Amadora railway station

Amadora Station

Estação Ferroviária da Amadora
The platforms of Amadora Station, September 2021
General information
Location2700-159 Amadora
 Portugal
Coordinates38°45′35.53″N 9°14′9.79″W / 38.7598694°N 9.2360528°W / 38.7598694; -9.2360528
Elevation140 m
Operated by Lisbon CP
Managed byInfraestruturas de Portugal
Line(s)Sintra Line
Distance10.0 km from Rossio
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
Opened16 April 1888 (1888-04-16)
Services
Preceding station Lisbon CP Following station
Queluz-Belas
towards Sintra
 Sintra Line Reboleira
towards Rossio
Reboleira
towards Oriente
Reboleira
towards Alverca
Queluz-Belas
towards Mira Sintra-Meleças
 Reboleira
towards Rossio

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

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

Amadora Station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks.

  • The tracks in the direction of Sintra, December 2005
    The tracks in the direction of Sintra, December 2005
  • View from a train of the end of a platform at Amadora Station, August 2020
    View from a train of the end of a platform at Amadora Station, August 2020

History

Amadora Station in the 1950s.

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

  • Centro Comercial Babilónia, a double-story shopping mall with 60 stores[5]

References

  1. ^ Portugal, Comboios de. "Amadora station | CP - Comboios de Portugal". CP.PT | Comboios de Portugal. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  2. ^ "Lisbon < > Azambuja/Sintra | Urban train times (complete timetable)" (PDF). Comboios de Portugal. 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  3. ^ "A Amadora Rural". www.arqa.pt. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  4. ^ "Cronologia | IP Patrimonio | Infraestruturas de Portugal". www.ippatrimonio.pt. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  5. ^ Portugal, All About. "Centro Comercial Babilónia". All About Portugal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-13.
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