Casa da Música station

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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 between and [2] and named after Casa da Música, located nearby. The station serves Lines A, B, C, E and F. It has two side platforms.

The station was open on 7 December 2002 as a part of the stretch between and Trindade, currently known as Line A. Line B started operation on 13 March 2005, Line C on 30 July 2005, Line E on 27 May 2006, and Line F on 2 January 2011.[2]

Plans were announced in 2017 to build an underground Line G which would connect Casa da Música with .[3] The construction is to be started in 2019 and is planned to take three years.[4]


Porto Metro

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Casa da Música
Trindade
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Campanhã
Estádio do Dragão

Sources: Official timetable 2012–2013 and UrbanRail.NET

References[]

  1. ^ Goodwin, Kate (19 January 2014). "Meet the architects: Álvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura". Royal Academy of Arts. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b Schwandl, Robert. "UrbanRail.Net > Europe > Porto > Porto Metro". Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Mais 6 quilómetros. 7 novas estações. Metro do Porto vai crescer" (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  4. ^ "A nova linha do Metro do Porto vai ligar a Casa da Música a S. Bento" (in Portuguese). NIT. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.

Coordinates: 41°09′39″N 8°37′45″W / 41.160790°N 8.629190°W / 41.160790; -8.629190

External links[]

Media related to Casa da Música metro station (Porto) at Wikimedia Commons


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