Lisbon Metro Blue Line

Blue Line
Lisbon metro station Restauradores
Overview
Other name(s)Seagull Line
Native nameLinha Azul
OwnerGovernment-owned corporation
Locale Lisbon
Amadora
 Portugal
TerminiReboleira
Santa Apolónia
Connecting linesYellow Line Red Line Green Line
Stations18
Service
TypeRapid Transit
SystemMetropolitano de Lisboa
Operator(s)Metropolitano de Lisboa, EPE
Rolling stockML90, ML95, ML97, ML99
History
Opened29 December 1959 (64 years ago) (1959-12-29)
(original network)
15 July 1995 (29 years ago) (1995-07-15)
(independent line)
Technical
Line length14 km (8.7 mi)
CharacterUnderground subway
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC third rail
Route map

13,724
12,765
Amadora Este
Alfornelos
 0AMD0  0ODV0 
branch line
→ PMO III
10,747
Pontinha
PMO III Pontinha
09,927
Carnide
09,146
Colégio Militar/Luz
Alto dos Moinhos
Laranjeiras
PMO I Sete Rios
(closed)
06,591
Jardim Zoológico
(until 1995 Sete Rios)
Praça de Espanha
(until 1995 Palhavã)
branch line
→ PMO I (closed)
Red Line
branch line
São Sebastião
Red Line
Parque
Yellow Line
Picoas
branch lineYellow Line
"Y" linePicoas (until 1995)
03,791
Marquês de Pombal
(until 1995 Rotunda) ⇄ Yellow Line
Yellow Line
Rato
Avenida
02,691
Restauradores
Green Line
Rossio
12th branch
(closed 1998)
02,025
Baixa-Chiado
Elev. Município
ventilation shaft
branch line
→ '''Blue Line'''
× Tram (R. V. Cordón)
× Tram (R. Arsenal)
Green Line
ventilation shaft
× Tagus
Terreiro do Paço
Alfândega
(pj. 1993; canc.)
00,000
Santa Apolónia
Topographic map

The Blue Line (Portuguese: Linha Azul) or Seagull Line (Portuguese: Linha da Gaivota) is one of the four lines of Lisbon Metro. It is the only line of the Lisbon Metro entirely underground, without any viaduct.