Porto Metro: Line E (Linha E)
Porto Metro: Violet Line
The Linha E (Violet Line) is one of the six lines of the Porto metro (Metropolitano de Porto).
The others lines are Linha A (Blue Line), Linha B (Red Line), Linha C (Green Line), Linha D (Yellow Line) and Linha F (Orange Line). The Guindais Funicular is also operated by Porto metro.
The Violet Line runs 13 km from Trindade Station to Aeroporto (Porto Airport). It takes 35 minutes to ride the whole line.
Stations on the Violet Line
There are 16 stations on the Violet Line (Line E).
Trindade
Trindade Station is the major intersecting station on the Porto metro system. Lines A, B, C, E and F all intersect with line D here. Trindade is the busiest station by passenger numbers on the Porto metro. Like Casa da Música Station, it was designed by Eduardo Souto de Moura. Hotels nearby include Hotel Dom Henrique Downtown and the Porto Ramalde 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. An elevator runs down to the station from 139 R. da Infanta Dona Maria or take the stairs through a small park setting.
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 is the nearest station to the Museu da Farmácia, Porto on Rua Engº Ferreira Dias, 728. The museum has exhibits showing the history and development of pharmacy through the ages with pieces on display from Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, South America, the Middle East, Tibet, China, Japan and Europe. Buses 206 and 503 also stop close to the museum. Lisbon, too, has a Pharmacy Museum which is a sister museum to the one in Porto.
Sete Bicas
Sete Bicas Station is close to a large Norte Shopping mall. The Moov Hotel Porto Norte is close by.
Senhora da Hora
Senhora da Hora Station
Fonte de Cuco
Fonte de Cuco Station intersects with the Green Line (Linha C).
Custoias
Custoias Station.
Esposade
Esposade Station.
Crestins
Crestins Station.
Verdes
Verdes Station intersects with Linha B (Red Line).
Botica
Botica Station.
Aeroporto
Aeroporto Station serves Porto Airport (Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport). The exit/entrance to the metro is right at the entrance to the airport. Trains run from 5.57 am - 1.34 am Monday-Friday; 5.56 am - 1.34 am weekends and the journey time is around 20-30 minutes. Taxis are available if your flight in to Porto is delayed. Taxis in to downtown Porto cost around 40 Euros (with luggage) after the last metro.
Buses #601, #ZA, #602 and #604 connect with various parts of Porto to the airport.
The #120 bus runs to Santa Cruz, Leça, Matosinhos, Guifões and Custóias.
There are taxis from the airport. On Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays there is a 20% surcharge on the taxi meter fare.
Airport facilities include long and short stay car parking, internet access, ATMs, a bank, bureau de change, pharmacy, post office, shops, cafes, restaurants and a bar.
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.