Metro Porto ( port. Metro do Porto ) is a light rail electrified urban passenger transport system in Porto, Portugal . This transport system is not a subway. In fact, this system is a light rail - metrotram.
| Metro Porto | |
|---|---|
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| Description | |
| A country |  Portugal |
| Location | Porto |
| opening date | 2002 |
| Site | metrodoporto.pt |
| Route network | |
| Number of lines | 6 |
| Number of stations | 81 |
| Net length | 70 km |
The tram network has 6 routes and 81 stations, of which 15 are underground. The network connects six cities of the Greater Porto agglomeration, namely: Porto itself, Vila do Conde , Vila Nova de Gaia , Maya , Matosinhos and Povua de Varzin . The operator is Transdev .
Description
The first stage of the system (Line A , blue line), connecting Matosinhos and the Trindadi station in the center of Porto, was opened in 2002. Two years later, it was extended to the Dragan stadium in preparation for Euro 2004 .
On April 14, 2005, the first branch from Senhora da Hora station to Povoa de Varzim station was built and route B (red line) was opened; on July 30, 2005, a branch from Fonte do cuco station to ISMAI station was built "and route C (green line) was opened, line D (yellow line) was built in 2005-2006, on May 27, 2006 a branch from Verdes station to Aeroporto station was built and route E (purple line) was opened ) On January 2, 2011, a section was built from Estadio do Dragao Station to Fanzeres Station and Route F was opened.
There is one independent line D in Porto metro that intersects with the main section at Trindadi Station, the only interchange station in Porto metro. In the main section, the line has four branches and 5 routes operate on it. From the Fanzeres End Station, Route F starts, continuing to Senhora da Hora Station. Routes A, B, E start from the Estadio do Dragao Station. Route C starts from Campanha Station. Thus, from Campanha Station to Senhora da Hora Station, all 5 routes follow together. After the Senhora da Hora station, route A is disconnected from the main line to the Senhor de Matosinhos terminal station. After the station “Fonte do Cuco”, route C is disconnected from the main line, which goes to the terminal station “ISMAI”. After station Verdes, routes B and E are disconnected. Route B goes to the terminal station Ponta de Varzim, and route E to the terminal station Aeroporto.
Administratively, Metro Porto is subordinated to the city funicular.
Metro Porto has a zone fare system.
As of 2007, the total cost of the network was € 3.5 billion, or more than 1% of the country's GDP . The costs of the project were higher than expected, only in 2006 the losses of the city government reached € 122 million. [1] [2]
The network uses two types of trams. Lines A, D, E, and F use Bombardier Flexity Outlook ( Eurotram ). Lines B and C use the Bombardier Flexity Swift .
Lines
| Line | Stations | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Line a | 23 | 16.1 km |
| Line B | 35 | 33.55 km |
| Line C | 24 | 19.7 km |
| Line D | sixteen | 9.16 km |
| Line e | 21 | 16.62 km |
| Line f | 24 | 16.91 km |
Future Projects
Despite the high costs at Metro Porto, it is planned to commission the G line, as well as the extension of the A, B, C, D lines.
Notes
- ↑ Gestores do Metro do Porto recebem € 650 mil de prémios , Expresso, 02/18/2006.
- ↑ Metro do Porto fechou exercício com resultado negativo de 122 milhões de euros Archived on September 29, 2011. Diário Económico, March 7, 2007.