Jardim Zoológico Station

Jardim Zoológico
General information
LocationPraça General Humberto Delgado, Lisbon
 Portugal
Coordinates38°44′31″N 9°10′7″W / 38.74194°N 9.16861°W / 38.74194; -9.16861
Owned byGovernment-owned corporation
Operated byMetropolitano de Lisboa, EPE
Line(s)Blue Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Sete Rios
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
ArchitectFalcão e Cunha
Other information
Station codeJZ
Fare zoneL
History
Opened29 December 1959 (64 years ago) (1959-12-29)
Rebuilt25 July 1995 (29 years ago) (1995-07-25)
Previous namesSete Rios
Services
Preceding station Lisbon Metro Following station
Laranjeiras
towards Reboleira
 Blue Line Praça de Espanha
towards Santa Apolónia
Legend
 Reboleira
Reboleira railway station Bus interchange
 Amadora Este
Bus interchange
 Alfornelos
Pontinha
Bus interchange
 Carnide
Colégio Militar/Luz
Bus interchange
 Alto dos Moinhos
Laranjeiras
Jardim Zoológico
Sete Rios railway station Bus interchange
 Praça de Espanha
Bus interchange
 São Sebastião
 Red 
 Parque
Marquês
de Pombal
 Yellow 
Bus interchange
 Avenida
Restauradores
Rossio railway station
 Baixa-Chiado
 Green 
 Terreiro do Paço
Transtejo & Soflusa
 Santa Apolónia
Santa Apolónia railway station

Jardim Zoológico station is part of the Blue Line of the Lisbon Metro.

History

It is one of the 11 stations that belong to the original Lisbon Metro network, opened on 29 December 1959. This station is located on Praça General Humberto Delgado, connecting to the Sete Rios Railway Station (Sintra and Azambuja Lines) and the Sete Rios Bus terminal. It takes its name from the nearby Lisbon Zoo.

The architectural design of the original station is by Falcão e Cunha. On 25 July 1995 the station was extended and refurbished, based on the architectural design of Benoliel de Carvalho.[1]

Connections

Urban buses

Carris

Aerobus

Rail

Main article: Sete Rios railway station

Comboios de Portugal

Fertagus

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sete Rios". Metropolitano de Lisboa (in Portuguese). Transportes de Lisboa de Lisboa.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ Seara.com. carris.pt http://www.carris.pt/en/home/. Retrieved 2017-07-16. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "Aerobus | Airport Bus Transport - Home". aerobus.pt. Archived from the original on 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  4. ^ Portugal, Comboios de. "CP.PT | Comboios de Portugal". CP.PT | Comboios de Portugal. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  5. ^ "Fertagus". fertagus.pt. Archived from the original on 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2017-07-16.

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