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The Porto Metro (Portuguese: Metro do Porto) is a light rail network in Porto, Portugal and a key part of the city's public transport system. [ 3 ] Having a semi-metro alignment, it runs underground in central Porto and above ground into the city's suburbs while using low-floor tram vehicles. [ 4 ] The first parts of the system have been in ...
The Porto Metropolitan Area (Portuguese: Área Metropolitana do Porto; abbreviated as AMP) is a metropolitan area in northern Portugal centered on the City of Porto, Portugal's second largest city. [5] The metropolitan area, covering 17 municipalities, is the second largest urban area in the country and one of the largest in the European Union ...
In the mid-18th century the city needed new urban improvements to provide for the swift flow of goods and people between the Ribeira neighbourhood and other areas of Porto. In this context, governor João de Almada e Melo opened a new street, the São João Street, that connected the Ribeira Square and the upper town, and promoted the ...
The modern metro station was built on the site of the former Trindade railway station, which was the central terminus for services to Porto from Trofa, Póvoa do Varzim and the Guimarães line. The original station was built in 1938 and demolished in 2001. Trindade was also the main entry point for the tunnelling machine which excavated the ...
Coordinates: 41.160790°N 8.629190°W. Station platforms. Casa da Música is a station of the Porto Metro. The architect of the station is Eduardo Souto de Moura. [ 1] It is located in Boavista between Carolina Michaëlis and Francos [ 2] and named after Casa da Música, located nearby. The station serves Lines A, B, C, E and F.
Rotunda da Boavista. Coordinates: 41.158132°N 8.629149°W. Rotunda da Boavista and its commemorative column. Rotunda da Boavista, officially known as the Praça de Mouzinho de Albuquerque, is a large roundabout in Porto, Portugal. It honours Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque, a Portuguese soldier who fought in Africa during the 19th century.
Porto (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpoɾtu] ⓘ), also known as Oporto, [a] is the second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula 's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an ...
São Bento is the main terminus of Porto's suburban railways lines and western terminus for the scenic Douro line between Porto and Pocinho. The station for trains arriving from Lisbon is the Campanhã (the national railway station) but there is subsequent service to São Bento via a local train.