Amadora railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Amadora, Portugal}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Amadora Station

| name_lang = English

| native_name = Estação Ferroviária da Amadora

| native_name_lang = Portuguese

| symbol =

| symbol_location =

| type =

| image = Estacao-CP-amadora.jpg

| alt =

| caption = The platforms of Amadora Station, September 2021

| other_name =

| address = 2700-159 Amadora

| country = {{flag|Portugal}}

| coordinates = {{coord|38|45|35.53|N|9|14|9.79|W|display=inline,title}}

| elevation = 140 m

| manager = Infraestruturas de Portugal

| operator = File:Logo CP 2.svg Lisbon CP

| line = Sintra Line

| distance = 10.0 km from {{Stnlnk|Rossio}}

| platforms = 2 island platforms

| tracks = 4

| accessible = Yes

| opened = {{Start date|1888|04|16|df=y}}

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|line1=RossioSintra|left1=Queluz-Belas|right1=Reboleira

|line2=OrienteSintra|left2=Queluz-Belas|right2=Reboleira

|line3=AlvercaSintra|left3=Queluz-Belas|right3=Reboleira

|line4=Melecas|left4=Queluz-Belas|right4=Reboleira

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{{CPLisbon}}

Amadora Station ({{langx|pt|Estação Ferroviária da Amadora}}) is a railway station located in the city of Amadora. It is served by the Sintra and Azambuja Lines.{{Cite web |last=Portugal |first=Comboios de |title=Amadora station {{!}} CP - Comboios de Portugal |url=https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/pt/consultar-horarios/estacoes/amadora |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=CP.PT {{!}} Comboios de Portugal |language=en}} It is managed by Infraestruturas de Portugal.

Service

Trains stop at Amadora Station at approximately 15-minute intervals on weekends and off-peak periods on weekdays. During peak periods, trains stop at Amadora Station at approximately 5-minute intervals, with some trains arriving within a minute of each other.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-11 |title=Lisbon < > Azambuja/Sintra {{!}} Urban train times (complete timetable) |url=https://www.cp.pt/StaticFiles/timetables/lisbon-urban-trains.pdf |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=Comboios de Portugal}}

Station layout

Amadora Station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks.

File:Amadora_-_Portugal_(74535160).jpg|The tracks in the direction of {{Stnlnk|Sintra}}, December 2005

File:AmadoraCP-2020(P416).jpg|View from a train of the end of a platform at Amadora Station, August 2020

History

File:Est.Amadora(1950s).jpg

Amadora Station opened on 16 April 1888, originally under the name of Porcalhota. It was renamed Amadora on 1 February 1908.{{Cite web |title=A Amadora Rural |url=http://www.arqa.pt/periodos/textos/a%20cidade/caminhos%20ferro.htm |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=www.arqa.pt}} The station building was rebuilt as a part of a modernization project of the Sintra Line and put into service on 15 May 1993. The quadrupling of the Sintra Line tracks between {{Stnlnk|Benfica}} and Amadora was completed in September 1999.{{Cite web |title=Cronologia {{!}} IP Patrimonio {{!}} Infraestruturas de Portugal |url=https://www.ippatrimonio.pt/pt-pt/a-descobrir/patrimonio-ferroviario/cronologia |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=www.ippatrimonio.pt}}

Surrounding area

  • Centro Comercial Babilónia, a double-story shopping mall with 60 stores{{Cite web |last=Portugal |first=All About |title=Centro Comercial Babilónia |url=https://www.allaboutportugal.pt/es/amadora/centros-comerciales/centro-comercial-babilonia |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=All About Portugal |language=es}}

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