Porto Metro
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The Porto Metro (Portuguese: Metro do Porto) is a light rail network in Porto, Portugal and a key part of the city's public transport system. Being a semi-metro, it runs underground in central Porto and above ground into the city's suburbs using low-floor tram vehicles.[2] The first parts of the system have been in operation since 2002.[3] It is a separate system to Porto's vintage trams.
The network has 6 lines and reaches seven municipalities within the metropolitan Porto area:
History
Metro do Porto
On April 14, 2005, Line B (red line) opened. The
Line C (green line) opened on July 30, 2005, reaching the centre of Maia. An extension to
Line D (yellow line) proved the most problematic to excavate and opened in 2005. The line runs from João de Deus and Vila Nova de Gaia in the south before crossing the River Douro and passing through central Porto en route to São João Hospital in the north. The São João Hospital and
Line E (violet line) opened on May 27, 2006, connecting the
Line F (orange line) opened on January 2, 2011, connecting the Porto city centre to the Gondomar region in the east, this line runs between Senhora da Hora and Fânzeres.[4]
Lines A, B, C, E & F follow the same course within the City of Porto (between Estádio do Dragão and Senhora da Hora). The transfer point between Line ABCEF and Line D is at
Costs and financial results
As of 2007, the total cost of the Porto Metro
Rolling Stock
The Metro uses modern
The majority of services run with two LRVs coupled together. The Eurotram consists of four main compartments, two in each carriage linked by short corridors, and also features an articulation between the two carriages. They have a capacity of 80 seated and 134 standing passengers. The Flexity Swift consists of three components linked by articulations, with a capacity of 100 seated and 148 standing passengers. The CT consists of four articulated components, having a capacity of 244 passengers, 64 of which are seated. [9]
Tickets
The system uses the "Andante" ticketing system. Machines in stations issue and can recharge Andante Azul - blue "Occasional" tickets, while Andante Gold is a credit-card style "Gold" tickets (which bear a scanned photograph of the holder) that can be purchased in Lojas Andante (Andante Shops). Tickets can also be topped up at Multibanco ATM terminals.
The Porto Metro operates on a proof-of-payment system. Tickets must be validated before travel by scanning them in front of the yellow machines located in stations. A validated occasional ticket allows for unlimited travel within a specified time period, currently 1 hour for the minimum 2-zone ticket, and longer as the number of valid zones increases. The gold passes allow unlimited travel within a pre-defined area, and are available in "anytime" or cheaper "10/16" (off-peak) versions. There is also a daily ticket, known as Andante 24 that allows the user to make unlimited trips within a given day in the zones chosen. For example, a Z3 (3-zone) ticket is valid for 3 zones in any direction of travel from the first validated zone. So, to cover all of the Metro, except the northernmost part of Line B (zones VCD3 and PV_VC), a Z4 ticket is needed, provided it is validated in zone PRT1.
There are no faregates within the Metro; instead, groups of fare inspectors randomly check tickets with hand-held scanners. The current penalty for travelling without a validated ticket is €120.
The metro uses the same zoning system as the majority of public transport providers in the Porto metropolitan area, which is divided by counties, and further divided into numbered sub-zones (for example, VCD3 is the third area of the Vila do Conde county). The PRT1 zone in central Porto is effectively the area contained within the VCI (Via Cintura Interna) inner ring-road, while zones PRT2 and PRT3 are the areas between the VCI and the Estrada da Circunvalação outer ring-road. [citation needed]
The Andante system is being rolled out across the entire Porto public transit network. STCP bus routes and some other bus routes currently accept Andante and the intention is for the entire bus, metro and suburban train network to become integrated. The same ticket cannot be used on downtown Porto trams and the cable car (Funicular dos Guindais). The Andante Azul that tourists typically use are not valid, though the Andante Gold loaded with monthly tickets may be accepted.[citation needed]
Network
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Estádio do Dragão – Senhor de Matosinhos | 15.6 km (9.7 mi) |
23 | 7 December 2002 | Bombardier Flexity Outlook (Eurotram )
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Estádio do Dragão – Póvoa de Varzim | 33.6 km (20.9 mi) |
35 | 13 March 2005 | Bombardier Flexity Swift
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Campanhã – ISMAI | 19.6 km (12.2 mi) |
24 | 30 July 2005 | ||
Hospital São João – Santo Ovídio | 9.2 km (5.7 mi) |
16 | 18 September 2005 | Bombardier Flexity Outlook (Eurotram )
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Trindade – Aeroporto | 13.1 km (8.1 mi) |
21 | 27 May 2006 | ||
Fânzeres – Senhora da Hora | 17.4 km (10.8 mi) |
24 | 2 January 2011 | ||
Ribeira – Batalha | 0.3 km (0.19 mi) |
2 | 19 February 2004 | Guindais Funicular |
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- Senhor de Matosinhos – Estádio do Dragão
- Travel time: 40 minutes
- Headway: 10 minutes
Line A or the Blue Line is the main and, historically, most important of the five Porto Metro lines. It has 23 stations.
The line was opened between Trindade and Senhor de Matosinhos on 7 December 2002, by then Prime Minister Barroso. Until the end of 2002 travel was free of charge to allow users to familiarize themselves with the new light rail line. On June 5, 2004, on the occasion of the Euro 2004 European Football Championship, the section between Trindade and Estádio do Dragão was opened.
