Portugal Transport: Porto Railway Stations
Railway Stations in Porto
See a listing of the main railway stations in Porto including main railway stations, Porto metro stations and suburban stations around Porto.
There are coin lockers at Porto Campanhã and Porto São Bento stations which can be used for a maximum period of 24 hours. The coin lockers at Trindade Station can be used for up to 7 days (one week).
Campanha Station
Campanha Station (Estação Ferroviária de Porto-Campanhã), is Porto's major railway station 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) and E (Violet). 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.
São Bento Station
São Bento Station may lay claim to being Portugal's most beautiful train station with its mansard roof and Renaissance stone façade. São Bento train station was designed by José Marques da Silva, completed in 1903 and inaugurated in 1916. Estação de São Bento has rail links to Barcelos (1 hour-1 hour, 20 minutes), Braga (1 hour), Guimaraes (1 hour, 5 minutes), Aveiro (40-55 minutes), Viana do Castelo (90 minutes-2 hours) and Penafiel. São Bento train station also has trains on the Douro Line (Linha do Douro) to Pocinho. The station is on the Porto metro Line D (Yellow) with the first station south over the River Douro being Jardim do Morro and the first station north, Aliados.
Jardim do Morro
Jardim do Morro Station is a stop on the Porto metro in Vila Nova de Gaia on Line D from Hospital Sao Joao on the Porto side to Santo Ovidio on the Gaia side. Jardim do Morro Station is one stop south of Sao Bento Station just over the upper level of the Ponte Dom Luis I Bridge and adjacent to the Mosteiro de Serra do Pilar convent. Jardim do Morro Station is handy for connecting with the Teleferico de Gaia cable car and to visit the port wine lodges below.
Casa da Música Station
Casa da Música 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. The station was designed by Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, whose work in Portugal includes the striking Estádio Municipal de Braga in nearby Braga and the Paula Rego Museum in Cascais. The station is also the terminus of buses to Salamanca and Madrid in Spain. Many local buses also stop here. Casa da Música Station is close to a number of up market hotels, shopping malls and trendy dining options. Nearby hotels include the HF Tuela Porto Hotel and the Hotel da Música.
Trindade Station
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. 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. The station has coin lockers (small, medium and large sizes) available for up to 7 days.
Póvoa de Varzim Station
Póvoa de Varzim Station is the main point of access for the Atlantic coastal resort of Póvoa de Varzim, north of Porto. It takes around an hour on metro Line B to reach the town from downtown Porto. Póvoa de Varzim is fairly convenient for the airport - change at Verdes Station (16 stops). It is then just two stops to the airport (Aeroporto Internacional Sá Carneiro).