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Blue Line (Lisbon Metro)

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Blue Line
File:Metropolitano Lisboa logo.svg File:MetroLisboa-linha-azul.svg
File:Estacao restauradores metro lisboa.jpg
Lisbon metro station Restauradores
Overview
Other name(s)Seagull Line
Native nameLinha Azul
OwnerGovernment-owned corporation
LocaleFile:Flag of Lisboa (unofficial).svg Lisbon
Amadora
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
TerminiReboleira
Santa Apolónia
Connecting linesGreen Line Yellow Line Red Line
File:Logo CP 2.svg File:Logo Linha Sintra.png File:Logo la.png
Stations18
Service
TypeRapid Transit
SystemMetropolitano de Lisboa
Operator(s)Metropolitano de Lisboa, EPE
Rolling stockML90, ML95, ML97, ML99
History
Opened29 December 1959 (65 years ago) (1959-12-29)
(original network)
15 July 1995 (29 years ago) (1995-07-15)
(independent line)
Technical
Line length14 km (8.7 mi)
CharacterUnderground subway
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC third rail
Route map
13,724 ReboleiraL. Sintra: Reboleira
× Sorefame
12,765 Amadora Este
Alfornelos
 0AMD0  0ODV0 
 0ODV0  0LSB0 
branch line→ PMO III
10,747 Pontinha
PMO III Pontinha
09,927 Carnide
09,146 Colégio Militar/Luz
Alto dos Moinhos
Laranjeiras
PMO I Sete Rios(closed)
L. Cintura: Sete Rios
06,591 Jardim Zoológico(until 1995 Sete Rios)
× L. Cintura
Praça de Espanha(until 1995 Palhavã)
branch line→ PMO I (closed)
Red LineCampolide
× Red Line
branch lineRed Line
São SebastiãoRed Line
Red LineSaldanha
Parque
Yellow LinePicoas
branch lineYellow Line
"Y" linePicoas (until 1995)
× Yellow Line
03,791 Marquês de Pombal(until 1995 Rotunda) ⇄ Yellow Line
Yellow LineRato
Avenida
02,691 RestauradoresL. Sintra: Rossio
Green LineRossio
12th branch(closed 1998)
× Green Line
02,025 Baixa-ChiadoGreen Line
Elev. Município
ventilation shaft
branch line→ '''Blue Line'''
× Tram (R. V. Cordón)
× Tram (R. Arsenal)
Green LineCais do Sodré
ventilation shaft
× Tagus
Terreiro do Paço
Alfândega(pj. 1993; canc.)
00,000 Santa ApolóniaL. Norte: Santa Apolónia
 Topographic map 
File:Linha azul metro lisboa.png

The Blue Line (Portuguese: Linha Azul) or Seagull Line (Portuguese: Linha da Gaivota) is one of the four lines of Lisbon Metro. It is the only line of the Lisbon Metro that is entirely underground.