar

Carris

Carris Metropolitana
History
Opened2 April 1887 (1887-04-02)
Services
Preceding station Lisbon CP Following station
Terminus Azambuja Line Campolide-A
towards Castanheira do Ribatejo
Azambuja Line
Limited service
 Campolide-A
towards Azambuja

Alcântara-Terra railway station (Portuguese: Estação Ferroviária de Alcântara-Terra), is a railway station on the Cintura Line in the city of Lisbon, Portugal.[1] The station is connected by foot to Alcântara-Mar railway station on the Cascais Line.

Services

The station is used by suburban trains of the Azambuja line during weekdays, operated by Comboios de Portugal.[2] Trains have a headway of roughly 30 minutes when serving this station on weekdays, except during the early morning and late night.[2] As of the most recent schedule, no trains serve this station on weekends.[2] As a terminus station, all trains either begin or end at this station.

Station layout

The station is composed of two island platforms and a side platform serving three tracks. An additional five tracks are located adjacent to the station for stabling.

History

Alcântara-Terra railway station opened on 2 April 1887, originally as the southern terminus of the Sintra Line to Sintra. The terminus of the line was shifted to Rossio following that station's completion on 11 June 1891.[3] Between 1991 and 2008, an elevated pedestrian overpass existed between this station and Alcântara-Mar.[4]

Surrounding area

References

  1. ^ Portugal, Comboios de. "Alcântara-Terra station | CP - Comboios de Portugal". CP.PT | Comboios de Portugal. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  2. ^ a b c "Urbanos Sintra-Lisboa-Azambuja timetable" (PDF). Comboios de Portugal. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Cronologia | IP Patrimonio | Infraestruturas de Portugal". www.ippatrimonio.pt. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  4. ^ Luís Cruz-Filipe. "A passagem de Alcântara". accounts.google.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
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