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

Last updated November 23, 2024

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

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]

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References

1 2 "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.

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[:0-1] 1 2 "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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Yellow line	Odivelas Senhor Roubado Ameixoeira Lumiar Quinta das Conchas Campo Grande Cidade Universitária Entre Campos Campo Pequeno Saldanha Picoas Marquês de Pombal Rato
Green line	Telheiras Campo Grande Alvalade Roma Areeiro Alameda Arroios Anjos Intendente Martim Moniz Rossio Baixa-Chiado Cais do Sodré
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