Red Line (Lisbon Metro)

Red Line
Lisbon metro station Oriente
Overview
Other name(s)	Orient Line
Native name	Linha Vermelha
Owner	Government-owned corporation
Locale	Lisbon Loures  Portugal
Termini	São Sebastião Aeroporto
Connecting lines
Stations	12
Service
Type	Rapid Transit
System	Metropolitano de Lisboa
Operator(s)	Metropolitano de Lisboa, EPE
Rolling stock	ML90, ML95, ML97, ML99
History
Opened	May 19, 1998 (23 years ago) (1998-05-19)
Technical
Line length	10 km (6.2 mi)
Character	Underground subway
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Route map Legend poss. exp. (proj.) (proj.) (proj.) ventilation shaft branch line → Blue Line Blue Line → Praça de Espanha × Blue Line 00,000 São Sebastião ⇄ Blue Line Blue Line → Parque Yellow Line → Campo Pequeno × Yellow Line Saldanha ⇄ Yellow Line Yellow Line → Picoas Técnico (proj. 1998) starting pit Green Line → Arroios × Green Line branch line → Green Line 01,910 Alameda ⇄ Green Line Green Line → Areeiro Olaias ⇄ L. Cintura: (proj.)[1] × L. Cintura Bela Vista Chelas Olivais Cabo Ruivo 06,951 Oriente ⇄ L. Norte: Oriente Moscavide branch line × branch line poss. exp. Encarnação 10,277 Aeroporto poss. exp.  Topographic map

The Red Line (Portuguese: Linha Vermelha) or Orient Line (Portuguese: Linha do Oriente) is one of the four lines of the Lisbon Metro.

Stations[]

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São Sebastião Saldanha Alameda Olaias Bela Vista Chelas Olivais Cabo Ruivo Oriente Moscavide Encarnação Aeroporto

Code	Station name	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
		Inter- station	Total
SS	São Sebastião	N/A	0.0	Blue Line	Avenidas Novas	Lisbon
SA	Saldanha	0.6	0.6	Yellow Line
AM	Alameda	1.3	1.9	Green Line	Areeiro
OL	Olaias	0.8	2.7
BV	Bela Vista	1.3	4.0		Marvila
CH	Chelas	0.8	4.8
OS	Olivais	0.7	5.5		Olivais
CR	Cabo Ruivo	0.6	6.1		Parque das Nações
OR	Oriente	0.8	6.9	Azambuja Line, Sintra Line, Fertagus (Oriente) Oriente bus terminal
MO	Moscavide	1.0	7.9
EN	Encarnação	0.8	8.7		Olivais
AP	Aeroporto	1.4	10.3	Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport

Frequency[]

Chronology[]

• May 19, 1998: Opening of the red line with the following stations: Alameda, Olaias, Bela Vista, Chelas and Oriente.
• July 18, 1998: Opening of the Cabo Ruivo station.
• November 7, 1998: Opening of the Olivais station.
• August 29, 2009: Opening of the Saldanha and São Sebastião stations. Line route: São Sebastião - Oriente.
• July 17, 2012: Opening of the Moscavide, Encarnação and Aeroporto stations. Line route: São Sebastião - Aeroporto.^[3]

See also[]

• List of Lisbon metro stations

References[]

External links[]

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