Olivais (Lisbon Metro)

Olivais is a metro station Linha Vermelha the Lisbon Metro, the underground network of the Portuguese capital. The station is located at the intersection of Rua Cidade de Bissau and Rua de Luanda in the Lisbon municipality Olivais. The neighboring stations are chelas and Cabo Ruivo; the station went on 7 November 1998.

History

Metro Station Olivais belongs to the Universal Exhibition in 1998 Linha Vermelha built between Alameda and Oriente. However, while the line was opened even before the World Expo ( May 19, 1998), there were in the planned stations and Cabo Ruivo Olivais Erdabsenkungen so that they could go later in operation. The Olivais station was opened on 7 November 1998.

The design of the station took the architect Rui Cardim. Characteristic of Olivais is that the train station is very deep; with 36 meters of the railway station is one of the deepest in the Lisbon Metro. This also enabled an architectural rare variant in Lisbon Metrobau: So the two 105 -meter-long side platforms are completely visible, visibility is not impaired by a transverse mezzanine. The outputs are in each one aisle, bring from where stone and escalator passengers to a mezzanine floor with the usual access barriers, ticket offices and shops. From there, again, there are outputs in every direction, the train station is right in the center of the district Olivais Sul. Several elevator systems also allow mobility-impaired persons, use of the station.

The artist Nuno de Siqueira designed several tile paintings that he wants the share of Portugal to the development of Modernism emphasize, in particular through the journey of Vasco da Gama and the apparitions of Fatima. The artist Cecília de Sousa, in turn, tried to trace the name " Olivais " to get to the bottom and add this with several sculptures To indicate to the former agricultural character of the area are also a Kutschrad and a grindstone an oil press to see.

Course

At the subway station connecting flights to the bus lines of the Carris.