Lisbon will see its public transport network disrupted in a few years, if the work is completed. This Wednesday, July 29th, the 3 cities of Lisbon, Oeiras and Sacavém, made a joint declaration to announce this new aerial metro project to link Cruz Quebrada with Alcantara and Santa Apolonia with Sacavém. The existing tram line 15 should be used between Alcantara and Santa Apolonia. No date for completion of the project has been announced. Lisbob, the expatriate assistant, tells you all about the new skytrain line that will link Algès and Sacavem for 490 million euros.
Lisbon: A new metro line will connect Oeiras and Sacavém for 490 million euros
Lisbon, Oeiras and Loures will be connected by a tramway between Alcântara and Cruz Quebrada and between Santa Apolónia and Sacavém. The announcement that the 490 million euros project will actually go ahead was made on Wednesday in a joint statement from the three cities. The connection between Alcantara and Santa Apolonia should be made with the electric tram line nº15.
“The city councils of Lisbon, Oeiras and Loures inform that they will vote the approval of a cooperation protocol between these municipalities, Metropolitano de Lisboa and Carris, for the development of the aerial metro project between Alcântara and Cruz Quebrada and between Santa Apolónia and Sacavém ", specify the municipalities in a press release published on Wednesday, specifying that" the estimated investment in infrastructure, equipment and trains is 490 million euros ".
Municipalities have indicated that they want a quick connection between the riparian areas and the main districts of Lisbon. The new corridors will strengthen the areas of Alcântara, Ajuda, Belém, Algés, Linda-a-Velha and Cruz Quebrada / Dafundo. Santa Apolónia, Gare do Oriente, Moscavide, Portela and Sacavém also see their public transport network strengthened.
The new line will be approximately 24.4 kilometers in length and will connect with the Cascais Line and North Line tram and train lines, as well as the extension of the Lisbon Metro Red Line, if it comes true.
“The municipalities also understand that the feasibility of the implementation, to the extent possible, of corridors dedicated to active modes, pedestrians and cyclists, alongside the structural corridors of public transport likely to be implemented, must be explored. », Say Lisboa, Loures and Oeiras in a statement.
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