Blue Line (Lisbon Metro)

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 linesGreen Line Yellow Line Red Line
Stations18
Service
TypeRapid Transit
SystemMetropolitano de Lisboa
Operator(s)Metropolitano de Lisboa, EPE
Rolling stockML90, ML95, ML97, ML99
History
Opened29 December 1959 (66 years ago) (1959-12-29)
(original network)
15 July 1995 (31 years ago) (1995-07-15)
(independent line)
Technical
Line length14 km (8.7 mi)
CharacterUnderground subway
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC third rail
Route map
13,724 Reboleira ⇄ L. Sintra: Reboleira
× Sorefame
12,765 Amadora Este
Alfornelos
⇡ 0AMD0  ⇣ 0ODV0 
⇡ 0ODV0  ⇣ 0LSB0 
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)
⇄ L. Cintura: Sete Rios
06,591 Jardim Zoológico(until 1995 Sete Rios)
× L. Cintura
Praça de Espanha(until 1995 Palhavã)
branch line→ PMO I (closed)
Red Line→ Campolide
× Red Line
branch line→ Red Line
São Sebastião⇄ Red Line
Red Line→ Saldanha
Parque
Yellow Line→ Picoas
➀ branch line → Yellow Line
➁ "Y" line → Picoas (until 1995)
× Yellow Line
03,791 Marquês de Pombal(until 1995 Rotunda) ⇄ Yellow Line
Yellow Line→ Rato
Avenida
02,691 Restauradores⇄ L. Sintra: Rossio
Green Line→ Rossio
12th branch(closed 1998)
× Green Line
02,025 Baixa-Chiado⇄ Green Line
Elev. Município
ventilation shaft
branch line→ '''Blue Line'''
× Tram (R. V. Cordón)
× Tram (R. Arsenal)
Green Line→ Cais do Sodré
ventilation shaft
× Tagus
Terreiro do Paço
Alfândega(pj. 1993; canc.)
00,000 Santa Apolónia⇄ L. Norte: 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 that is entirely underground.