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    Lisbon Metro Yellow Line

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    Yellow Line
    Lisbon metro station Picoas
    Overview
    Other name(s)Sunflower Line
    Native nameLinha Amarela
    OwnerGovernment-owned corporation
    Locale Lisbon
    Odivelas
     Portugal
    TerminiOdivelas
    Rato
    Connecting linesRed Line Green Line Blue Line
    Stations13
    Service
    TypeRapid Transit
    SystemMetropolitano de Lisboa
    Operator(s)Metropolitano de Lisboa, EPE
    Rolling stockML90, ML95, ML97, ML99
    History
    OpenedDecember 29, 1959 (65 years ago) (1959-12-29)
    (original network)
    July 15, 1995 (29 years ago) (1995-07-15)
    (independent line)
    Technical
    Line length11 km (6.8 mi)
    CharacterUnderground subway
    Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
    Electrification750 V DC third rail
    Route map

    Legend
    		 Odivelas
    × R. Gen. Roçadas
    × R. Costa
    × CRIL
    × R. Álvares Cabral
    × R. Sr. Roubado
    		 Senhor Roubado
    ⇡ ODV  ⇣ LSB 
    × Calçada de Carriche
    		Ameixoeira
    		Lumiar
    		Quinta das Conchas
    (pj. Lamb., Mouras)
    		branch line
    → PMO II
    		 Green Line
    → Alvalade
    × R. Cipr. Dourado
    		 Campo Grande
    ⇄ Green Line
    × bus station access
    × bus station access
    × Green Line
    		 Green Line
    → Telheiras
    		 Cidade Universitária
    		Entre Campos
    ⇄ L. Cintura: Entrecampos
    		 Campo Pequeno
    		Red Line
    → São Sebastião
    × Red Line
    		 Saldanha
    ⇄ Red Line
    		 Red Line
    → Alameda
    		 Picoas
    × Rua de São Sebastião da Pedreira
    		 Blue Line
    → Parque
    		 "Y" line ➁
    (until 1995)
    × Blue Line
    		 branch line ➀
    → Blue Line
    		 Marquês de Pombal
    (until 1995 Rotunda)
    ⇄ Blue L.
    		 Blue Line
    → Avenida
    		 × L. Sintra: T. Rossio
    		Rato
    ⇄ L. Sintra: Rato (cancelled pj.)
    		Estrela
    (proj.)
    		 Santos
    (proj.)
    		Cais do Sodré
    ⇄ L. Casc.: C. S.; TT ∥ Tagus
    		Green Line
    → Baixa-Chiado
    Topographic map

    The Yellow Line (Portuguese: Linha Amarela) or Sunflower Line (Portuguese: Linha do Girassol) is one of the four lines of Lisbon Metro.

    Stations

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    Code Station name Distance (km) Transfers Location
    Inter-
    station    		 Total
    OD Odivelas Disabled access — 0.0 Odivelas Odivelas
    SR Senhor Roubado Disabled access 1.0 1.0 Senhor Roubado bus terminal
    AX Ameixoeira Disabled access 1.7 2.7 Santa Clara Lisbon
    LU Lumiar Disabled access 0.9 3.6 Lumiar
    QC Quinta das Conchas Disabled access 1.0 4.6 Olivais
    CG Campo Grande Disabled access 0.9 5.5
    • Green Line
    • Campo Grande bus terminal
    		 Alvalade
    CU Cidade Universitária 0.8 6.3
    EC Entre Campos 1.1 7.4 Comboios de Portugal Sintra Line/Fertagus (Entrecampos)
    CP Campo Pequeno 0.7 8.1 Avenidas Novas
    SL Saldanha Disabled access 0.7 8.8 Red Line
    PC Picoas 0.7 9.5
    MP Marquês de Pombal Disabled access 0.7 10.2
    • Blue Line
    • Rotunda bus terminal
    RA Rato Disabled access 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

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    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

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    • 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

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    • Plans are in place to extend 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. Construction on this extension started in April, 2021.[3]

    See also

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    • List of Lisbon metro stations

    References

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    1. ^ a b "Frequência de comboios - Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E." Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E. (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-07-18.
    2. ^ "Cronologia - Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E." Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E. (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
    3. ^ Pincha, João Pedro. "Linha circular do Metro de Lisboa já está em obras". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-04-16.
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