Gare do Oriente

Lisboa-Oriente
Train station
General information
Location	Parque das Nações Lisbon Portugal
Coordinates	38°46′4″N 9°5′57″W
Owned by	Infraestruturas de Portugal
Connections	Oriente
Construction
Architect	Santiago Calatrava
History
Opened	1998 (1998)
Services
Preceding station Comboios de Portugal Following station Lisbon-Santa Apolónia Terminus Alfa Pendular Santarém towards Braga Lisbon-Entrecampos towards Faro Alfa Pendular Coimbra-B towards Porto-Campanhã Intercidades Terminus Lisbon-Santa Apolónia Terminus Vila Franca de Xira towards Braga Vila Franca de Xira towards Guimarães Vila Franca de Xira towards Valença Vila Franca de Xira towards Porto-Campanhã
Other services Preceding station Lisbon CP Following station Braço de Prata towards Sintra Sintra Line Terminus Moscavide towards Alverca Braço de Prata towards Alcântara-Terra Azambuja Line Moscavide towards Castanheira do Ribatejo Braço de Prata towards Santa Apolónia Moscavide towards Azambuja
Location Lisboa-Oriente Location within Lisbon

Gare do Oriente (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɡaɾɨ ðu oɾiˈẽtɨ]), or alternately, the Lisbon Oriente Station is one of the main Portuguese intermodal transport hubs, and is situated in the civil parish of Parque das Nações, municipality of Lisbon.

History

In 1994, the station was proposed as part of the modernization of the Linha do Norte, a modification to the rail line to facilitate the future development of a new station in eastern Lisbon. Located along Avenida D. João II, over Avenida de Berlim and Rua Conselheiro Mariano de Carvalho, the station was planned to occupy the lands once occupied by Apeadeiro dos Olivais, which was demolished in the 1990s in order to make way for the new station.

Bids for building the project on lands to be used for the 1998 exposition were solicited internationally. The concept was originally designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava in 1995, and built by Necso.

The station was inaugurated on 19 May 1998, as part of the celebrations marking the opening of the Expo '98 world's fair. At the time of its opening it was considered the largest intermodal station in Portugal, winning the Brunel Award on 7 October 1998, in the category of large new construction projects.

Architecture

Interior

Oriente Station is situated in an urban area of reclaimed industrial and abandoned buildings fronting the northern margin of the Tagus River, situated 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the city centre.

Ambitious in its conception, the modernist station includes a Lisbon Metro station, a high-speed commuter and regional train hub, a local, national and international bus station, a shopping centre and a police station. The rail station was conceived with a multi-modal platform intersecting the cardinal axes for the various transport modes.

With some influence from Gothic architecture, the station bears considerable resemblance to Santiago Calatrava's earlier Allen Lambert Galleria within Toronto's Brookfield Place. Calatrava's objective was to realize a new space with ample room and functionality providing multiple connections between various zones in the metropolitan area of Lisbon.

One important aspect of the station is its link to the urban environment in which it was constructed. The decision to elevate the rail line, for example, eliminated a physical barrier between the city and the Tagus River margin. The station, covered in a lattice structure of glass and metal, is constructed of reinforced concrete and raised 19 metres (62 ft) over the roadway. By January 2011, there were eight lines that extended 510–720 metres (1,670–2,360 ft) across 309 metres (1,014 ft) platforms, between 60–70 centimetres (24–28 in) in height.

In addition to the many galleries that are part of the station, it is connected to the Centro Comercial Vasco da Gama (Vasco da Gama Commercial Centre/Mall) and the Lisbon Metro through a subterranean access, as well as a first floor connection to the train platforms and a pedestrian walkway.

