Mira Sintra-Meleças Station

Estação Ferroviária de Mira Sintra-Meleças
The station entrance, December 2006
General information
LocationBelas, Sintra
 Portugal
Coordinates38°47′22.524″N 9°18′45.54″W / 38.78959000°N 9.3126500°W / 38.78959000; -9.3126500
Operated by Lisbon CP
Managed byInfraestruturas de Portugal
Line(s)
Distance20.3 km from Rossio
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeGround-level
AccessibleYes[1]
History
Opened29 November 2004 (2004-11-29)
Services
Preceding station Comboios de Portugal Following station
Sabugo
towards Caldas da Rainha
 InterRegional Agualva-Cacém
towards Lisbon-Santa Apolónia
Regional
Preceding station Lisbon CP Following station
Terminus Sintra Line Agualva-Cacém
towards Rossio

Mira Sintra-Meleças Station (Portuguese: Estação Ferroviária de Mira Sintra-Meleças) is a railway station located in the city of Sintra, Portugal. It is served by the Linha do Oeste and a spur of the Sintra Line.[2] It is operated by Lisbon CP and managed by Infraestruturas de Portugal.

Service

The station is located between various towns and municipalities, and serves much of the surrounding area. Mira Sintra-Meleças operates as a terminus of Lisbon CP urban service, with trains reversing at this station to travel back towards Lisbon.

Regional and InterRegional services stop at Mira Sintra-Meleças Station roughly eight times daily in each direction.[3]

Urban trains stop at Mira Sintra-Meleças Station at approximately 1-hour intervals on weekends and off-peak periods on weekdays. During peak periods, trains stop at Mira Sintra-Meleças Station at approximately 30-minute intervals.[4]

Station layout

A pharmacy is located inside the station, and bus service is provided by a loop on the east side of the station.[1]

Platforms

Mira Sintra-Meleças Station is composed of two island platforms serving four tracks.

History

The section of the Linha do Oeste that the station lies on entered service on 21 May 1887.[5] A halt under the name of Meleças provided service to the area. Plans to create a proper station in the area formed in the 1990s. Mira Sintra-Meleças Station opened for revenue service on 29 November 2004. The station cost over €10 billion to build.[6]

Surrounding area

  • Park Rinchoa-Fitares

References

  1. 1 2 "Estações | Infraestruturas de Portugal". servicos.infraestruturasdeportugal.pt. Archived from the original on 2023-10-08. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  2. ↑ Portugal, Comboios de. "Mira Sintra-Meleças station | CP - Comboios de Portugal". CP.PT | Comboios de Portugal. Archived from the original on 2023-12-28. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  3. ↑ "Lisbon < > Caldas da Rainha/Coimbra | Train times" (PDF). Comboios de Portugal. 2023-12-10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-12-15. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  4. ↑ "Lisbon < > Azambuja/Sintra | Urban train times (complete timetable)" (PDF). Comboios de Portugal. 2022-12-11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-09-13. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  5. ↑ Torres, Carlos Manitto (1958-01-16). "A evolução das linhas portuguesas e o seu significado ferroviário" (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro. Ano 70 (1682): 61–64. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-01-05. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  6. ↑ "Estação de Meleças é inaugurada hoje". www.dn.pt (in European Portuguese). 2004-11-29. Archived from the original on 2022-10-17. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
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