Lisbon Metro Green Line

Green Line
Green Line
	Lisbon metro station Telheiras
Overview
Other name(s)	Caravel Line
Native name	Linha Verde
Owner	Government-owned corporation
Locale	Lisbon, Portugal
Termini	Telheiras; Cais do Sodré
Connecting lines	;
Stations	13
Service
Type	Rapid Transit
System	Metropolitano de Lisboa
Operator(s)	Metropolitano de Lisboa, EPE
Rolling stock	ML97, ML99
History
Opened	January 27, 1963 (61 years ago); (infrastructure opened); April 25, 1998 (26 years ago); (as the green line)
Technical
Line length	9 km (5.6 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
Route map
	Legend
Topographic map

The Green Line (Portuguese: Linha Verde) or Caravel Line (Portuguese: Linha da Caravela) is one of the four lines of Lisbon Metro.

Stations

Frequency


	Summer timetable^[1]		Winter timetable^[1]
	Time	Headway	Time	Headway
Working days	06:30 - 07:30 07:30 - 08:00 08:00 - 08:30 08:30 - 09:30 09:30 - 10:00 10:00 - 10:30 10:30 - 16:00 16:00 - 17:00 17:00 - 19:00 19:00 - 20:00 20:00 - 20:30 20:30 - 21:30 21:30 - 01:05	06' 10" 05' 00" 04' 35" 03' 50" 05' 00" 06' 10" 07' 00" 05' 00" 04' 10" 04' 55" 06' 05" 08' 05" 12' 00"	06:30 - 07:15 07:15 - 10:00 10:00 - 16:15 16:15 - 19:00 19:00 - 20:30 20:30 - 21:00 21:00 - 22:15 22:15 - 01:05	06' 00" 03' 35" 06' 05" 03' 50" 04' 55" 06' 00" 07' 55" 11' 50"
Weekends and holidays	06:30 - 21:30 21:30 - 22:30 22:30 - 01:05	08' 05" 09' 30" 11' 50"'	06:30 - 21:30 21:30 - 22:30 22:30 - 01:05	08' 05" 09' 30" 11' 50"

Chronology

December 29, 1959: Opening of the original Lisbon Metro network with a Y shape. Common branch stations: Restauradores, Avenida, Rotunda (former name of the Marquês de Pombal station and where the line would split into the two branches). Current Blue Line branch stations (coming from Rotunda station): Parque, São Sebastião, Palhavã (former name of the Praça de Espanha station) and Sete Rios (former name of the Jardim Zoológico station). Current Yellow Line branch stations (coming from Rotunda station): Picoas, Saldanha, Campo Pequeno and Entre Campos.
January 27, 1963: Opening of the Rossio station. Main branch route: Restauradores - Rossio.
September 28, 1966: Opening of the Socorro (former name of the Martim Moniz station), Intendente and Anjos stations. Main branch route: Restauradores - Anjos.
June 18, 1972: Opening of the Arroios, Alameda, Areeiro, Roma and Alvalade stations. Main branch route: Restauradores - Alvalade.
October 15, 1988: Opening of the Cidade Universitária, Laranjeiras, Alto dos Moinhos and Colégio Militar/Luz stations. Current Blue Line branch route: Rotunda - Colégio Militar/Luz. Current Yellow Line branch route: Rotunda - Cidade Universitária.
April 3, 1993: Opening of the Campo Grande station. Main branch route: Restauradores - Campo Grande. Current Yellow Line branch route: Rotunda - Campo Grande.
July 15, 1995: Creation of the Blue and Yellow lines by building a second Rotunda station. New Blue line route: Colégio Militar/Luz - Campo Grande.
October 18, 1997: Opening of the Carnide and Pontinha stations. Line route: Pontinha - Campo Grande.
March 1, 1998: Palhavã station is renamed to Marquês de Pombal, Sete Rios station is renamed to Jardim Zoológico and Socorro station is renamed to Martim Moniz.
March 3, 1998: Creation of the Blue and Green line by closing the Restauradores - Rossio tunnel. New Green line route: Rossio - Campo Grande.
April 18, 1998: Opening of the Baixa-Chiado and Cais do Sodré stations. Line route: Cais do Sodré - Campo Grande.
November 2, 2002: Opening of the Telheiras station. Line route: Cais do Sodré - Telheiras.^[2]

Future

Construction has started to add two new stations (Santos and Estrela), connecting the Green Line at Cais do Sodré to the Yellow Line at Rato and creating a circle line with the merger of the Green Line between Cais do Sódre and Campo Grande and the Yellow Line between Rato and Campo Grande.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Frequência de comboios - Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E." Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E. (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-07-18.
^ "Cronologia - Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E." Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E. (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
^ Alemão, Samuel (2023-02-28). "Terminou a escavação: o túnel da Linha Circular do metro de Lisboa está aberto". Público (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-05-15.

External links

Media related to Linha Verde (Lisbon Metro) at Wikimedia Commons

[:0-1] "Frequência de comboios - Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E." Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E. (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-07-18.

[2] "Cronologia - Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E." Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E. (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2017-07-17.

[3] Alemão, Samuel (2023-02-28). "Terminou a escavação: o túnel da Linha Circular do metro de Lisboa está aberto". Público (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-05-15.

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