🇵🇹 Lisbon

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Coordinates	38.71387, -9.122271
Timezone	Europe/Lisbon
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About Lisbon

Lisboa Oriente is Lisbon's modern flagship station, a spectacular structure designed by Santiago Calatrava and built as the central infrastructure project of Expo '98, rising above the Parque das Nações district on the Tagus estuary. It serves as the primary hub for Alfa Pendular and Intercidades high-speed trains to Porto, Coimbra, Faro, and Madrid, as well as the Fertagus cross-Tagus suburban service and multiple Metro lines. The station's canopy of concrete vaults and steel palms has made it one of the most acclaimed works of late 20th-century transport architecture.

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Metro Line Red (Linha Vermelha) connects Oriente to Alameda, where it interchanges with Line Green for the historic centre at Rossio or Baixa-Chiado. The journey to the city centre takes around 20 minutes. Buses and trams are also available from the station.

Oriente is Lisbon's main intercity hub, with Alfa Pendular high-speed tilting trains to Porto in under three hours and to the Algarve in around three and a half hours. International services to Madrid and Vigo in Spain also depart from here.

A left-luggage service is available inside Oriente station. The station's shopping mall, Centro Vasco da Gama, is directly connected and offers extensive dining, retail, and service options.

Oriente was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and opened in 1998 for Expo 98. Its spectacular white concrete and steel canopy resembles a forest of palm trees and is considered one of the finest railway station buildings constructed in the late 20th century.

The former Expo 98 site, now known as Parque das Nações, surrounds the station and features the Oceanarium, the Lisbon Arena, the Pavilion of Portugal, and extensive riverside promenades. It is one of Lisbon's most modern and walkable districts.