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Agualva-Cacém Railway Station

Source: CP: Official website; Fertagus: Official website
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Agualva-Cacém Station (Portuguese: Estação Ferroviária de Agualva-Cacém) is a railway station located in the city of Agualva-Cacém, Portugal. It is served by the Sintra Line, Linha do Oeste, and Azambuja Line. It is operated by Lisbon CP and managed by Infraestruturas de Portugal.

Service

Regional and InterRegional services stop at Agualva-Cacém Station roughly eight times daily in each direction.

Urban trains stop at Agualva-Cacém Station at approximately 15-minute intervals on weekends and off-peak periods on weekdays. During peak periods, trains stop at Agualva-Cacém Station at approximately 5-minute intervals, with some trains arriving within a minute of each other.

Station layout

Agualva-Cacém Station serves as the junction between the Sintra Line and the Linha do Oeste. It is on ground level. Buses operate from the east side of the station.

Platforms

Agualva-Cacém Station is composed of two island platforms serving four tracks.

History

Agualva-Cacém Station opened on 2 April 1887 as the junction point between the Linha do Oeste and the Sintra Line between Alcântara-Terra and Sintra. The southern terminus of the Sintra Line was shifted to Rossio following that station's completion on 11 June 1890. The station received an extensive modernization starting in 2007 as part of a Sintra Line renovation project. The new station building was inaugurated on 6 May 2013, with the addition of quadruple tracks and another set of platforms.

Surrounding area

  • Quantum Park
  • Casal do Cotão

References

  1. ^ Portugal, Comboios de. "Agualva-Cacém station | CP - Comboios de Portugal". CP.PT | Comboios de Portugal. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  2. ^ "Estações | Infraestruturas de Portugal". servicos.infraestruturasdeportugal.pt. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  3. ^ "Lisbon < > Caldas da Rainha/Coimbra | Train times" (PDF). Comboios de Portugal. 2023-12-10. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  4. ^ "Lisbon < > Azambuja/Sintra | Urban train times (complete timetable)" (PDF). Comboios de Portugal. 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  5. ^ "Cronologia | IP Patrimonio | Infraestruturas de Portugal". www.ippatrimonio.pt. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
  6. ^ "Modernização da Linha de Sintra pronta até 2011". www.dn.pt (in European Portuguese). 2006-05-16. Retrieved 2023-12-15.