Mira Sintra-Meleças railway station

Mira Sintra-Meleças Station Estação Ferroviária de Mira Sintra-Meleças
The station entrance, December 2006
General information
Location	Belas, Sintra  Portugal
Coordinates	38°47′22.524″N 9°18′45.54″W
Operated by	Lisbon CP
Managed by	Infraestruturas de Portugal
Line(s)	Linha do Oeste
Distance	20.3 km from Rossio
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Ground-level
Accessible	Yes[1]
History
Opened	29 November 2004 (2004-11-29)
Services
Preceding station Comboios de Portugal Following station Sabugo towards Caldas da Rainha InterRegional Agualva-Cacém towards Lisbon-Santa Apolónia Regional Terminus Preceding station Lisbon CP Following station Terminus Sintra Line Agualva-Cacém towards Rossio

v t e Commuter rail and ferry services in the Lisbon metropolitan area
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

Mira Sintra-Meleças Station (Portuguese: Estação Ferroviária de Mira Sintra-Meleças) is a railway station located in the city of Sintra, Portugal. Located in the Western line, it is served by all Western line services as well as a CP Lisboa Sintra Line commuter service connecting to Rossio.^[2] It is operated by CP and managed by Infraestruturas de Portugal.

Service

The station is located between various towns and municipalities, and serves much of the surrounding area. Mira Sintra-Meleças operates as a terminus of Lisbon CP urban service, with trains reversing at this station to travel back towards Lisbon.

Regional and InterRegional services stop at Mira Sintra-Meleças Station roughly eight times daily in each direction.^[3]

Urban trains stop at Mira Sintra-Meleças Station at approximately 1-hour intervals on weekends and off-peak periods on weekdays. During peak periods, trains stop at Mira Sintra-Meleças Station at approximately 30-minute intervals.^[4]

Station layout

A pharmacy is located inside the station, and bus service is provided by a loop on the east side of the station.^[1]

Platforms

Mira Sintra-Meleças Station is composed of two island platforms serving four tracks.

• 
  The main station atrium, January 2020
• 
  Platforms 3 and 4, December 2006

History

The section of the Linha do Oeste that the station lies on entered service on 21 May 1887.^[5] A halt under the name of Meleças provided service to the area. Plans to create a proper station in the area formed in the 1990s. Mira Sintra-Meleças Station opened for revenue service on 29 November 2004. The station cost over €10 billion to build.^[6]

Surrounding area

• Park Rinchoa-Fitares

References

1. "Estações | Infraestruturas de Portugal". servicos.infraestruturasdeportugal.pt. Archived from the original on 2023-10-08. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
2. Portugal, Comboios de. "Mira Sintra-Meleças station | CP - Comboios de Portugal". CP.PT | Comboios de Portugal. Archived from the original on 2023-12-28. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
3. "Lisbon < > Caldas da Rainha/Coimbra | Train times" (PDF). Comboios de Portugal. 2023-12-10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-12-15. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
4. "Lisbon < > Azambuja/Sintra | Urban train times (complete timetable)" (PDF). Comboios de Portugal. 2022-12-11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-09-13. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
5. Torres, Carlos Manitto (1958-01-16). "A evolução das linhas portuguesas e o seu significado ferroviário" (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro. Ano 70 (1682): 61–64. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-01-05. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
6. "Estação de Meleças é inaugurada hoje". www.dn.pt (in European Portuguese). 2004-11-29. Archived from the original on 2022-10-17. Retrieved 2024-01-01.