Lisbon Metro Red Line

The Red Line (Portuguese: Linha Vermelha) or Orient Line (Portuguese: Linha do Oriente) is one of the four lines of the Lisbon Metro.

Red Line
Lisbon metro station Oriente
Overview
Other name(s)	Orient Line
Native name	Linha Vermelha
Owner	Government-owned corporation
Locale	Lisbon Loures  Portugal
Termini	São Sebastião Aeroporto
Connecting lines
Stations	12
Service
Type	Rapid Transit
System	Metropolitano de Lisboa
Operator(s)	Metropolitano de Lisboa, EPE
Rolling stock	ML90, ML95, ML97, ML99
History
Opened	19 May 1998 (27 years ago) (1998-05-19)
Technical
Line length	10 km (6.2 mi)
Character	Underground subway
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Route map Legend Aeroporto Encarnação Moscavide Oriente Cabo Ruivo Olivais Chelas Bela Vista Olaias Alameda  Green  Saldanha  Yellow  São Sebastião  Blue  Detailed diagram km 00.000 planned extension 00.000 future extension— Campo de Ourique Amoreiras Campolide ventilation shaft  Blue Line  to Praça de Espanha 0.000 São Sebastião  Blue Line  to Parque  Yellow Line  to Campo Pequeno Saldanha  Yellow Line  to Picoas Técnico (proposed 1998) starting pit  Green Line  to Arroios connection to Green Line 1.910 Alameda  Green Line  to Areeiro Olaias Linha de Cintura Chelas (planned)[1] Bela Vista Chelas Olivais Cabo Ruivo 6.951 Oriente Gare do Oriente Linha do Norte Moscavide future extension Encarnação 10.277 Aeroporto future extension This diagram: view talk edit

Serving the northeast of the city, the line was opened in May 1998, as part of the infrastructure built to serve Expo '98. In 2009, the line was extended west to connect to the Yellow and Blue lines. In 2012, the line was extended to serve Lisbon Airport.^[2]

Stations

Code	Station name	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
		Inter- station	Total
SS	São Sebastião	—	0.0	Blue Line	Avenidas Novas	Lisbon
SA	Saldanha	0.6	0.6	Yellow Line
AM	Alameda	1.3	1.9	Green Line	Areeiro
OL	Olaias	0.8	2.7
BV	Bela Vista	1.3	4.0		Marvila
CH	Chelas	0.8	4.8
OS	Olivais	0.7	5.5		Olivais
CR	Cabo Ruivo	0.6	6.1		Parque das Nações
OR	Oriente	0.8	6.9	Azambuja Line, Sintra Line, Fertagus (Oriente) Oriente bus terminal
MO	Moscavide	1.0	7.9
EN	Encarnação	0.8	8.7		Olivais
AP	Aeroporto	1.4	10.3	Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport

Frequency

	Summer timetable[3]		Winter timetable[3]
	Time	Headway	Time	Headway
Working days	06:30 - 07:10 07:10 - 09:45 09:45 - 16:30 16:30 - 19:15 19:15 - 20:30 20:30 - 22:30 22:30 - 01:05	09' 45" 06' 15" 07' 00" 06' 15" 07' 05" 07' 55" 09' 25"'	06:30 - 07:10 07:10 - 09:15 09:15 - 16:30 16:30 - 19:15 19:15 - 20:30 20:30 - 22:30 22:30 - 01:05	09' 45" 06' 15" 07' 00" 06' 15" 07' 05" 07' 55" 09' 25"
Weekends and holidays	06:30 - 22:15 22:15 - 00:00 00:00 - 01:05	08' 00' 09' 35" 09' 25"	06:30 - 22:15 22:15 - 00:00 00:00 - 01:05	08' 00' 09' 35" 09' 25"

Chronology

• 19 May 1998: Opening of the red line with the following stations: Alameda, Olaias, Bela Vista, Chelas and Oriente.
• 18 July 1998: Opening of the Cabo Ruivo station.
• 7 November 1998: Opening of the Olivais station.
• 29 August 2009: Opening of the Saldanha and São Sebastião stations. Line route: São Sebastião - Oriente.
• 17 July 2012: Opening of the Moscavide, Encarnação and Aeroporto stations. Line route: São Sebastião - Aeroporto.^[4]

Future extension

As of 2024^[update], Lisbon Metro plans to extend the line west towards Oeiras.^[5]

See also

• List of Lisbon metro stations