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Location | Avenida de Berlim, Lisbon Portugal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°46′04″N9°05′57″W / 38.76778°N 9.09917°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Government-owned corporation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | Metropolitano de Lisboa, EPE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Red Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architect | Sanchez Jorge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | OR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fare zone | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 19 May 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Architecture Sanchez Jorge ... art António Ségui ... Artur Boyd ... Errö ... Hundertwasser ... Yayoi Kusama ... Joaquim Rodrigo ... Abdoulaye Konaté ... Sean Scully ... Raza ... Zao Wou Ki ... Magdalena Abakanowicz
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