page_title: Lisbon Metro
section_title: 2000s
hierarchical_section_title: Lisbon Metro / History / 2000s
caption_attribution_description: English: Metro station Terreiro do Paço (Lisboa) Українська: Станція «Террейру-ду-Пасу» Лісабонського метрополітену
context_page_description: The Lisbon Metro is the rapid transit system of Lisbon, Portugal. Opened in December 1959, it was the first metro system in Portugal.
  As of 2017, the system's four lines total 44.5 kilometres of route and serve 56 stations.
context_section_description: In 2002, under Manuel Frasquilho's tenure as president, the Green Line was expanded from Campo Grande to Telheiras. Two years later, in 2004, the network spanned the geographical limits of the city: first, in March, with the expansion of the Yellow Line from Campo Grande to Odivelas (which included five new stations, two of which are aboveground); then, in May, the Blue Line was extended from Pontinha to Amadora Este.
  On 19 December 2007, after 11 years of construction, the extension was opened between Baixa-Chiado and Santa Apolónia, with some controversy and many successive delays due to the difficulty of construction. In 2000, when three years would be expected in its completion, there were cracks in the tunnel that led to land subsidence. The consequent flooding of the tunnel seriously slowed down the completion of work and road traffic at the Praça do Comércio and part of the Avenida Infante D. Henrique was forced to be cut temporarily. A new tunnel was made in place of the first. The stations themselves (Terreiro do Paço and Santa Apolónia) were completed in the summer of 2007.
  On 29 August 2009, the Red Line section between Alameda II and São Sebastião II was inaugurated, such that all lines now cross each other.
  On 17 July 2012, the Red Line was extended between Oriente and Aeroporto, adding 3.3 km (2.1 mi) to the network. Three new stations have been inaugurated: Moscavide, Encarnação and Aeroporto, which is directly linked to the Lisbon Portela Airport. A journey from the central Saldanha station to the Lisbon Airport now only lasts about 16 minutes. The Oriente Line also serves the Moscavide neighbourhood, and will carry some 400 000 extra passengers each year.
caption: Terreiro do Paço station atrium (Blue Line).
exif: {"Image Make": "Hewlett-Packard", "Image Model": "hp photosmart 735", "Image Orientation": "0", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Picasa 3.0", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image ExifOffset": "184", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "872", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "6589", "EXIF ExposureTime": "120081/500000", "EXIF FNumber": "77/25", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Aperture Priority", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "100", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0220", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2008:11:15 19:28:52", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2008:11:15 19:28:52", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "98/25", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "41/20", "EXIF ApertureValue": "81/25", "EXIF BrightnessValue": "3/10", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "159/25", "EXIF SubjectDistance": "9999/100", "EXIF MeteringMode": "CenterWeightedAverage", "EXIF LightSource": "Cool white fluorescent (W 3900 - 4500K)", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "39/5", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "Uncalibrated", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "1600", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "1200", "Interoperability InteroperabilityIndex": "R98", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "748", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "0", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF Saturation": "Hard", "EXIF Sharpness": "Hard", "EXIF SubjectDistanceRange": "0", "EXIF ImageUniqueID": "4d2126478b23914931cb2a88556aba2f"}