Amadora Station
Estação Ferroviária da Amadora | |||||||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||||||
Location | 2700-159 Amadora Portugal | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°45′35.53″N 9°14′9.79″W / 38.7598694°N 9.2360528°W / 38.7598694; -9.2360528 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 140 m | ||||||||||||||
Operated by | Lisbon CP | ||||||||||||||
Managed by | Infraestruturas de Portugal | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Sintra Line | ||||||||||||||
Distance | 10.0 km from Rossio | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2island platforms | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 16 April 1888 (1888-04-16) | ||||||||||||||
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Amadora Station (Portuguese: Estação Ferroviária da Amadora) is a railway station located in the city of Amadora. It is served by the Sintra and Azambuja Lines.[1] It is managed by Infraestruturas de Portugal.
Trains stop at Amadora Station at approximately 15-minute intervals on weekends and off-peak periods on weekdays. During peak periods, trains stop at Amadora Station at approximately 5-minute intervals, with some trains arriving within a minute of each other.[2]
Amadora Station consists of two island platforms serving four tracks.
Amadora Station opened on 16 April 1888, originally under the name of Porcalhota. It was renamed Amadora on 1 February 1908.[3] The station building was rebuilt as a part of a modernization project of the Sintra Line and put into service on 15 May 1993. The quadrupling of the Sintra Line tracks between Benfica and Amadora was completed in September 1999.[4]
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