Alcântara-Terra railway station
Alcântara-Terra Railway Station Estação Ferroviária de Alcântara-Terra | |||||||||||||||
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 View from a platform at Alcântara-Terra Station, May 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Lisbon Portugal | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°42′26.74″N 9°10′23.76″W / 38.7074278°N 9.1732667°W | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by |  Infraestruturas de Portugal | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Cintura Line | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms + 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Train operators |  Comboios de Portugal | ||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Cascais Line: Alcântara-Mar
 Carris Metropolitana | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | 2 April 1887 | ||||||||||||||
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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[edit]
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.[2] As of the most recent schedule, no trains serve this station on weekends.[2] As a terminus station, all trains either begin or end at this station.
Station layout[edit]
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[edit]
Alcântara-Terra railway station opened on 2 April 1887, originally as the southern terminus of the Sintra Line to Sintra. The terminus of the line was shifted to Rossio following that station's completion on 11 June 1891.[3] Between 1991 and 2008, an elevated pedestrian overpass existed between this station and Alcântara-Mar.[4]
Surrounding area[edit]
- Jardim dos Cactos
- Carris Museum
References[edit]
- ^ Portugal, Comboios de. "Alcântara-Terra station | CP - Comboios de Portugal". CP.PT | Comboios de Portugal. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
- ^ a b c "Urbanos Sintra-Lisboa-Azambuja timetable" (PDF). Comboios de Portugal. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "Cronologia | IP Patrimonio | Infraestruturas de Portugal". www.ippatrimonio.pt. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
- ^ Luís Cruz-Filipe. "A passagem de Alcântara". accounts.google.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
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