Lisbon Metro Blue Line

The Blue Line (Portuguese: Linha Azul) or Seagull Line (Portuguese: Linha da Gaivota) is one of the four lines of Lisbon Metro. It is the only line of the Lisbon Metro entirely underground, without any viaduct.

Blue Line
Lisbon metro station Restauradores
Overview
Other name(s)Seagull Line
Native nameLinha Azul
OwnerGovernment-owned corporation
Locale Lisbon
Amadora
 Portugal
TerminiReboleira
Santa Apolónia
Connecting linesYellow Line Red Line Green Line
Stations18
Service
TypeRapid Transit
SystemMetropolitano de Lisboa
Operator(s)Metropolitano de Lisboa, EPE
Rolling stockML90, ML95, ML97, ML99
History
Opened29 December 1959 (1959-12-29)
(original network)
15 July 1995 (1995-07-15)
(independent line)
Technical
Line length14 km (8.7 mi)
CharacterUnderground subway
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC third rail
Route map
13,724
Reboleira ⇄ L. Sintra: Reboleira
× Sorefame
12,765
 Amadora Este
 Alfornelos
 ⇡ 0AMD0  ⇣ 0ODV0 
⇡ 0ODV0  ⇣ 0LSB0 
 branch line
→ PMO III
10,747
 Pontinha
 PMO III Pontinha
09,927
 Carnide
09,146
 Colégio Militar/Luz
Alto dos Moinhos
 Laranjeiras
PMO I Sete Rios
(closed)
⇄ L. Cintura: Sete Rios
06,591
 Jardim Zoológico
(until 1995 Sete Rios)
× L. Cintura
 Praça de Espanha
(until 1995 Palhavã)
 branch line
→ PMO I (closed)
 Red Line
→ Campolide
× Red Line
 branch line
→ Red Line
 São Sebastião
⇄ Red Line
 Red Line
→ Saldanha
 Parque
 Yellow Line
→ Picoas
➀ branch line → Yellow Line
➁ "Y" line → Picoas (until 1995)
× Yellow Line
03,791
 Marquês de Pombal
(until 1995 Rotunda) ⇄ Yellow Line
 Yellow Line
→ Rato
 Avenida
02,691
 Restauradores
⇄ L. Sintra: Rossio
 Green Line
→ Rossio
 12th branch
(closed 1998)
× Green Line
02,025
 Baixa-Chiado
⇄ Green Line
 Elev. Município
ventilation shaft
 branch line
→ '''Blue Line'''
× Tram (R. V. Cordón)
× Tram (R. Arsenal)
 Green Line
→ Cais do Sodré
ventilation shaft
 × Tagus
 Terreiro do Paço
 Alfândega
(pj. 1993; canc.)
00,000
 Santa Apolónia
⇄ L. Norte: Santa Apolónia
Topographic map

Stations
Reboleira
Reboleira railway station Bus interchange
 Amadora Este
Bus interchange
 Alfornelos
 Pontinha
Bus interchange
 Carnide
 Colégio Militar/Luz
Bus interchange
 Alto dos Moinhos
 Laranjeiras
 Jardim Zoológico
Sete Rios railway station Bus interchange
 Praça de Espanha
Bus interchange
 São Sebastião
 Red 
 Parque
Marquês
de Pombal
 Yellow 
Bus interchange
 Avenida
 Restauradores
Rossio railway station
 Baixa-Chiado
 Green 
 Terreiro do Paço
Transtejo & Soflusa
 Santa Apolónia
Santa Apolónia railway station
CodeStation nameDistance (km)TransfersLocation
Inter-
station		Total
SP Santa Apolónia Disabled access — 0.0 Comboios de Portugal Azambuja Line (Santa Apolónia) São Vicente Lisbon
TP Terreiro do Paço Disabled access 1.1 1.1 Soflusa Santa Maria Maior
BC Baixa-Chiado Disabled access 0.9 2.0 Green Line
RE Restauradores Disabled access 0.7 2.7 Comboios de Portugal Sintra Line (Rossio)
AV Avenida 0.5 3.2 Santo António
MP Marquês de Pombal Disabled access 0.6 3.8
PA Parque 0.6 4.4 Avenidas Novas
SS São Sebastião Disabled access 0.7 5.1 Red Line
PE Praça de Espanha 0.7 5.8 Campolide
JZ Jardim Zoológico 0.8 6.6
  • Comboios de Portugal Azambuja Line/Sintra Line/Fertagus (Sete Rios)
  • Sete Rios bus terminal
 São Domingos de Benfica
LA Laranjeiras 1.1 7.7
AH Alto dos Moinjos 0.6 8.3
CM Colégio Militar/Luz 0.8 9.1 Luz bus terminal Carnide
CA Carnide Disabled access 0.9 10.0
PO Pontinha Disabled access 0.7 10.7 Pontinha bus terminal
AF Alfornelos Disabled access 0.9 11.6 Amadora
AS Amadora Este Disabled access 1.2 12.8 Amadora bus terminal
RB Reboleira Disabled access 0.9 13.7
  • Comboios de Portugal Sintra Line (Reboleira)
  • Reboleira bus terminal

