Alameda Station Explained

Alameda
Style:Lisbon Metro
Address:Av. Almirante Reis, Lisbon
Coordinates:38.7367°N -9.1339°W
Owned:Government-owned corporation
Operator:Metropolitano de Lisboa, EPE
Tracks:4
Structure:Underground
Architect:Green Line: Dinis Gomes
Red Line: Manuel Taínha
Code:AM
Zone:L
Opened:Green Line:
Red Line:
Map State:collapsed
Line: Green Line Red Line
Platform:4 side platforms
Accessible:yes

Alameda is a station on the Green and Red Lines of the Lisbon Metro. The station is located on Avenida Almirante Reis at Alameda Dom Afonso Henriques, east of the Instituto Superior Técnico.[1]

History

This section of the Green Line opened in June 1972 together with Arroios, Areeiro, Roma and Alvalade stations. The original architectural design of the station was by Dinis Gomes with installation art by the plastic artist Maria Keil. Full refurbishment of the station was completed in March 1998, which involved extending the piers of the existing station for the construction of the Red Line. The architect for this project was Manuel Tainha and the artist was Luís Noronha da Costa.

The Red Line station opened in May 1998 in conjunction with Olaias, Bela Vista, Chelas and Oriente stations, with a view to extending the network to the area of Expo '98. The architectural design for this is also by Manuel Tainha and the art work by plastic artists Costa Pinheiro and Juhana Blomstedt, and sculptor Alberto Carneiro.

Fire and a large explosion on the morning of October 19, 1997, during the refurbishment of the station, killed two workers.

Connections

Urban buses

Carris

Aerobus

Linha 1 AeroportoCais do Sodré[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Estação Alameda . Metropolitano de Lisboa . Transportes de Lisboa de Lisboa . Portuguese . 26 August 2013.
  2. Web site: www.carris.pt/en/home/. Seara.com. www.carris.pt. en. 2017-07-17. 2013-09-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20130904072544/http://www.carris.pt/en/home/. dead.
  3. Web site: Aerobus Airport Bus Transport - Home. www.aerobus.pt. en-GB. 2017-07-17. 2017-06-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20170630213722/https://www.aerobus.pt/en-GB/Home-2.aspx. dead.