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Opened
  
1875

Phone
  
+351 22 105 2524

Campanhã railway station

Address
  
R. Pinheiro de Campanhã, 4300-173 Porto, Portugal

Similar
  
São Bento railway station, Santa Apolónia railway st, Gare do Oriente, Vigo‑Guixar railway station, Church of São Francisco

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Campanhã station is the main railway station in Porto, Portugal for non-local train services. It was opened in 1877. It has connections to the Porto Metro as well as local services around Porto. Intercity and Commuter trains are operated by Comboios de Portugal, the Portuguese national railway operator. The station is a through station, i.e. not a terminus station, allowing through running of trains from Lisbon to the north of Portugal.

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The other major railway station in Porto is São Bento, the city centre terminus station (principally for local trains and trains heading north, including the Douro line).

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Platforms

The station has platforms for through trains to São Bento and the north as well as terminating platforms. There are two metro platforms at the same level as the mainline platforms.

Comboios de Portugal

All CP trains in Porto pass through Campanhã station, including the trains terminating at São Bento. CP operate multiple types of Services, namely the Alfa Pendular high speed trains, Inter Cidades inter-city trains and Suburban trains, of which all continue to São Bento. Suburban trains coming from General Torres reverse here to continue on to São Bento.

Metro

Every line of the Porto Metro except line D calls at Campanhã. Line C trains terminate here by offloading passengers on the Estádio do Dragão bound platform and then heading to the yard which is situated between Campanhã and Estádio do Dragão stations.

References

Campanhã railway station Wikipedia