Cais do Sodré railway station

The Cais do Sodré Railway Station (European Portuguese: [ˈkajʒ ðu suˈðɾɛ]) is an intermodal railway station in the civil parish of Misericórdia, in the municipality of Lisbon, serving as the terminus of the suburban route to the resort town Cascais.

Cais do Sodré Railway Station
Estação Ferroviária de Cais do Sodré
General information
Type	Railway Station
Architectural style	Art Deco
Location	Lisboa
Town or city	Lisbon
Country	Portugal
Coordinates	38°42′21″N 9°08′39″W
Owner	Portuguese Republic
Technical details
Material	Masonry
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Nuno Teotónio Pereira

v t e Commuter rail and ferry services in the Lisbon metropolitan area
Legend
CP Urban Services, Transtejo & Soflusa, Fertagus
Azambuja (CP) Linha do Norte Lisboa-Santa Apolónia–Porto-Campanhã Cintura Line Doca de Alcântara–Braço de Prata Cascais (CP) Cais do Sodré–Cascais Fertagus Linha do Sul Campolide–Setúbal Sado (CP & Soflusa) Linha do Alentejo Barreiro–Praias do Sado Sintra Line (CP) Sintra Line Lisboa-Rossio-Sintra Linha do Oeste Agualva-Cacém–Figueira da Foz
Azambuja Praias do Sado-A Espadanal da Azambuja Praça do Quebedo Vila Nova da Rainha Setúbal Carregado Palmela-A Castanheira do Ribatejo Venda do Alcaide Vila Franca de Xira Pinhal Novo Alhandra Penteado Alverca Moita Póvoa Alhos Vedros Santa Iria Baixa da Banheira Bobadela Lavradio Sacavém Barreiro-A Moscavide Barreiro Oriente Soflusa Braço de Prata Terreiro do Paço Santa Apolónia Penalva Marvila Coina Fogueteiro Roma-Areeiro Foros de Amora Entrecampos Corroios Sete Rios Pragal Campolide Benfica Rossio Santa Cruz-Damaia Cais do Sodré Reboleira Santos Amadora Alcântara- Terra │ Alcântara- Mar Queluz-Belas Belém Monte Abraão Algés Massamá-Barcarena Cruz Quebrada Agualva-Cacém Caxias Paço de Arcos Mira Sintra-Meleças Santo Amaro Rio de Mouro Oeiras Mercês Carcavelos Algueirão-Mem Martins Parede Portela de Sintra São Pedro do Estoril Sintra São João do Estoril Estoril Cascais Monte Estoril Source: CP: Official website; Fertagus: Official website station names according to source

History

A perspective of Cais do Sodré at the end of the 19th Century

A view of the front facade of Cais de Sodré station in 1936

In 1925, the company Sociedade Estoril elaborated a project for a station along the margin of the civil parish of São Paulo.^[1]

The station was completed and inaugurated on 18 August 1928.^[1]

A new roof was built over the platforms in 1960, but on 28 May 1963 this collapsed while one train was loading and another was unloading. About 50 people were killed and many more injured.^[2][3]

In 1993, Cais do Sodré metro station was opened to link the railway station, a project of Nuno Teotónio Pereira, who was contracted in 1998 to remodel the site.^[1] He was brought back in 2000, in order to construct the river terminal along the northern margin of the Tagus.^[1]

On 4 August 1995, there was a proposal to classify the railway station by URBE.^[1] A dispatch to begin the classification process was instituted on 20 OCtober 2004, by the vice-president of IPPAR, which was later amended on 24 August 2007 (to status of Imóvel de Interesse Público), and later, on 23 November 2011, Conselho Nacional de Cultura (National Council of Culture) proposed its classification as a Monumento de Interesse Público (Monument of Public Interest).^[1] It was on 30 January 2012, when the project was descively classified and its area of protection designated (Announcement 1216/2012, Diário da República, Série 2, 15).^[1]

Architecture

Cais do Sodré
Intermodal station
Trains at Cais do Sodré railway station, February 2016
General information
Location	Avenida 24 de Julho, Lisbon 1200-867  Portugal
Elevation	10 m
Operated by	Comboios de Portugal
Line(s)	Linha de Cascais
Platforms	2 side platforms + 2 island platforms
Tracks	6
Train operators	Comboios de Portugal, Lisbon Metro
Connections	Lisbon Metro ( Cais do Sodré), Bus, Ship, Taxi
Construction
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	4 September 1895 (1895-09-04)
Services
Preceding station Lisbon CP Following station Alcântara-Mar towards Cascais Cascais Line Semi-Rapid Terminus Santos towards Cascais Cascais Line Santos towards Oeiras

The front facade of Cais de Sodré

The interior of the station between floors

It is an inter-modal exchange connecting the Lisbon Metro, rail-lines and river terminal centre, a complex situated at the Duque de Terceirasquare. The station is adjacent to the Lisbon Metro station (which is the terminus for the Metro's Green Line) and isolated along the northern margin of Tagus River, with ferry service to Cacilhas, Seixal and Montijo (the Transtejo & Soflusa service).

The station comprises a building with three bodies juxtapositioned in an "U" design, with the steel and tiled central hall covering the rail-lines that parallel the Tagus River and Avenida 24 de Julho. The main hall, that includes the vestibule ticket offices, is a rectangular body with terrace oriented to the northeast.^[1] Its main facade is divided into three sections with the identical lateral bodies of smaller dimensions, with the central composed of five ample bodies on the first floor, decorated by extensive rectangular flaps supported by four corbels.^[1] To the second floor, is an ample surface topped by depressed arch, decorated by small geometric elements in triangular forms.^[1] The lateral bodies, that include one per floor are demarcated and separated by a panel of rectangular mosaics. Flanking the pans, are striated bronze columns that extend down to the bas-relief of the same material that finishes the span of the second floor. To finish off the facade, there is a paltibanda with cornice in a collapsed arch.^[1]

Attached to the main building are two similar annex bodies with identical facades, consisting of two floors of simple rectangular spans decorated in intervals by geometric mosaic panels.^[1] The northern rectangular body, covered in tile, has an extensive facade that parallels the public roadway. The eastern annex is an "L"-shape building with lateral facade oriented to the south that correspond to administrative services.^[1] Juxtapositioned to the main body on either side are triangular spans with curved apex that resembles the decorative discourse of the main facades.^[1]

The Art Deco design was by Porfírio Pardal Monteiro (1897–1957) and the Metro station is decorated with works by abstract artist António Dacosta, in addition to an underground waterfall.

Surrounding area

The station is located directly north of the Tagus, and provides access to the waterfront area. The Time Out Market Lisboa is located slightly north of the station.

References

Notes

1. Castro-Caldas, Luísa (2006). SIPA (ed.). "Estações Ferroviária, Fluvial e de Metro do Cais do Sodré (IPA.00007768/PT031106490550)" (in Portuguese). Lisbon, Portugal: SIPA – Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
2. "O dia mais negro da linha de Cascais" (in Portuguese). 11 April 2004. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
3. "50 Dead, 36 Injured As Station Roof Falls on Portuguese Crowd". Globe and Mail. Toronto. 29 May 1963. p. 1.

Sources

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