Póvoa de Varzim station
Póvoa de Varzim | |||||||||||||||
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| Porto Metro station | |||||||||||||||
The Porto Metro terminus. At the left is the old station building of the former narrow gauge railway. | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Povoa de Varzim Portugal | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°22′40.6″N 8°45′29.95″W / 41.377944°N 8.7583194°W | ||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 side platform, 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At Grade | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| Key dates | |||||||||||||||
| 1 October 1875 | Opened | ||||||||||||||
| 24 February 2002 | Closed | ||||||||||||||
| 18 March 2006 | Reopened | ||||||||||||||
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Póvoa de Varzim 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 municipality of Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. Today the station is the terminus of line B of the Metro, which provides a direct connection to the centre of the city of Porto. It was originally opened in 1875, closed in 2002, and reopened as a Metro station in 2006.