Mira Sintra-Meleças Station
Estação Ferroviária de Mira Sintra-Meleças | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The station entrance, December 2006
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| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Belas, Sintra Portugal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°47′22.524″N 9°18′45.54″W / 38.78959000°N 9.3126500°W / 38.78959000; -9.3126500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by |  Lisbon CP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managed by | Infraestruturas de Portugal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Linha do Oeste | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 20.3 km from Rossio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground-level | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 29 November 2004 (2004-11-29) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mira Sintra-Meleças Station (Portuguese: Estação Ferroviária de Mira Sintra-Meleças) is a railway station located in the city of Sintra, Portugal. Located in the Western line, it is served by all Western line services as well as a CP Lisboa Sintra Line commuter service connecting to Rossio.[2] It is operated by CP and managed by Infraestruturas de Portugal.
The station is located between various towns and municipalities, and serves much of the surrounding area. Mira Sintra-Meleças operates as a terminus of Lisbon CP urban service, with trains reversing at this station to travel back towards Lisbon.
Regional and InterRegional services stop at Mira Sintra-Meleças Station roughly eight times daily in each direction.[3]
Urban trains stop at Mira Sintra-Meleças Station at approximately 1-hour intervals on weekends and off-peak periods on weekdays. During peak periods, trains stop at Mira Sintra-Meleças Station at approximately 30-minute intervals.[4]
A pharmacy is located inside the station, and bus service is provided by a loop on the east side of the station.[1]
Mira Sintra-Meleças Station is composed of two island platforms serving four tracks.
The section of the Linha do Oeste that the station lies on entered service on 21 May 1887.[5] A halt under the name of Meleças provided service to the area. Plans to create a proper station in the area formed in the 1990s. Mira Sintra-Meleças Station opened for revenue service on 29 November 2004. The station cost over €10 billion to build.[6]