Service runs every 10 minutes between 07:00 and 20:00 between Senhor de Matosinhos and Estádio do Dragão, with some trips extended to Fânzeres on Line F. Between 6:00 and 7:00 and after 20:00 the frequency is 15 minutes. After 21:00 services only run between Senhor de Matosinhos and Trindade.
Flexity Outlook Eurotrams number 001–072 service the line.
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- Póvoa de Varzim – Estádio do Dragão
- Travel time (B): 61 minutes
- Travel time (Bx): 53 minutes
- Headway: 30 minutes (each service)
Line B or the Red Line has 35 stations and is the longest line of the system. The line reuses, for almost its entire length, the route of the old Póvoa Line, which connected Trindade to Póvoa de Varzim. Line B was Porto Metro's second line to open. Initially the line only ran between Estádio do Dragão and Senhora da Hora, thus sharing the route with Line A. On March 13, 2005, an extension was opened between Senhora da Hora and Pedras Rubras. On March 18, 2006, after successive delays, the final section to Póvoa de Varzim was officially inaugurated.
The line has two types of services between Póvoa de Varzim and Estádio do Dragão: regular, which stops at all stations; and the Bx express, which only stops at Portas Fronhas, Vila do Conde, Varziela, Mindelo and Pedras Rubras, between Póvoa de Varzim and Senhora da Hora. From early summer 2011 the express service was expanded to operate daily.
In July 2016, Porto Metro announced that an additional infill station, Modivas Norte, will be added at The Style Outlet. The work is financed 50% by the mall management and will cost a total of €1.2 million.[12] Although no extensions are planned, consideration was given to use the abandoned Famalicão branch to reach Barreiros, near Avenida 25 de Abril, via Mourões. Beyond Póvoa de Varzim the right-of-way has been converted into a cycle path in order to preserve the branch.
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- ISMAI – Campanhã
- Travel time: 41 minutes
- Headway: 15 minutes
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- Santo Ovídio – Hospital São João
- Travel time: 25 minutes
- Minimum headway: 5 / 10 minutes
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- Aeroporto – Trindade
- Travel time: 35 minutes
- Headway: 30 minutes
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- Senhora da Hora – Fânzeres
- Travel time: 39 minutes
- Headway: 15 minutes
Funicular dos Guindais
The Metro do Porto company also operates the Funicular of Guindais, a cable-car system that was originally built in 1891 and was recently remodelled. It connects the riverside area of Ribeira to higher ground at Batalha, near the São Bento station.
Future expansion
- Line D: Connection to Vila D'Este. Construction of the 3.15km, 3 station extension began in March of 2021 and the station is planned to enter service at the beginning of 2024.[13]
- Line G (Pink line): A new 2.7km, 4 station fully underground line which connects Casa da Música to São Bento through Cordoaria.[14] The construction started in 2020 and the line is expected to go into service at the start of 2025.[15][16]
- Line H (Ruby line): A new 6.74km, 8 station line that will connect Casa da Música station in Porto with Santo Ovídio station in Vila Nova de Gaia. Construction will be put out for bid in 2023 with the line planned to enter service in 2026.[17][18]
Network map
See also
- Trams in Porto
- Sociedade de Transportes Colectivos do Porto (STCP)
- Lisbon Metro
- List of tram and light rail transit systems
References
- ^ https://www.metrodoporto.pt/metrodoporto/uploads/document/file/640/final_relatoriocontas_2022_1.pdf
- ^ Sistema de Metro Ligeiro do Porto, retrieved 2024-03-21. (in Portuguese)
- ISBN 978-0-7106-2903-6.
- ^ METRO DO PORTO CELEBRA 20 ANOS., retrieved 2024-03-21. (in Portuguese)
- Expressonewspaper, 18 February 2006, accessed March 2007 (in Portuguese)
- ^ Metro do Porto fechou exercício com resultado negativo de 122 milhões de euros Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, Diário Económico website, 7 March 2007, accessed March 2007 (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Já chegou o novo Metro". Metro do Porto. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2024. (in Portuguese)
- ^ Cruz, Hermana (12 December 2023). "Passageiros rendidos ao "luxo" dos novos assentos do metro do Porto". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ Larguesa e Lusa, António (6 December 2023). "Novo metro chinês do Porto faz viagem inaugural com Costa a bordo". ECO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ^ Official Timetable 2012-2013
- ^ UrbanRail.net
- ^ "Metro do Porto vai ter nova Estação em Modivas Norte". Retrieved 2016-07-08.
- ^ "Metro do Porto divulga novas imagens da futura estação de Vila d'Este" (in Portuguese). Porto Canal. 2023-04-05.
- ^ "Mais 6 quilómetros. 7 novas estações. Metro do Porto vai crescer" (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "A nova linha do Metro do Porto vai ligar a Casa da Música a S. Bento" (in Portuguese). NIT. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ Rose line got green light by the tribunal of financie
- ^ second line in Gaia
- ^ A bridge to the future (soon)
External links
- Porto Metro Official Homepage
- Official website for the ticketing system
- Map of the Porto Metro network (.pdf file)
- Metro do Porto news archive
- Photos of Metro do Porto's station architecture
- Flickr's Metro do Porto group
- Expansion - 2nd and 3rd phases (Portuguese)
- Porto database / photo gallery and Porto tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.