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Yellow Line
Yellow Line
	Lisbon metro station Picoas
Overview
Other name(s)	Sunflower Line
Native name	Linha Amarela
Owner	Government-owned corporation
Locale	Lisbon; Odivelas ; Portugal
Termini	Odivelas; Rato
Connecting lines	;
Stations	13
Service
Type	Rapid Transit
System	Metropolitano de Lisboa
Operator(s)	Metropolitano de Lisboa, EPE
Rolling stock	ML90, ML95, ML97, ML99
History
Opened	December 29, 1959 (64 years ago); (original network); July 15, 1995 (29 years ago); (independent line)
Technical
Line length	11 km (6.8 mi)
Character	Underground subway
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC third rail
Route map
Route map
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The Yellow Line (Portuguese: Linha Amarela) or Sunflower Line (Portuguese: Linha do Girassol) is one of the four lines of Lisbon Metro.

Stations

Code	Station name	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
Code	Station name	Inter- station	Total	Transfers	Location
OD	Odivelas	—	0.0		Odivelas
SR	Senhor Roubado	1.0	1.0	Senhor Roubado bus terminal	Odivelas
AX	Ameixoeira	1.7	2.7		Santa Clara	Lisbon
LU	Lumiar	0.9	3.6		Lumiar
QC	Quinta das Conchas	1.0	4.6		Olivais
CG	Campo Grande	0.9	5.5	Green Line Campo Grande bus terminal	Alvalade
CU	Cidade Universitária	0.8	6.3
EC	Entre Campos	1.1	7.4	Sintra Line/Fertagus (Entrecampos)
CP	Campo Pequeno	0.7	8.1		Avenidas Novas
SL	Saldanha	0.7	8.8	Red Line
PC	Picoas	0.7	9.5
MP	Marquês de Pombal	0.7	10.2	Blue Line Rotunda bus terminal
RA	Rato	0.7	10.9		Santo António

Odivelas
Senhor Roubado
Ameixoeira
Lumiar
Quinta das Conchas
Campo Grande
Cidade Universitária
Entre Campos
Campo Pequeno
Saldanha
Picoas
Marquês de Pombal
Rato

Frequency


	Summer timetable^[1]		Winter timetable^[1]
	Time	Headway	Time	Headway
Working days	06:30 - 07:20 07:20 - 09:30 09:30 - 16:40 16:40 - 20:00 20:00 - 20:30 20:30 - 22:30 22:30 - 01:05	07' 50" 05' 05" 07' 50" 06' 10" 07' 40" 07' 25" 10' 20"	06:30 - 07:15 07:15 - 09:30 09:30 - 10:00 10:00 - 16:40 10:00 - 16:40 16:40 - 17:30 17:30 - 19:00 19:00 - 19:30 19:30 - 20:00 20:00 - 21:00 21:00 - 22:00 22:00 - 01:05	07' 50" 04' 20" 05' 00" 05' 50"_* 11' 40"_** 04' 40" 04' 45" 06' 10" 06' 50" 08' 55" 08' 45" 10' 30"
Weekends and holidays	06:30 - 07:30 07:30 - 20:30 20:30 - 01:05	08' 40' 08' 45' 10' 25'	6:30 - 07:30 07:30 - 20:30 20:30 - 01:05	08' 40' 08' 45' 10' 25'

_*Rato - Campo Grande
_**Campo Grande - Odivelas

Chronology

December 29, 1959: Opening of the original Lisbon Metro network with a Y shape. Common branch stations: Restauradores, Avenida, Rotunda (former name of the Marquês de Pombal station and where the line would split into the two branches). Current Blue Line branch stations (coming from Rotunda station): Parque, São Sebastião, Palhavã (former name of the Praça de Espanha station) and Sete Rios (former name of the Jardim Zoológico station). Current Yellow Line branch stations (coming from Rotunda station): Picoas, Saldanha, Campo Pequeno and Entre Campos.
January 27, 1963: Opening of the Rossio station. Main branch route: Restauradores - Rossio.
September 28, 1966: Opening of the Socorro (former name of the Martim Moniz station), Intendente and Anjos stations. Main branch route: Restauradores - Anjos.
June 18, 1972: Opening of the Arroios, Alameda, Areeiro, Roma and Alvalade stations. Main branch route: Restauradores - Alvalade.
October 15, 1988: Opening of the Cidade Universitária, Laranjeiras, Alto dos Moinhos and Colégio Militar/Luz stations. Current Blue Line branch route: Rotunda - Colégio Militar/Luz. Current Yellow Line branch route: Rotunda - Cidade Universitária.
April 3, 1993: Opening of the Campo Grande station. Main branch route: Restauradores - Campo Grande. Current Yellow Line branch route: Rotunda - Campo Grande.
July 15, 1995: Creation of the Blue and Yellow lines by building a second Rotunda station. New Yellow line route: Rotunda - Campo Grande.
December 29, 1997: Opening of the Rato station. Line route: Rato - Campo Grande.
March 1, 1998: Rotunda station is renamed to Marquês de Pombal.
March 27, 2004: Opening of the Quinta das Conchas, Lumiar, Ameixoeira, Senhor Roubado and Odivelas stations. Line route: Rato - Odivelas.^[2]

Future

Plans are in place to extended the Yellow Line with two new stations (Santos and Estrela), connecting the Green Line on Cais do Sodré to the Yellow Line on Rato and creating a circle line with the merge of these two lines. Construction on this extension started in April, 2021.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Frequência de comboios - Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E." Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E. (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-07-18.
^ "Cronologia - Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E." Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E. (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
^ Pincha, João Pedro. "Linha circular do Metro de Lisboa já está em obras". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-04-16.

External links

Media related to Linha Amarela (Lisboa) at Wikimedia Commons

[:0-1] "Frequência de comboios - Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E." Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E. (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-07-18.

[2] "Cronologia - Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E." Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E. (in European Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2017-07-17.

[3] Pincha, João Pedro. "Linha circular do Metro de Lisboa já está em obras". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-04-16.

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v t e Lisbon Metro
Blue line	Reboleira Amadora Este Alfornelos Pontinha Carnide Colégio Militar/Luz Alto dos Moinhos Laranjeiras Jardim Zoológico Praça de Espanha São Sebastião Parque Marquês de Pombal Avenida Restauradores Baixa-Chiado Terreiro do Paço Santa Apolónia
Yellow line	Odivelas Senhor Roubado Ameixoeira Lumiar Quinta das Conchas Campo Grande Cidade Universitária Entre Campos Campo Pequeno Saldanha Picoas Marquês de Pombal Rato
Green line	Telheiras Campo Grande Alvalade Roma Areeiro Alameda Arroios Anjos Intendente Martim Moniz Rossio Baixa-Chiado Cais do Sodré
Red line	São Sebastião Saldanha Alameda Olaias Bela Vista Chelas Olivais Cabo Ruivo Oriente Moscavide Encarnação Aeroporto

v t e Lisbon
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