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Porto Metro

Porto Metro
Flexity Outlook Eurotram of the Porto Metro at Trindade station
Overview
Native nameMetro do Porto
OwnerGovernment-owned corporation
LocalePorto
Gondomar
Maia
Matosinhos
Póvoa de Varzim
Vila do Conde
Vila Nova de Gaia
Transit typeLight rail / Semi-metro
Number of lines6
Number of stations85
Daily ridership216,824 (average for 2023)[1]
Annual ridership79 million (2023)[1]
WebsiteMetro do Porto
Operation
Began operation7 December 2002 (2002-12-07)
Operator(s)ViaPorto
Number of vehicles120[1]
Technical
System length70 km (43 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC OHLE
System map
Porto Metro
Routes[2]
Póvoa de Varzim
São Brás
Portas Fronhas
Alto do Pega
Vila do Conde
Santa Clara
Azurara
Árvore
Varziela
Espaço Natureza
Mindelo
VC Fashion Outlet
Modivas Centro
Modivas Sul
Vilar do Pinheiro
Lidador
Airport interchange Aeroporto
Pedras Rubras
Botica
Verdes
Crestins
Esposade
ISMAI
Custóias
Castêlo da Maia
Mandim
Senhor de Matosinhos
Zona Industrial
Mercado
Fórum da Maia
Brito Capelo
Parque da Maia
Matosinhos Sul
Câmara de Matosinhos
Custió
Parque Real
Araújo
Pedro Hispano
Pias
Estádio do Mar
Cândido dos Reis
Vasco da Gama
Fonte do Cuco
Senhora da Hora
Sete Bicas
Hospital de São João
Viso
IPO
Ramalde
Pólo Universitário
Francos
Salgueiros
Casa da Música
Combatentes
Carolina Michaëlis
Marquês
Lapa
Faria Guimarães
Trindade
Heritage streetcar Aliados
Bolhão
Funicular Mainline rail interchangeHeritage streetcar São Bento
Campo 24 de Agosto
Heroismo
Gaia Cable Car Jardim do Morro
Campanhã Mainline rail interchange
Mainline rail interchange General Torres
Estádio do Dragão
Câmara de Gaia
Contumil Mainline rail interchange
João de Deus
Nasoni
D. João II
Nau Vitória
Santo Ovídio
Manuel Leão
Levada
Hospital Santos Silva
Rio Tinto Mainline rail interchange
Vila d'Este
Campainha
Baguim
Carreira
Venda Nova
Fânzeres

Line A • Line B • Line Bx
Line C • Line D • Line E • Line F

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.[3] Having a semi-metro alignment, it runs underground in central Porto and above ground into the city's suburbs while using low-floor tram vehicles.[4][5] The first parts of the system have been in operation since 2002.[6] It is a separate system to Porto's vintage trams.

The network has 6 lines and reaches seven municipalities within the metropolitan Porto area: Porto, Gondomar, Maia, Matosinhos, Póvoa de Varzim, Vila do Conde and Vila Nova de Gaia. It currently has a total of 85 operational stations across 70 kilometres (43 mi) of double track commercial line. Most of the system is at ground level or elevated, but 8.3 kilometres (5.2 mi) of the network is underground. The system is run by ViaPORTO.[1][7]

The Porto Metro has received the Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design in 2013.[8]

  1. ^ a b c d "Relatório E Contas" [Report and Accounts] (PDF) (in Portuguese). Metro do Porto. 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 August 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  2. ^ Schwandl, Robert. "UrbanRail.Net > Europe > Porto > Porto Metro". Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  3. ^ Ashton, J.H. (10 August 2018). "An Ergonomic Study and Analysis for the Porto Metro Driver Cabin Area". Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018). VII (Ergonomics in Design, Design for All, Activity Theories for Work Analysis and Design, Affective Design). Springer: 193. ISBN 978-3-319-96071-5. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  4. ^ Trikkestrategi (in Norwegian) (4 ed.). Oslo: Ruter As. 2011. p. 46.
  5. ^ "Sistema de Metro Ligeiro do Porto" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 6 January 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  6. ^ Webb, Mary (ed.) (2009). Jane's Urban Transport Systems 2009–2010, p. 277. Coulsdon, Surrey (UK): Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-2903-6.
  7. ^ "Metro em números". www.metrodoporto.pt (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 24 September 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design". gsd.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 23 June 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2024.

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