Oporto's New Metro

[Paulo2005]

Oporto's city new metro in Portugal was inaugurated in July 2004. Works proceed on new lines. One of them will link the city centre with Oporto's new international airport.




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[Paul Clerkin]

Looks good - love the signage at the metro stop

[sw101]

i prefer the look of the luas trams. shiny new stations look good. how much of it above/below ground?

[JJ]

Here's a couple of the pictures I took last year. See what I mean about the trams stop being dominated by the equipment. The locals actually stand on the seats to get out of the rain !

The second picture is of one of the underground stations. Note the use of the Architects sketch drawings to decorate the walls. The station was only partially finished with a proposed overhead development being constructed behind the wall.

[Hugh]

Like the look of the trams and those green open tracks, though.

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Photos by Nuno Fonseca













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[weehamster]

While it looks very nice and a good service, it is a tram or a 'light metro' in this case.

This is highly likely that Dublin will be getting one. The RPA have been giving hints that their Metro North and West will be a 'light metro' (ie a tram) and not a heavy rail metro that most people think of a metro like New York, Sydeny, Madrid for example.

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[Charto]

hi!!!, very nice! i´ve been in porto 10 years ago and looked very different fron what it seems now!! portugal is really improving a lot!!!. i would love to hear more about portuguese architecture.
chartos@hotmail.com
see you

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Airport line has been opearating for some 6 months.

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