Lisbon Metro Yellow Line

The Yellow Line (Portuguese: Linha Amarela) or Sunflower Line (Portuguese: Linha do Girassol) is one of the four lines of Lisbon Metro.

Yellow Line
Lisbon metro station Picoas
Overview
Other name(s)Sunflower Line
Native nameLinha Amarela
OwnerGovernment-owned corporation
Locale Lisbon
Odivelas
 Portugal
TerminiOdivelas
Rato
Connecting linesRed Line Green Line Blue Line
Stations13
Service
TypeRapid Transit
SystemMetropolitano de Lisboa
Operator(s)Metropolitano de Lisboa, EPE
Rolling stockML90, ML95, ML97, ML99
History
OpenedDecember 29, 1959 (1959-12-29)
(original network)
July 15, 1995 (1995-07-15)
(independent line)
Technical
Line length11 km (6.8 mi)
CharacterUnderground subway
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC third rail
Route map

 Odivelas
× R. Gen. Roçadas
× R. Costa
× CRIL
× R. Álvares Cabral
× R. Sr. Roubado
 Senhor Roubado
⇡ 0ODV0  ⇣ 0LSB0 
× Calçada de Carriche
Ameixoeira
 Lumiar
 Quinta das Conchas
(pj. Lamb., Mouras)
branch line
→ PMO II
 Green Line
→ Alvalade
× R. Cipr. Dourado
 Campo Grande
⇄ Green Line
× bus station access
× bus station access
× Green Line
 Green Line
→ Telheiras
 Cidade Universitária
 Entre Campos
⇄ L. Cintura: Entrecampos
 Campo Pequeno
 Red Line
→ São Sebastião
× Red Line
 Saldanha
⇄ Red Line
 Red Line
→ Alameda
 Picoas
× Rua de São Sebastião da Pedreira
 Blue Line
→ Parque
 "Y" line ➁
(until 1995)
× Blue Line
 banch line ➀
→ Blue Line
 Marquês de Pombal
(until 1995 Rotunda)
⇄ Blue L.
 Blue Line
→ Avenida
 × L. Sintra: T. Rossio
 Rato
⇄ L. Sintra: Rato (cancelled pj.)
Estrela
(proj.)
 Santos
(proj.)
Cais do Sodré
⇄ L. Casc.: C. S.; TT ∥ Tagus
Green Line
→ Baixa-Chiado
Topographic map

Stations
CodeStation nameDistance (km)TransfersLocation
Inter-
station		Total
OD Odivelas Disabled access — 0.0 Odivelas
SR Senhor Roubado Disabled access 1.0 1.0 Senhor Roubado bus terminal
AX Ameixoeira Disabled access 1.7 2.7 Santa Clara Lisbon
LU Lumiar Disabled access 0.9 3.6 Lumiar
QC Quinta das Conchas Disabled access 1.0 4.6 Olivais
CG Campo Grande 0.9 5.5
Alvalade
CU Cidade Universitária 0.8 6.3
EC Entre Campos 1.1 7.4 Comboios de Portugal Sintra Line/Fertagus (Entrecampos)
CP Campo Pequeno 0.7 8.1 Avenidas Novas
SL Saldanha Disabled access 0.7 8.8 Red Line
PC Picoas 0.7 9.5
MP Marquês de Pombal Disabled access 0.7 10.2
RA Rato Disabled access 0.7 10.9 Santo António

Odivelas
Senhor Roubado
Ameixoeira
Lumiar
Quinta das Conchas
Campo Grande
Cidade Universitária
Entre Campos
Campo Pequeno
Saldanha
Picoas
Marquês de Pombal
Rato

Frequency
Summer timetable[1] Winter timetable[1]
TimeHeadwayTimeHeadway
Working days 06:30 - 07:20

07:20 - 09:30

09:30 - 16:40

16:40 - 20:00

20:00 - 20:30

20:30 - 22:30

22:30 - 01:05

 07' 50"

05' 05"

07' 50"

06' 10"

07' 40"

07' 25"

10' 20"

 06:30 - 07:15

07:15 - 09:30

09:30 - 10:00

10:00 - 16:40

10:00 - 16:40

16:40 - 17:30

17:30 - 19:00

19:00 - 19:30

19:30 - 20:00

20:00 - 21:00

21:00 - 22:00

22:00 - 01:05

 07' 50"

04' 20"

05' 00"

05' 50"*

11' 40"**

04' 40"

04' 45"

06' 10"

06' 50"

08' 55"

08' 45"

10' 30"

Weekends and holidays 06:30 - 07:30

07:30 - 20:30

20:30 - 01:05

 08' 40'

08' 45'

10' 25'

 6:30 - 07:30

07:30 - 20:30

20:30 - 01:05

 08' 40'

08' 45'

10' 25'

*Rato - Campo Grande
**Campo Grande - Odivelas

Chronology
  • December 29, 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.
  • January 27, 1963: Opening of the Rossio station. Main branch route: Restauradores - Rossio.
  • September 28, 1966: Opening of the Socorro (former name of the Martim Moniz station), Intendente and Anjos stations. Main branch route: Restauradores - Anjos.
  • June 18, 1972: Opening of the Arroios, Alameda, Areeiro, Roma and Alvalade stations. Main branch route: Restauradores - Alvalade.
  • October 15, 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.
  • April 3, 1993: Opening of the Campo Grande station. Main branch route: Restauradores - Campo Grande. Current Yellow Line branch route: Rotunda - Campo Grande.
  • July 15, 1995: Creation of the Blue and Yellow lines by building a second Rotunda station. New Yellow line route: Rotunda - Campo Grande.
  • December 29, 1997: Opening of the Rato station. Line route: Rato - Campo Grande.
  • March 1, 1998: Rotunda station is renamed to Marquês de Pombal.
  • March 27, 2004: Opening of the Quinta das Conchas, Lumiar, Ameixoeira, Senhor Roubado and Odivelas stations. Line route: Rato - Odivelas.[2]

Future
  • Plans are in place to extend the Yellow Line with two new stations (Santos and Estrela), connecting the Green Line on Cais do Sodré to the Yellow Line on Rato and creating a circle line with the merge of these two lines. Construction on this extension started in April, 2021.[3]

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.
  3. Pincha, João Pedro. "Linha circular do Metro de Lisboa já está em obras". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-04-16.

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