Sete Bicas station
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| Location | Matosinhos Portugal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°10′57″N 8°39′08″W / 41.18250°N 8.65222°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) |      | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Below street level | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 7 December 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sete Bicas is a light rail station on the Porto Metro system in the municipality of Matosinhos, Portugal. It was opened in 2002 and serves the nearby NorteShopping centre.
History
[edit]The station was built in the corridor of the former 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge Porto to Póvoa and Famalicão railway line that operated into the terminals of Porto-Boavista (until 1938) and Porto-Trindade (from 1938). The lines were closed in 2001 to enable the construction of the Metro.[1][2]
The new station 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]
Services
[edit]Sete Bicas is a through station on lines A, B, C, E and F, which run as one line within the metropolitan area. The next station to the south-east is Viso, whilst Senhora da Hora station lies to the north-west. Like other stations in the common section of lines A, B, C, E and F, Senhora da Hora sees a very frequent service, with up to 21 trains per hour in both directions.[1][4]
Sete Bicas station is located in an open cutting below street level, to the side of the Rua Fonte das Sete Bicas. It has two through tracks served by two side platforms. Access is by ramp from the adjoining streets.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Schwandl, Robert. "UrbanRail.Net > Europe > Porto > Porto Metro". Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "História" [History] (in European Portuguese). Metro do Porto, SA. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ "Timetable" (PDF). Metro do Porto, SA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 December 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.