Commuter rail and ferry services in the Lisbon metropolitan area
CP Urban Services, Transtejo & Soflusa, Fertagus
Azambuja (CP) Linha do Norte Lisboa-Santa Apolónia–Porto-Campanhã Cintura Line Doca de Alcântara–Braço de Prata Cascais (CP) Cais do Sodré–Cascais Fertagus Linha do Sul Campolide–Setúbal Sado (CP & Soflusa) Linha do Alentejo Barreiro–Praias do Sado Sintra Line (CP) Sintra Line Lisboa-Rossio-Sintra Linha do Oeste Agualva-Cacém–Figueira da Foz
Azambuja Praias do Sado-A Espadanal da Azambuja Praça do Quebedo Vila Nova da Rainha Setúbal Carregado Palmela-A Castanheira do Ribatejo Venda do Alcaide Vila Franca de Xira Pinhal Novo Alhandra Penteado Alverca Moita Póvoa Alhos Vedros Santa Iria Baixa da Banheira Bobadela Lavradio Sacavém Barreiro-A Moscavide Barreiro Oriente Soflusa Braço de Prata Terreiro do Paço Santa Apolónia Penalva Marvila Coina Fogueteiro Roma-Areeiro Foros de Amora Entrecampos Corroios Sete Rios Pragal Campolide Benfica Rossio Santa Cruz-Damaia Cais do Sodré Reboleira Santos Amadora Alcântara- Terra │ Alcântara- Mar Queluz-Belas Belém Monte Abraão Algés Massamá-Barcarena Cruz Quebrada Agualva-Cacém Caxias Paço de Arcos Mira Sintra-Meleças Santo Amaro Rio de Mouro Oeiras Mercês Carcavelos Algueirão-Mem Martins Parede Portela de Sintra São Pedro do Estoril Sintra São João do Estoril Estoril Cascais Monte Estoril Source: CP: Official website; Fertagus: Official website station names according to source

Services

Preceding station		Comboios de Portugal		Following station
Lisboa-Santa Apolónia Terminus		Intercidades		Vila Franca de Xira toward Guarda
		Intercidades		Vila Franca de Xira toward Covilhã
Entrecampos toward Évora		Intercidades		Terminus
Lisboa-Santa Apolónia Terminus		InterRegional		Vila Franca de Xira toward Porto-Campanhã
		InterRegional		Vila Franca de Xira toward Tomar
Lisboa-Santa Apolónia Terminus		Regional		Póvoa toward Entroncamento
		Regional		Póvoa toward Tomar
		Regional		Vila Franca de Xira toward Castelo Branco
Braço de Prata toward Lisboa-Santa Apolónia		Regional R3400		Moscavide toward Porto-Campanhã
		Regional R4401		Moscavide toward Entroncamento
Lisboa-Santa Apolónia Terminus		Lusitânia Comboio Hotel Operated jointly with Renfe Operadora		Entroncamento toward Madrid-Chamartín
		Sud Expresso		Entroncamento toward Hendaye

References

Sources

• Cerqueira, Luís; Gregório, Miguel (2004), A Arquitectura e o Caminho-de-Ferro em Portugal (PDF) (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Escola Superior de Tecnologia, retrieved 13 January 2016
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• Levy, Mauricio (1 August 1994), "Los portugueses se centrarán en la mejora de las cercanías", Via Libre (in Spanish), vol. 31, Madrid, Spain: Fundación de los Ferrocarriles Españoles, pp. 27–28, ISSN 1134-1416
• Tarifa, Alvaro Sánchez (1998), "Noticias", Maquetren (in Spanish), vol. 6, Madrid, Portugal: Ed. España Desconocida, pp. 68–73, ISSN 1132-2063
• Val, Yolanda del (1 October 1998), "Los Premios Brunel al mejor diseno ferroviario se entregan el 7 de octubre en Madrid", Via Libre (in Spanish), vol. 35, Madrid, Portugal: Fundación de los Ferrocarriles Españoles, pp. 16–17, ISSN 1134-1416
• 100 Obras de Arquitectura Civil no Século XX: Portugal (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Ordem dos Engenheiros, 2000, p. 286, ISBN 972-97231-7-6
• Afonso, João (2005), IAPXX: Inquérito à Arquitectura do Século XX em Portugal (in Portuguese), Lisboa, Portugal: Ordem dos Arquitectos, p. 290, ISBN 972-8897-14-6

External links

• Portal das Nações Discover the Orient Station