Jardim Zoológico | |
Style: | Lisbon Metro |
Address: | Praça General Humberto Delgado, Lisbon |
Coordinates: | 38.7419°N -9.1686°W |
Line: | Blue Line |
Connections: | Sete Rios |
Structure: | Underground |
Platform: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Architect: | Falcão e Cunha |
Accessible: | Yes |
Code: | JZ |
Owned: | Government-owned corporation |
Operator: | Metropolitano de Lisboa, EPE |
Zone: | L |
Former: | Sete Rios |
Map State: | collapsed |
Jardim Zoológico station is part of the Blue Line of the Lisbon Metro.
It is one of the 11 stations that belong to the original Lisbon Metro network, opened on 29 December 1959. This station is located on Praça General Humberto Delgado, connecting to the Sete Rios Railway Station (Sintra and Azambuja Lines) and the Sete Rios Bus terminal. It takes its name from the nearby Lisbon Zoo.
The architectural design of the original station is by Falcão e Cunha. On 25 July 1995 the station was extended and refurbished, based on the architectural design of Benoliel de Carvalho.[1]
See main article: Sete Rios railway station.