Cais do Sodré Station explained

Cais do Sodré
Style:Lisbon Metro
Address:Praça Duque da Terceira, Lisbon
Coordinates:38.7058°N -9.1447°W
Owned:Government-owned corporation
Operator:Metropolitano de Lisboa, EPE
Tracks:3
Structure:Underground
Architect:Pedro Botelho and Nuno Teotónio Pereira
Code:CS
Zone:L
Map State:collapsed
Line:Green Line
Platform:one side platform and one island platform
Accessible:yes

Cais do Sodré is a station on the Green Line of the Lisbon Metro.[1] It is located in the Praça Duque da Terceira, connecting to the Cais do Sodré railway station and a boat port (allowing for quick travel between Lisbon and the cities of Cacilhas, Seixal, and Montijo).

History

This metro station was built by Pedro Botelho and Nuno Teotónio Pereira[2] [3] and the art work was done by António Dacosta, which left some of his drawings to be used in the station after his death, with some help from the painter Pedro Morais.

This station won both the Valmor and Municipal Architecture prizes in 2008.[4]

Connections

Urban buses

Carris

Aerobus

Linha 1 Aeroporto ⇄ Cais do Sodré[6]

Rail

Comboios de Portugal

Boat

Transtejo

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Estação Cais do Sodré . Metropolitano de Lisboa . Transportes de Lisboa de Lisboa . Portuguese .
  2. Web site: Exposição Bibliográfica/Arquitecto Nuno Teotónio Pereira. Biblioteca Keil do Amaral. Ordem dos Arquitectos - SRS. 26. 9 July 2012.
  3. Web site: Nuno Teotónio Pereira (Lista de projetos e obras). Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil. 9 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120817002209/http://www-ext.lnec.pt/LNEC/DED/NA/arq/ntp/prjobr/prjobr.htm. 17 August 2012. dead.
  4. Web site: Prémio Valmor e Municipal de Arquitetura. Câmara Municipal de Lisboa. 19 April 2013.
  5. Web site: www.carris.pt/en/home/. Seara.com. www.carris.pt. en. 2017-07-17.
  6. 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.
  7. Web site: CP.PT Comboios de Portugal. Portugal. Comboios de. CP.PT Comboios de Portugal. en. 2017-07-17.
  8. Web site: Transtejo e Soflusa - Homepage. Transtejo. pt-PT. 2017-07-17.