Sete Bicas station

Sete Bicas is a light rail station on the Porto Metro system in the municipality of Matosinhos, Portugal. It was opened in 2002 and serves the nearby NorteShopping centre [pt].

Sete Bicas
The station's platforms
General information
Location	Matosinhos Portugal
Coordinates	41°10′57″N 8°39′08″W
System	Porto Metro station
Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Below street level
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	7 December 2002
Services
Preceding station Porto Metro Following station Senhora da Hora towards Senhor de Matosinhos Line A Viso towards Estádio do Dragão Senhora da Hora towards Póvoa de Varzim Line B Line Bx Senhora da Hora towards ISMAI Line C Viso towards Campanhã Senhora da Hora towards Aeroporto Line E Viso towards Trindade or Estádio do Dragão Senhora da Hora Terminus Line F Viso towards Fânzeres
Location

History

The station was built in the corridor of the former 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge Porto to Póvoa and Famalicão railway line that operated into the terminals of Porto-Boavista [pt] (until 1938) and Porto-Trindade (from 1938). The lines were closed in 2001 to enable the construction of the Metro.^[1][2]

The new station was inaugurated on 7 December 2002 and commercial services started on 1 January 2003. This section was initially served by the initial line A operating between terminals at Trindade and Senhor de Matosinhos. The line was extended eastwards from Trinidade to Estádio do Dragão on 5 June 2004. Using the same tracks, line B started operation on 13 March 2005, line C on 30 July 2005, line E on 27 May 2006, and line F on 2 January 2011.^[1][3]

Services

Sete Bicas is a through station on lines A, B, C, E and F, which run as one line within the metropolitan area. The next station to the south-east is Viso [pt], whilst Senhora da Hora station lies to the north-west. Like other stations in the common section of lines A, B, C, E and F, Senhora da Hora sees a very frequent service, with up to 21 trains per hour in both directions.^[1][4]

Sete Bicas station is located in an open cutting below street level, to the side of the Rua Fonte das Sete Bicas. It has two through tracks served by two side platforms. Access is by ramp from the adjoining streets.