Porto Metro

Porto Metro
Overview
Native nameMetro do Porto
OwnerGovernment-owned corporation
LocalePorto
Gondomar
Maia
Matosinhos
Póvoa de Varzim
Vila do Conde
Vila Nova de Gaia
Transit typeLight rail / Semi-metro
Number of lines6
Number of stations85
Daily ridership216,824 (average for 2023)
Annual ridership79 million (2023)
WebsiteMetro do Porto
Operation
Began operation7 December 2002 (2002-12-07)
Operator(s)ViaPorto
Number of vehicles120
Technical
System length70 km (43 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC OHLE
System map
Porto Metro
Routes
Póvoa de Varzim
São Brás
Portas Fronhas
Alto do Pega
Vila do Conde
Santa Clara
Azurara
Árvore
Varziela
Espaço Natureza
Mindelo
VC Fashion Outlet
Modivas Centro
Modivas Sul
Vilar do Pinheiro
Lidador
Aeroporto
Pedras Rubras
Botica
Verdes
Crestins
Esposade
ISMAI
Custóias
Castêlo da Maia
Mandim
Senhor de Matosinhos
Zona Industrial
Mercado
Fórum da Maia
Brito Capelo
Parque da Maia
Matosinhos Sul
Câmara de Matosinhos
Custió
Parque Real
Araújo
Pedro Hispano
Pias
Estádio do Mar
Cândido dos Reis
Vasco da Gama
Fonte do Cuco
Senhora da Hora
Sete Bicas
Hospital de São João
Viso
IPO
Ramalde
Pólo Universitário
Francos
Salgueiros
Casa da Música
Combatentes
Carolina Michaëlis
Marquês
Lapa
Faria Guimarães
Trindade
Aliados
Bolhão
São Bento
Campo 24 de Agosto
Heroísmo
Jardim do Morro
Campanhã
General Torres
Estádio do Dragão
Câmara de Gaia
Contumil
João de Deus
Nasoni
D. João II
Nau Vitória
Santo Ovídio
Manuel Leão
Levada
Hospital Santos Silva
Rio Tinto
Vila d'Este
Campainha
Baguim
Carreira
Venda Nova
Fânzeres

Line A • Line B • Line Bx
Line C • Line D • Line E • Line F

The Porto Metro (Portuguese: Metro do Porto) is a light rail network in Porto, Portugal and a key part of the city's public transport system. Having a semi-metro alignment, it runs underground in central Porto and above ground into the city's suburbs while using low-floor tram vehicles. The first parts of the system have been in operation since 2002.

The network has 6 lines and reaches seven municipalities within the metropolitan Porto area: Porto, Gondomar, Maia, Matosinhos, Póvoa de Varzim, Vila do Conde and Vila Nova de Gaia. It currently has a total of 85 operational stations across 70 kilometres (43 mi) of double track commercial line. Most of the system is at ground level or elevated, but 8.3 kilometres (5.2 mi) of the network is underground. The system is run by ViaPORTO.

The Porto Metro has received the Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design in 2013.