Mira Sintra-Meleças Station | |
Name Lang: | English |
Native Name: | Estação Ferroviária de Mira Sintra-Meleças |
Native Name Lang: | Portuguese |
Address: | Belas, Sintra |
Country: | ![]() |
Coordinates: | 38.7896°N -9.3127°W |
Manager: | Infraestruturas de Portugal |
Operator: | Lisbon CP |
Line: | Linha do Oeste |
Distance: | 20.3 km from |
Platforms: | 2 island platforms |
Tracks: | 4 |
Accessible: | Yes |
Structure: | Ground-level |
Mira Sintra-Meleças Station (pt|Estação Ferroviária de Mira Sintra-Meleças) is a railway station located in the city of Sintra, Portugal. Located in the Western line, it is served by all Western line services as well as a CP Lisboa Sintra Line commuter service connecting to Rossio.[1] It is operated by CP and managed by Infraestruturas de Portugal.
The station is located between various towns and municipalities, and serves much of the surrounding area. Mira Sintra-Meleças operates as a terminus of Lisbon CP urban service, with trains reversing at this station to travel back towards Lisbon.
Regional and InterRegional services stop at Mira Sintra-Meleças Station roughly eight times daily in each direction.[2]
Urban trains stop at Mira Sintra-Meleças Station at approximately 1-hour intervals on weekends and off-peak periods on weekdays. During peak periods, trains stop at Mira Sintra-Meleças Station at approximately 30-minute intervals.[3]
A pharmacy is located inside the station, and bus service is provided by a loop on the east side of the station.[4]
Mira Sintra-Meleças Station is composed of two island platforms serving four tracks.
The section of the Linha do Oeste that the station lies on entered service on 21 May 1887.[5] A halt under the name of Meleças provided service to the area. Plans to create a proper station in the area formed in the 1990s. Mira Sintra-Meleças Station opened for revenue service on 29 November 2004. The station cost over €10 billion to build.[6]