Saldanha (Lisbon Metro)

Saldanha is a subway station at the intersection of Linha Amarela and the Linha Vermelha the Lisbon Metro, the underground network of the Portuguese capital. The station is located directly under the homonymous square, Praça Duque de Saldanha, and so on the border between the two municipalities Avenidas Novas Lisbon and Arroios. The neighboring stations of the station are Picoas and Campo Pequeno or São Sebastião and Alameda. The Linha Amarela the station on 29 December 1959 as one of the eleven stations of the Lisbon origin network in operation, the Linha Vermelha the station on August 29, 2009.

History

The Saldanha Metro Station belonged together with ten other stations to the first of the Lisbon subway network, which was opened by the Lisbon City Council and the operating company Metropolitano de Lisboa, EP on December 29, 1959. The station, which is named after the celestial court ( Praça Duque de Saldanha ), had to open the usual configuration of the Lisbon metro stations. The design for the station took a native of Portugal architect João Falcão e Cunha. For the architectural design of the Portuguese painter Maria Keil was responsible. She chose Azulejos with various rectangles and the color combination of ocher / white and blue / black. However, these are no longer available.

The increased numbers of passengers in the sixties and seventies, established by the relocation of the business center in the north of Lisbon, called for a further increase in capacity of the Lisbon Metro network. Since not initially were available the financial resources for route extensions, the operating company and the city government decided first to extend the platforms. These varied in length between 40 and 70 meters and should be unified for 6- car trains of 105 meters. When Saldanha Metro Station the platforms were extended under the direction of architect Falcão e Cunha and Carlos Sanchez Jorge northbound, turn the artist wedge was also responsible for the tile design.

The mid-nineties was a profound renovation of the station. Beginning with the northern access ( re-opened on 28 December 1996), the renovation of the platforms and the Südzugangs followed ( until May 17, 1997) under the direction of Paulo Brito da Silva. In this context, the artist Jorge Luis Filipe Vieira de Abreu designed around the station, who chose the people and the movement as a theme for their transformation. A variety of marble figures that characterize the people of his nature - the hand, the head, etc. - can be found on the walls as well as a compass rose, designed by Jorge Vieira. Luís Filipe de Abreu chose the traditional form of Azulejokunst and introduced the four basic elements (earth, water, air, fire), the seasons and the feelings of the meeting of farewell and hope dar. In this basic redesign the previous Keil'schen disappeared Azulejos completely.

In early 2003, work began for about 2.2 kilometer extension of the Linha Verlmelha (Red Line ) from Alameda on Saldanha to São Sebastião. Originally scheduled until 2006, the work was not completed until August 2009. At Saldanha Metro Station, the two new Bahnhsteige lie at right angles to those already existing in the street Avenida Duque de Ávila. The Saldanha II station should use per year, about 17.6 million passengers. The cost for the entire extension would amount to a total of approximately 132 million euros. In connection with the conversion to a transfer station Saldanha station shall receive a subsequent least two elevators, the opening took place on August 29, 2009.

Course

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