Casa da Música station

Casa da Música
Porto Metro station
Station platforms
General information
LocationPorto
Portugal
Coordinates41°09′39″N 8°37′45″W / 41.160790°N 8.629190°W / 41.160790; -8.629190
Line(s)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
History
Opened7 December 2002
Services
Preceding station   Porto Metro   Following station
Francos
toward Senhor de Matosinhos 		  Line A   Carolina Michaëlis
toward Estádio do Dragão
Francos
toward Póvoa de Varzim 		  Line B  
Francos
toward ISMAI 		  Line C   Carolina Michaëlis
toward Campanhã
Francos
toward Aeroporto 		  Line E   Carolina Michaëlis
toward Trindade or Estádio do Dragão
Francos
toward Senhora da Hora 		  Line F   Carolina Michaëlis
toward Fânzeres
The station viewed from Avenida da França

Casa da Música is an underground light rail station on the Porto Metro system in Porto, Portugal. It is situated on the Avenida da França [pt] and takes its name from the nearby Casa da Música concert hall.

History

The station was built on the site of the former Avenida da França station [pt] on the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge Porto to Póvoa and Famalicão railway line that operated into the Porto-Trindade terminus. This station and line dated from the opening of that terminus in 1938, and before then the line terminated at Porto-Boavista [pt], just to the south of Casa da Música station. Avenida da França station and the line into Trindade station were closed in 2001 to enable the construction of the Metro.[1][2]

The new station was designed by Eduardo Souto de Moura, who also designed the Metro's Trindade station. It was inaugurated on 7 December 2002 and commercial services started on 1 January 2003. This section was initially served by the initial line A operating between terminals at Trindade and Senhor de Matosinhos. The line was extended eastwards from Trinidade to Estádio do Dragão on 5 June 2004. Using the same tracks, line B started operation on 13 March 2005, line C on 30 July 2005, line E on 27 May 2006, and line F on 2 January 2011.[1][3][4][5]

Services

Casa da Música is served by lines A, B, C, E and F (which run as one line within the metropolitan area). It it is preceded by Carolina Michaëlis and followed by Francos. Like other stations in the common section of lines A, B, C, E and F, Casa da Música sees a very frequent service, with up to 21 trains per hour in both directions.[1][6]

The rail station has an attached bus station, and is served by a number of international, long distance and city bus routes.[5]

Future

Plans were announced in 2017 to build an underground Line G which would connect Casa da Música with São Bento. The construction started in 2020 and is planned to be completed by the end of 2024 or the start of 2025.[7][8]

Plans were announced in 2022 to build line H to connect Casa da Música to Santo Ovídio on line D. The construction is planned to start by the end of 2023 and to be completed by the end of 2026.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b c Schwandl, Robert. "UrbanRail.Net > Europe > Porto > Porto Metro". Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  2. ^ Torres, Carlos Manitto (16 March 1958). "A evolução das linhas portuguesas e o seu significado ferroviário" [The evolution of Portuguese lines and their railway significance] (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro (in Portuguese). 71 (1686): 133–140. Retrieved 30 June 2014 – via Hemeroteca Digital de Lisboa.
  3. ^ "História" [History] (in European Portuguese). Metro do Porto, SA. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  4. ^ Goodwin, Kate (19 January 2014). "Meet the architects: Álvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura". Royal Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Casa da Música station". portugalvisitor.com. Archived from the original on 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Timetable" (PDF). Metro do Porto, SA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 December 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Mais 6 quilómetros. 7 novas estações. Metro do Porto vai crescer" (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. 7 February 2017. Archived from the original on 9 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  8. ^ "Porto Metro Map". portugalvisitor.com. Archived from the original on 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  9. ^ "Linha Rubi" [Ruby Line] (in Portuguese). Metro do Porto. Archived from the original on 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Porto light rail extension agreed as expansion plan announced". Metro Report International. Railway Gazette Group. 31 October 2023. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2024.

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