Lisbon Metro Yellow Line
| Yellow Line | |||
|---|---|---|---|
  | |||
 Lisbon metro station Picoas | |||
| Overview | |||
| Other name(s) | Sunflower Line | ||
| Native name | Linha Amarela | ||
| Owner | Government-owned corporation | ||
| Locale |  LisbonOdivelas  Portugal | ||
| Termini | Odivelas Rato | ||
| Connecting lines |     | ||
| Stations | 13 | ||
| Service | |||
| Type | Rapid Transit | ||
| System | Metropolitano de Lisboa | ||
| Operator(s) | Metropolitano de Lisboa, EPE | ||
| Rolling stock | ML90, ML95, ML97, ML99 | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | December 29, 1959 (original network) July 15, 1995 (independent line) | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 11 km (6.8 mi) | ||
| Character | Underground subway | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||
| Electrification | 750 V DC third rail | ||
| |||
The Yellow Line (Portuguese: Linha Amarela) or Sunflower Line (Portuguese: Linha do Girassol) is one of the four lines of Lisbon Metro.
Stations
| Code | Station name | Distance (km) | Transfers | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inter- station |
Total | |||||
| OD | Odivelas 
|
— | 0.0 | Odivelas | ||
| SR | Senhor Roubado
|
1.0 | 1.0 |  Senhor Roubado bus terminal
| ||
| AX | Ameixoeira
|
1.7 | 2.7 | Santa Clara | Lisbon | |
| LU | Lumiar
|
0.9 | 3.6 | Lumiar | ||
| QC | Quinta das Conchas
|
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 |  Sintra Line/Fertagus (Entrecampos)
| ||
| CP | Campo Pequeno | 0.7 | 8.1 | Avenidas Novas | ||
| SL | Saldanha
|
0.7 | 8.8 |  Red Line
| ||
| PC | Picoas | 0.7 | 9.5 | |||
| MP | Marquês de Pombal
|
0.7 | 10.2 |
| ||
| RA | Rato
|
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] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Headway | Time | Headway | |
| 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 extended 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; this plan is currently on hold.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Frequência de comboios - Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E." Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E. (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-07-18.
- ^ "Cronologia - Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E." Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E. (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-07-17.
- ^ "Plano de desenvolvimento operacional da rede - Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E." Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E. (in European Portuguese). 2017-05-09. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
External links
Media related to Linha Amarela (Lisboa) at Wikimedia Commons
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