Alcântara-Terra Railway Station Estação Ferroviária de Alcântara-Terra | |||||||||||||||
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Location |
Lisbon Portugal | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°42′26.74″N 9°10′23.76″W / 38.7074278°N 9.1732667°W | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | Infraestruturas de Portugal | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Cintura Line | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 island platforms + 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Train operators | Comboios de Portugal | ||||||||||||||
Connections | Cascais Line: Alcântara-Mar Carris Metropolitana | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | 2 April 1887 | ||||||||||||||
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Alcântara-Terra railway station ( Portuguese: Estação Ferroviária de Alcântara-Terra), is a railway station on the Cintura Line in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. [1] The station is connected by foot to Alcântara-Mar railway station on the Cascais Line.
The station is used by suburban trains of the Azambuja line during weekdays, operated by Comboios de Portugal. [2] Trains have a headway of roughly 30 minutes when serving this station on weekdays, except during the early morning and late night. [2] As of the most recent schedule, no trains serve this station on weekends. [2] As a terminus station, all trains either begin or end at this station.
The station is composed of two island platforms and a side platform serving three tracks. An additional five tracks are located adjacent to the station for stabling.
Alcântara-Terra railway station opened on 2 April 1887, originally as the southern terminus of the Sintra Line to Sintra. The terminus of the line was shifted to Rossio following that station's completion on 11 June 1891. [3] Between 1991 and 2008, an elevated pedestrian overpass existed between this station and Alcântara-Mar. [4]