Rossio
General information
LocationPraça da Figueira, Lisbon
 Portugal
Owned byGovernment-owned corporation
Operated byMetropolitano de Lisboa, EPE
Line(s)Green Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
ArchitectFalcão e Cunha
Other information
Station codeRO
Fare zoneL
History
Opened27 January 1963 (61 years ago) (1963-01-27)
Services
Preceding station Lisbon Metro Following station
Martim Moniz
towards Telheiras
Green Line Baixa-Chiado

Rossio is a station on the Green Line of the Lisbon Metro. The station is located between Figueira Square and Rossio Square from which it takes its name.

History

The original station was designed by the architect Falcão e Cunha with art installations by the painter Maria Keil.[1]

Connections

Green Line
Telheiras
Campo
Grande
 Yellow 
Bus interchange
Alvalade
Roma
Roma-Areeiro railway station
Areeiro
Bus interchange
Alameda
 Red 
Arroios
Anjos
Intendente
Martim Moniz
Rossio
Bus interchange
Baixa-Chiado
 Blue 
Cais do Sodré
 Cais do Sodré railway station Transtejo & Soflusa Bus interchange

Urban buses

Carris

Aerobus

See also

References

  1. ^ "Estação Rossio". Metropolitano de Lisboa (in Portuguese). Transportes de Lisboa de Lisboa.
  2. ^ Seara.com. "Carris". www.carris.pt. Archived from the original on 15 May 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Aerobus | Airport Bus Transport - Home". www.aerobus.pt. Retrieved 17 July 2017.

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