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.
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.
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.
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]