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Senhora da Hora
Porto Metro station
The station's platforms, showing the layout with a side platform and an island platform flanking three tracks
General information
Location	Matosinhos Portugal
Coordinates	41°11′17.14″N 8°39′16.08″W / 41.1880944°N 8.6544667°W / 41.1880944; -8.6544667
Line(s)
Platforms	1 side platform and 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	At Grade
Accessible	Yes
Key dates
1875	Opened
2001	Closed
7 December 2002	Reopened
Services
Preceding station   Porto Metro   Following station Vasco da Gama toward Senhor de Matosinhos   Line A   Sete Bicas toward Estádio do Dragão Fonte do Cuco toward Póvoa de Varzim   Line B   Pedras Rubras toward Póvoa de Varzim   Line Bx   Fonte do Cuco toward ISMAI   Line C   Sete Bicas toward Campanhã Fonte do Cuco toward Aeroporto   Line E   Sete Bicas toward Estádio do Dragão Terminus   Line F   Sete Bicas toward Fânzeres

Senhora da Hora is a light rail station on the Porto Metro system, and a former railway station on the Porto to Póvoa and Famalicão line. It is located in the centre of Av. Fabril do Norte in the municipality of Matosinhos in Portugal. It was originally opened in 1875, closed in 2001, and reopened as a Metro station in 2002.

History

The original railway station was built on the former narrow gauge Porto to Póvoa and Famalicão line. This station was opened on 1 October 1875 on the line between Porto-Boavista [pt] and Póvoa de Varzim stations, originally built to a gauge of 900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in). The line was extended, in stages, beyond Póvoa de Varzim, reaching its ultimate terminal at Famalicão [pt] on 12 June 1881.

The old station closed in 2001 to enable the construction of the Metro. The old station building still stands, just to the south of the current station.

The new station was inaugurated on 7 December 2002 and commercial services started on 1 January 2003. This section was initially served by the initial line A operating between terminals at Trindade and Senhor de Matosinhos stations. The line was extended eastwards from Trinidade to Estádio do Dragão on 5 June 2004. Using the same tracks, line B started operation on 13 March 2005, line C on 30 July 2005, line E on 27 May 2006, and line F on 2 January 2011.

Services

The station is a through station on lines A, B, C and E, and is the north-western terminus for trains on line F. These lines run as one line within the metropolitan area, and the next station to the south-east is Sete Bicas [pt]. To the north there is a junction, where line A diverges, whilst line B splits into a basic line B that stops at all stations, and the express Bx that only stops at principal stations. The next station to the north on line A is Vasco da Gama [pt], on line Bx it is Pedras Rubras [pt], whilst on the other lines it is Fonte do Cuco [pt].

Senhora da Hora station is located at street level, in the centre of Av. Fabril do Norte. It has three through tracks served by a side platform and an island platform, accessed directly from the street.

References

1. ^ Schwandl, Robert. "UrbanRail.Net > Europe > Porto > Porto Metro". Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
2. Nono, Carlos (1 October 1950). "Efemérides ferroviárias" [Railway Milestones] (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro (in Portuguese). 63 (1507): 353–354. Retrieved 27 December 2017 – via Hemeroteca Digital de Lisboa.
3. ^ Torres, Carlos Manitto (16 March 1958). "A evolução das linhas portuguesas e o seu significado ferroviário" [The evolution of Portuguese lines and their railway significance] (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro (in Portuguese). 71 (1686): 133–140. Retrieved 30 June 2014 – via Hemeroteca Digital de Lisboa.
4. "Troços de linhas férreas portuguesas abertas à exploração desde 1856, e a sua extensão" [Sections of Portuguese railway lines open to operation since 1856, and their extension] (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro (in Portuguese). 69 (1652): 528–530. 16 October 1956. Retrieved 3 July 2013 – via Hemeroteca Digital de Lisboa.
5. Aguilar, Busquets de (1 June 1949). "A Evolução História dos Transportes Terrestres em Portugal" [Evolution History of Land Transport in Portugal] (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro (in Portuguese). 62 (1475): 383–393. Retrieved 17 July 2014 – via Hemeroteca Digital de Lisboa.
6. "História" [History] (in European Portuguese). Metro do Porto, SA. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.

• Porto Metro stations
• Railway stations in Portugal opened in 2004