Lapa station (Porto Metro)

Lapa
Porto Metro station
Track and platforms looking east, with the entrance to Lapa tunnel in the background
General information
Location	Porto Portugal
Coordinates	41°09′26″N8°37′00″W / 41.1571°N 8.6168°W / 41.1571; -8.6168
Line(s)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At Grade
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	7 December 2002
Services
Preceding station   Porto Metro   Following station Carolina Michaëlis toward Senhor de Matosinhos   Line A   Trindade toward Estádio do Dragão Carolina Michaëlis toward Póvoa de Varzim   Line B   Carolina Michaëlis toward ISMAI   Line C   Trindade toward Campanhã Carolina Michaëlis toward Aeroporto   Line E   Trindade toward Trindade or Estádio do Dragão Carolina Michaëlis toward Senhora da Hora   Line F   Trindade toward Fânzeres

Lapa is a light rail station on the Porto Metro system in Porto, Portugal. It was opened in 2002.

History

The station was built in the corridor of the former 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge Porto to Póvoa and Famalicão railway line that operated into the Porto-Trindade terminus. These lines dated from the opening of that terminus in 1938, and included the Lapa tunnel  [ pt ], which lies just to the east of Lapa station, and is now used by the Metro trains. The lines were closed in 2001 to enable the construction of the Metro. ^{[1] [2]}

The new station was inaugurated on 7 December 2002 and commercial services started on 1 January 2003. This section was initially served by the initial line A operating between terminals at Trindade and Senhor de Matosinhos. The line was extended eastwards from Trinidade to Estádio do Dragão on 5 June 2004. Using the same tracks, 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. ^{[1] [3]}

Services

Lapa is served by lines A, B, C, E and F (which run as one line within the metropolitan area). It is preceded by Trindade and followed by Carolina Michaëlis. Like other stations in the common section of lines A, B, C, E and F, Lapa sees a very frequent service, with up to 21 trains per hour in both directions. ^{[1] [4]}

The platforms are at ground level, with two through tracks served by two side platforms. Access is by ramps or stairs from Rua do Melo and Rua Padre Luís Rodrigues. To the east, the line enters the Lapa Tunnel  [ pt ] as far as Trindade station, where it returns to the surface briefly to serve that station's line ABCEF platforms. In the Lapa Tunnel there is also a junction with a tunnelled single-track connection to the line D platforms of Trindade station, thus allowing out of service trams to travel between Lapa station and line D. ^[5]

References

1. Schwandl, Robert. "UrbanRail.Net > Europe > Porto > Porto Metro". Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
2. Torres, Carlos Manitto (16 March 1958). "A evolução das linhas portuguesas e o seu significado ferroviário" [The evolution of Portuguese lines and their railway significance](PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro (in Portuguese). 71 (1686): 133–140. Retrieved 30 June 2014– via Hemeroteca Digital de Lisboa.
3. "História" [History] (in European Portuguese). Metro do Porto, SA. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
4. "Timetable" (PDF). Metro do Porto, SA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 December 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
5. "OpenRailwayMap" (Map). openrailwaymap.org. Archived from the original on 14 February 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2025.