Alcântara-Terra railway station explained

Alcântara-Terra Railway Station
Native Name:Estação Ferroviária de Alcântara-Terra
Native Name Lang:pt
Borough:Lisbon
Country:Portugal
Coordinates:38.7074°N -9.1733°W
Owned: Infraestruturas de Portugal
Line:Cintura Line
Platforms:2 island platforms + 1 side platform
Tracks:8
Train Operators: Comboios de Portugal
Connections: Cascais Line: Alcântara-Mar Carris Carris Metropolitana

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. As of the most recent schedule, no trains serve this station on weekends. 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 . The terminus of the line was shifted to following that station's completion on 11 June 1891.[3] Between 1991 and 2008, an elevated pedestrian overpass existed between this station and .[4]

Surrounding area

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Portugal . Comboios de . Alcântara-Terra station CP - Comboios de Portugal . 2023-10-22 . CP.PT Comboios de Portugal . en.
  2. Web site: Urbanos Sintra-Lisboa-Azambuja timetable. 1 October 2023. 11 December 2022. Comboios de Portugal.
  3. Web site: Cronologia IP Patrimonio Infraestruturas de Portugal . 2023-08-02 . www.ippatrimonio.pt.
  4. Web site: Luís Cruz-Filipe. A passagem de Alcântara. http://web.archive.org/web/20150715041336/http://lcfilipe.blogspot.com/2008/10/passagem-de-alcntara.html. 2015-07-15. 2023-10-20 . accounts.google.com.