Matosinhos Sul station

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Matosinhos Sul
Porto Metro station
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Track and platforms
General information
Location Matosinhos
Portugal
Coordinates 41°10′48.50″N8°41′19″W / 41.1801389°N 8.68861°W / 41.1801389; -8.68861
Line(s) Metro do Porto linha A.svg
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
AccessibleYes
History
Opened7 December 2002
Services
Preceding station  Porto Metro  Following station
Brito Capelo
toward Senhor de Matosinhos 		  Line A   Câmara de Matosinhos
toward Estádio do Dragão

Matosinhos Sul is a light rail station on the Porto Metro system in the municipality of Matosinhos, Portugal. The station is on line A of the Metro, which provides a direct connection to the centre of the city of Porto. It is situated near Matosinhos beach and was opened in 2002.

While much of the first stage of the Porto Metro was built using the trackbed of the network of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge railways that served the area to the north of Porto, including a line to Matosinhos, the Matosinhos Sul station is on a new alignment created for the Metro. The new station was on the first section of the Porto Metro to open and was inaugurated on 7 December 2002, with commercial services starting on 1 January 2003. [1] [2]

Matosinhos Sul is a through station on line A, and the point at which the line moves from an east-west alignment to a north-south one. The next station to the north is Brito Capelo  [ pt ]. To the east, the next station is Câmara de Matosinhos. The platforms are at street level, with two through tracks served by two side platforms accessible directly from the street. There are four or five trains per hour in each direction. [1] [3]

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References

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  2. ↑ "História" [History] (in European Portuguese). Metro do Porto, SA. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "Timetable" (PDF). Metro do Porto, SA. pp. 2–7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 December 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
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