Porto Metro: Line A (Linha A)
Porto Metro: Blue Line
The Linha A (Blue Line) is one of the six lines of the Porto metro (Metropolitano de Porto).
The others lines are Linha B (Red Line), Linha C (Green Line), Linha D (Yellow Line), Linha E (Violet Line) and Linha F (Orange Line). The Guindais Funicular is also operated by Porto metro.
The Blue Line runs 16.5 km from Estádio do Dragão to Senhor de Matosinhos in Matosinhos. It was the first line to open on the network.
Stations on the Blue Line
There are 23 stations on the Blue Line (Line A).
Estádio do Dragão
Estádio do Dragão Station serves FC Porto's home ground and also the interesting FC Porto Museum. The stadium is east of the historic center of Ribeira. Nearby is the 18th century Capela de São Roque. A convenient hotel is the AC Hotel by Marriott Porto just 5 minutes from the stadium.
Campanhã
Campanhã Station is a major railway station in Porto with inter-city train connections with Lisbon's main railway stations, mainly Santa Apolónia Station and Gare do Oriente. Campanha Station is the terminus station for international trains to Portugal, and a main station for intercity and ALFA Pendular trains to the south of Portugal including Lisbon (3-4 hours) and Coimbra Station B in Coimbra (75 minutes). Campanha Station also has trains to Sao Bento Station just five minutes away, Aveiro, Barcelos (1 hour), Braga, Espinho (15-30 minutes), Ovar, Pocinho, Regua (around 2 hours), Valenca, and Viana do Castelo (90 minutes). Campanha Station is on all the lines of the Porto metro except Line D (Yellow). Various local bus services radiate out from Campanha Station including the #207 (except Sunday) to the Museu de Arte Contemporânea (Serralves) and the #206 to Viso.
Heroismo
Heroismo Station is close to Porto's Military Museum and a number of hotels: Eurostars Heroismo, Mansão dos Heróis and Porto With Love Apartments. The station is also close to the large Cemitério Prado do Repouso.
24 de Agosto
24 de Agosto is close to the Jardim do Campo 24 de Agosto and the bus stations for long-distance buses operated by Rede Expressos and Internorte.
Bolhão
Bolhão Station is adjacent to the beautiful Capela das Almas de Santa Catarina on the fashionable, pedestrianized shopping street of Rua de Santa Catarina. It is one of the most attractive churches in Porto from the outside.
Trindade
Trindade Station is the connecting station for all six lines of the Porto metro. Trindade is the busiest station by passenger numbers on the Porto metro. Like Casa da Música Station, the station was designed by Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura. He was also responsible for the striking Estádio Municipal de Braga in nearby Braga and the Paula Rego Museum in Cascais. Many local buses also stop here. Trindade Station is close to a number of Porto's major attractions including Porto City Hall (Câmara Municipal do Porto) as well as a cluster of hotels including the Hotel Dom Henrique Downtown and the Porto Trindade Hotel. Almada Domus offers 8 self-catering one-bedroom apartments, all with air conditioning and parquet, wooden floors.
Lapa
Lapa Station.
Carolina Michaelis
Carolina Michaelis Station.
Casa da Música
Casa da Música in the Boavista district of Porto is on lines A, B, C, E and F of the Porto metro system. The station is named after the nearby modernist concert hall, Casa da Música by the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. The station is also the terminus of both local and long distance buses. Long distance buses leave from Casa da Música Station for Salamanca and Madrid in Spain. They call at Aveiro, Viseu, Guarda in Portugal and then cross the border in to Spain stopping in Salamanca and Madrid (Estacion Sur). Buses to Vigo and Santiago de Compostela also leave from Casa da Música Station. There are 3 or 4 departures per day with Alsa. The buses call at Airport Sa Carneiro Porto, Braga, Valença in Portugal and then Tuy, Vigo, Pontevedra and then Santiago Compostela in Spain. Nearby hotels include the excellent four star HF Tuela Porto Hotel, the Hotel da Música, also four star, the three star Hotel Douro, the four star HF Ipanema Porto and the good value, two star Hotel Vice Rei.
Francos
Francos Station.
Ramalde
Ramalde Station.
Viso
Viso Station.
Sete Bicas
Sete Bicas Station.
Senhora da Hora
Senhora da Hora Station.
Trindade Station, Lisbon, PortugalVasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama Station is named after the famous explorer Vasco da Gama from the Age of Discoveries period of Portuguese history.
Estadio do Mar
Estadio do Mar Station.
Hospital Pedro Hispano
Hospital Pedro Hispano Station serves the large public hospital of the same name.
Parque de Real
Parque de Real Station.
Camara de Matosinhos
Camara de Matosinhos Station.
Matosinhos Sul
Matosinhos Sul Station in Matosinhos is close to the D'el Rei guest house and the Cruise Ship Terminal of the Port of Leixões.
Brito Capelo
Brito Capelo Station.
Mercado
Mercado Station is very close to the mouth of the River Leça in Matosinhos.
Senhor de Matosinhos
Senhor de Matosinhos Station is the western terminus of the line in the industrial port city of Matosinhos.
Andante Card
A good way of getting around on the Porto metro is to purchase an Andante Card. This is a rechargeable electronic card that can be used on Porto's metro, some CP trains and STCP buses.
The Andante Azul card costs 0.60 Euro and can then be charged and recharged. If you buy 10 journeys in a particular zone you get one free. The fare increases for zones outside the city center. The cost of 10+1 journeys in Zone 2 is presently 12 Euros.
The Andante 24 card is valid for 24 hours and allows unlimited use of the Metro, STCP buses and CP suburban trains for 24 hours. The card is activated on first use. The price varies on which zones you will be using the card. For example, Zone 2 is 1.20 Euros, Zone 3 is 1.60 Euros, Zone 4 is 2 Euros. Porto Airport is in Zone 4.