Blue Line (Lisbon Metro)

The Blue Line (Portuguese: [Linha Azul] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) or Seagull Line (Portuguese: [Linha da Gaivota] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is one of the four lines of Lisbon Metro. It is the only line of the Lisbon Metro that is entirely underground.

[[file: |frameless|alt=]] Blue Line
[[file:|frameless|alt=]] Lisbon metro station Restauradores
Overview
Type	Rapid Transit
System	Metropolitano de Lisboa
Locale	Lisbon Amadora Portugal
Termini	Reboleira Santa Apolónia
Stations	18
Operation
Opened	29 December 1959 (1959-12-29) (original network) 15 July 1995 (1995-07-15) (independent line)
Owner	Government-owned corporation
Operator(s)	Metropolitano de Lisboa, EPE
Character	Underground subway
Rolling stock	ML90, ML95, ML97, ML99
Technical
Line length	14 km (8.7 mi)
Track gauge
Route map 13,724 Reboleira ⇄ L. Sintra: Reboleira Template:Superimpose5 × Sorefame 12,765 Amadora Este Alfornelos ⇡ 0AMD0  ⇣ 0ODV0  Template:Superimpose5 ⇡ 0ODV0  ⇣ 0LSB0  Template:Superimpose5 branch line → PMO III 10,747 Pontinha PMO III Pontinha 09,927 Carnide 09,146 Colégio Militar/Luz Alto dos Moinhos Laranjeiras Template:Superimpose5 Template:Superimpose5 PMO I Sete Rios (closed) Template:Superimpose5 Template:Superimpose5 ⇄ L. Cintura: Sete Rios Template:Superimpose5 06,591 Jardim Zoológico (until 1995 Sete Rios) Template:Superimpose5 × L. Cintura Template:Superimpose5 Praça de Espanha (until 1995 Palhavã) branch line → PMO I (closed) Template:Superimpose5 Red Line → Campolide × Red Line branch line → Red Line São Sebastião ⇄ Red Line Red Line → Saldanha Parque Template:Superimpose5 Yellow Line → Picoas Template:Superimpose5 Template:Superimpose5 ➀ branch line → Yellow Line ➁ "Y" line → Picoas (until 1995) × Yellow Line 03,791 Marquês de Pombal (until 1995 Rotunda) ⇄ Yellow Line Yellow Line → Rato Avenida 02,691 Restauradores ⇄ L. Sintra: Rossio Green Line → Rossio 12th branch (closed 1998) × Green Line 02,025 Baixa-Chiado ⇄ Green Line Template:Superimpose5 Template:Superimpose5 Elev. Município ventilation shaft branch line → '''Blue Line''' × Tram (R. V. Cordón) × Tram (R. Arsenal) Template:Superimpose5 Template:Superimpose5 Green Line→ Cais do Sodré Template:Superimpose5 ventilation shaft Template:Superimpose5 Template:Superimpose5 × Tagus Template:Superimpose5 Terreiro do Paço Alfândega (pj. 1993; canc.) 00,000 Santa Apolónia ⇄ L. Norte: Santa Apolónia  Topographic map