Frequency
Summer timetable[1] Winter timetable[1]
TimeHeadwayTimeHeadway
Working days 06:30 - 07:00

07:00 - 07:30

07:30 - 09:30

09:30 - 10:00

10:00 - 16:30

16:30 - 19:00

19:00 - 20:00

20:00 - 20:30

20:30 - 22:30

22:30 - 01:05

 07' 30'

06' 45'

05' 45'

06' 15'

07' 25'

05' 45'

06' 45'

07' 25'

08' 05'

10' 45'

 06:30 - 07:00

07:00 - 07:30

07:30 - 09:30

09:30 - 10:00

10:00 - 16:30

16:30 - 19:00

19:00 - 20:00

20:00 - 20:30

20:30 - 21:00

21:00 - 21:30

21:30 - 22:30

22:30 - 01:05

 07' 30'

06' 10'

04' 55'

05' 15'

06' 40'

05' 15'

06' 10'

06' 40'

07' 20'

08' 15'

08' 05'

10' 45'

Weekends and holidays 06:30 - 08:30

08:30 - 09:30

09:30 - 10:30

10:30 - 11:30

11:30 - 19:30

19:30 - 22:30

22:30 - 01:05

 08' 00'

08' 05'

08' 00'

08' 05'

08' 10'

08' 00'

10' 40'

 06:30 - 08:30

08:30 - 09:30

09:30 - 10:30

10:30 - 11:30

11:30 - 19:30

19:30 - 22:30

22:30 - 01:05

 08' 00'

08' 05'

08' 00'

08' 05'

08' 10'

08' 00'

10' 40'

Chronology
  • 29 December 1959: Opening of the original Lisbon Metro network with a Y shape. Common branch stations: Restauradores, Avenida, Rotunda (former name of the Marquês de Pombal station and where the line would split into the two branches). Current Blue Line branch stations (coming from Rotunda station): Parque, São Sebastião, Palhavã (former name of the Praça de Espanha station) and Sete Rios (former name of the Jardim Zoológico station). Current Yellow Line branch stations (coming from Rotunda station): Picoas, Saldanha, Campo Pequeno and Entre Campos.
  • 27 January 1963: Opening of the Rossio station. Main branch route: Restauradores - Rossio.
  • 28 September 1966: Opening of the Socorro (former name of the Martim Moniz station), Intendente and Anjos stations. Main branch route: Restauradores - Anjos.
  • 18 June 1972: Opening of the Arroios, Alameda, Areeiro, Roma and Alvalade stations. Main branch route: Restauradores - Alvalade.
  • 15 October 1988: Opening of the Cidade Universitária, Laranjeiras, Alto dos Moinhos and Colégio Militar/Luz stations. Current Blue Line branch route: Rotunda - Colégio Militar/Luz. Current Yellow Line branch route: Rotunda - Cidade Universitária.
  • 3 April 1993: Opening of the Campo Grande station. Main branch route: Restauradores - Campo Grande. Current Yellow Line branch route: Rotunda - Campo Grande.
  • 15 July 1995: Creation of the Blue and Yellow lines by building a second Rotunda station. New Blue line route: Colégio Militar/Luz - Campo Grande.
  • 18 October 1997: Opening of the Carnide and Pontinha stations. Line route: Pontinha - Campo Grande.
  • 1 March 1998: Palhavã station is renamed to Marquês de Pombal, Sete Rios station is renamed to Jardim Zoológico and Socorro station is renamed to Martim Moniz.
  • 3 March 1998: Creation of the Blue and Green line by closing the Restauradores - Rossio tunnel. New Blue line route: Pontinha - Restauradores.
  • 8 August 1998: Opening of the Baixa-Chiado station. Line route: Pontinha - Baixa-Chiado.
  • 15 May 2004: Opening of the Alfornelos and Amadora Este stations. Line route: Amadora Este - Baixa-Chiado.
  • 19 December 2007: Opening of the Terreiro do Paço and Santa Apolónia stations. Line route: Amadora Este - Santa Apolónia.
  • 13 April 2016: Opening of the Reboleira station. Line route: Reboleira - Santa Apolónia.[2]

See also
  • List of Lisbon metro stations

References
  1. "Frequência de comboios - Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E." Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E. (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  2. "Cronologia - Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E." Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E. (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2017-07-17.

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