LISBON | Subway

[trainrover]

Fib! although it's funny you should see it that way, coz --unlike the chap pictured there-- many a white Euro's hair has coarse afro-like hair whereas nary any's found around N America ...

[pai nosso]

Airport Expansion

Originally Posted by Luís Raposo Alves

Photos by Luís Raposo Alves

[Yappofloyd]

^Thanks for posting the pics! Any idea of a new completion date for the Red Line ext to the airport?

[intelligentBG]

Thanks for the pics. Now I am more optimistic about the line extension. Obviously it is reaching the airport.

[faialense]

Originally Posted by Yappofloyd

^Thanks for posting the pics! Any idea of a new completion date for the Red Line ext to the airport?

July, although this station will only be fully completed in November. Until that, the airport station will work with only one entrance a bit further away from the one depicted in the pics above.

[pai nosso]

Photos of the Airport Station dated from January of 2012:

http://www.aviacaoportugal.net/showt...?t=4888&page=6
[portuguese forum]



Airport Station Entrance:
image hosted on flickr

from flickr

[Yappofloyd]

Originally Posted by faialense

July, although this station will only be fully completed in November. Until that, the airport station will work with only one entrance a bit further away from the one depicted in the pics above.

Thanks. That is good to know and I look forward to trying out the new ext when I return to Lisboa in the summer.

[batman08]

Why most stantions are with side platforms and are there any plans for stantions with island platform?

[pai nosso]

Originally Posted by joseep

Photos from Oriente - Aeroporto Expansion

Oriente Station

Photos by joseep

[ajw373]

Originally Posted by batman08

Why most stantions are with side platforms and are there any plans for stantions with island platform?

Except at interchange stations why would you want an island platform anyway? Considering most stations in Lisbon are not interchanges it makes sense to have side platforms.

[XAN_]

Originally Posted by ajw373

Except at interchange stations why would you want an island platform anyway? Considering most stations in Lisbon are not interchanges it makes sense to have side platforms.

Well, it simplifies the pedestrian flow, also, in case of deap stations, it minimises the volume of works.

[Falubaz]

Besides when u have side platforms you have to walk a lot when u get to the wrong one. with island platforms there isnt such problem.

[pai nosso]

Airport Station

Originally Posted by Luís Raposo Alves

Photos by Luis Raposo Alves

[pai nosso]

Originally Posted by joseep

Encarnação Station - 27-06-2012
[New Airport Expansion]

Photos by jossep

[intelligentBG]

When are they plan to open the red extension? Obviously they are almost ready…

[faialense]

Originally Posted by intelligentBG

When are they plan to open the red extension? Obviously they are almost ready…

15th of July.

[jcraveiro]

There is an offical announcement, the extension of the Red line to the airport opens tomorrow, Tuesday, July 17, at 6:30 am Lisbon time.

New Airport Extension

The new subway stations of the red line – Moscavide, Encarnação and Aeroporto – are open for service tomorrow, the 17th july. The extension of the red line between Oriente/Aeroporto has 3326 meters and three new stations, with a estimate mensal value of new passengers around 400 thousand passengers/year.

This enterprise will have a significant impact on the accessibilities to and from the Lisbon International Airport, constituting an important interface for the passengers of the air transport and for the generality of the people that work in that area.

By the other hand, it also serves the residential areas of Moscavide and Olivais (around 7% of the total population of the Lisbon city lives in Olivais area).

The three new stations will allow a significant reduction of the CO2 emissions, in about 5 thousand tonnes/year.

With this new connection it will the possible to travel from the city administrative center (Saldanha) to the Lisbon International Airport in 16 minutes.

Take the subway.

[Woonsocket54]

After the airport extension opens, when does the next new station (Reboleira) scheduled to open?

[jcraveiro]

Originally Posted by Woonsocket54

After the airport extension opens, when does the next new station (Reboleira) scheduled to open?

It isn't. According to the statements of the company's president today, the tunnel is done, but requests for tender to finish the station and exteriors will be launched only in 2013.

[pai nosso]

Originally Posted by Vacuum

Lisbon`s Airport






More photos in: http://www.guiadacidade.pt/pt/photogal/d3/119193

Photos by Vacuum

Originally Posted by Vacuum

Lisbon`s Airport
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Source: http://www.guiadacidade.pt/pt/poin-m...-lisboa-119193

Photos by Vacuum