Amadora Railway Station
station names according to source
Amadora Station (Portuguese: Estação Ferroviária da Amadora) is a railway station located in the city of Amadora. It is served by the Sintra and Azambuja Lines. 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.
Station layout
Amadora Station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks.
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The tracks in the direction of Sintra, December 2005 -
View from a train of the end of a platform at Amadora Station, August 2020
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History
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Amadora Station opened on 16 April 1888, originally under the name of Porcalhota. It was renamed Amadora on 1 February 1908. 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 Benfica and Amadora was completed in September 1999.
Surrounding area
- Centro Comercial Babilónia, a double-story shopping mall with 60 stores
References
- ^ Portugal, Comboios de. "Amadora station | CP - Comboios de Portugal". CP.PT | Comboios de Portugal. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ "Lisbon < > Azambuja/Sintra | Urban train times (complete timetable)" (PDF). Comboios de Portugal. 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ "A Amadora Rural". www.arqa.pt. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ "Cronologia | IP Patrimonio | Infraestruturas de Portugal". www.ippatrimonio.pt. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ Portugal, All About. "Centro Comercial Babilónia". All About Portugal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-13.
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