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{{Short description|Light rail system in Porto, Portugal}}
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{{About|Porto's rapid transit system|Porto's traditional trams|Trams in Porto}}{{Infobox public transit
| name = Porto Metro
| image = Porto Metro logo.svg
| imagesize = 75px
| image2 = Metro do Porto (407708996).jpg
| imagesize2 = 275px
| caption2 = [[Socimi Eurotram|Flexity Outlook Eurotram]] of the Porto Metro at [[Trindade station (Porto Metro)|Trindade station]]
| native_name = ''Metro do Porto''
| owner = [[Government-owned corporation]]
| locale = [[Porto]]<br />[[Gondomar Municipality, Portugal|Gondomar]]<br />[[Maia Municipality|Maia]]<br />[[Matosinhos]]<br />[[Póvoa de Varzim]]<br />[[Vila do Conde]]<br />[[Vila Nova de Gaia]]
| transit_type = [[Light rail]] / [[Semi-metro]]
| lines = 6
| stations = 85
| ridership = 216,824 (average for 2023)<ref name="annual report">{{cite web |url=https://www.metrodoporto.pt/metrodoporto/uploads/document/file/718/relatoriocontas_2023_site_compactado.pdf |title=Relatório E Contas |language=pt |trans-title=Report and Accounts |year=2023 |publisher=Metro do Porto |access-date=18 August 2024 |archive-date=18 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818133048/https://www.metrodoporto.pt/metrodoporto/uploads/document/file/718/relatoriocontas_2023_site_compactado.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
| annual_ridership = 79 million (2023)<ref name="annual report" />
| website = {{url|https://en.metrodoporto.pt/|Metro do Porto}}
| began_operation = {{start date and age|2002|12|7|df=yes}}
| operator = [http://www.viaporto.eu  ViaPorto]
| vehicles = 120<ref name="annual report"/>
| system_length = {{convert|70|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}
| track_gauge = {{Track gauge|sg|allk=on}}
| el = 750 [[Volt|V]] [[Direct Current|DC]] [[Overhead lines|OHLE]]
| map = {{PM-network}}
}}

The '''Porto Metro''' ({{langx|pt|Metro do Porto}}) is a [[light rail]] network in [[Porto]], [[Portugal]] and a key part of the city's [[public transport]] system.<ref name="IEA2018">{{cite journal |last1=Ashton |first1=J.H. |title=An Ergonomic Study and Analysis for the Porto Metro Driver Cabin Area |journal=Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) |date=10 August 2018 |volume=VII |issue=Ergonomics in Design, Design for All, Activity Theories for Work Analysis and Design, Affective Design |page=193 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oqJoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA193 |access-date=9 August 2024 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-96071-5 |language=en}}</ref> Having a [[semi-metro]] alignment, it runs underground in central Porto and above ground into the city's [[suburb]]s while using low-floor [[tram]] vehicles.<ref name="Ruter">{{cite book |title=Trikkestrategi |date=2011 |publisher=Ruter As |location=Oslo |page=46 |edition=4 |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sistema de Metro Ligeiro do Porto |trans-title=Porto's Light Rail System |url=http://www.agriproambiente.pt/pt/gestao-ambiental/sistema-do-metro-ligeiro-do-porto |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106164717/http://www.agriproambiente.pt/pt/gestao-ambiental/sistema-do-metro-ligeiro-do-porto |archive-date=6 January 2025 |access-date=2024-03-21 |language=pt-pt}}</ref> The first parts of the system have been in operation since 2002.<ref name="janes2009">Webb, Mary (ed.) (2009). ''Jane's Urban Transport Systems 2009–2010'', p. 277.  Coulsdon, Surrey (UK): [[Jane's Information Group]]. {{ISBN|978-0-7106-2903-6}}.</ref>

The network has 6 lines and reaches seven municipalities within the metropolitan Porto area: [[Porto]], [[Gondomar Municipality, Portugal|Gondomar]], [[Maia Municipality|Maia]], [[Matosinhos]], [[Póvoa de Varzim]], [[Vila do Conde]] and [[Vila Nova de Gaia]]. It currently has a total of 85 operational stations across {{convert|70|km|mi}} of [[double track]] commercial line. Most of the system is at ground level or elevated, but {{convert|8.3|km|mi}} of the network is underground. The system is run by ViaPORTO.<ref name="annual report" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Metro em números |trans-title=Metro in numbers |url=https://www.metrodoporto.pt/pages/307 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240924210650/https://www.metrodoporto.pt/pages/307 |archive-date=24 September 2024 |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=Metro do Porto |language=pt-PT}}</ref>

The Porto Metro has received the [[Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design]] from [[Harvard University]]'s [[Harvard Graduate School of Design|Graduate School of Design]] in 2013.<ref>
{{cite web |title= Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design |website= gsd.harvard.edu |url= https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/urban-planning-design/fellowships-prizes-and-travel-programs/veronica-rudge-green-prize-in-urban-design/ |access-date= Oct 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240623061045/https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/urban-planning-design/fellowships-prizes-and-travel-programs/veronica-rudge-green-prize-in-urban-design/ |archive-date=23 June 2024 |url-status=live}}
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==History==
During the 1990s, political leaders started advocating for a partially underground electrified railway transport system to service the city of Porto and the surrounding municipalities. This culminated in the founding of ''Metro do Porto [[S.A. (corporation)|S.A.]]'' in 1993 and the start of planning and construction of the first expansion phase of the Porto Metro. This first phase was deemed completed in 2006 and saw the creation of lines A, B, C, D and E.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=História |language=pt-PT |trans-title=History  |url=https://www.metrodoporto.pt/pages/321 |publisher=Metro do Porto, SA |access-date=4 December 2024 |archive-date=4 December 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204160303/https://www.metrodoporto.pt/pages/321}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.metrodoporto.pt/metrodoporto/uploads/document/file/82/Livro_Branco_do_Metro_do_Porto_2__parte.pdf |title=Avaliação do impacto global da 1ª fase do projecto do Metro do Porto |date=March 2008 |volume=2 |page=3 |language=pt-pt |trans-title=Evaluation of the global impact of the first phase of the Porto Metro project |chapter=}}</ref>

The project included the conversion of sections of the [[Narrow-gauge railway|narrow gauge railway]] lines of [[Linha do Porto à Póvoa e Famalicão]] and [[Linha de Guimarães]], including the section between [[Senhora da Hora station|Senhora da Hora]] and [[Trindade station (Porto Metro)|Trindade]] nowadays shared by 5 different lines. In 2001, train services came to an end as construction started.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Trofa |first=O. Notícias da |date=2023-12-31 |title=A linha de Guimarães "nasceu" na Trofa há 140 anos |trans-title=The Guimarães line was "born" in Trofa 140 years ago |url=https://www.onoticiasdatrofa.pt/a-linha-de-guimaraes-nasceu-na-trofa-ha-140-anos/ |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=O Notícias da Trofa |language=pt-PT}}</ref>

Line A (blue line) was the first line to open on 7 December 2002, running between [[Senhor de Matosinhos station|Senhor de Matosinhos]] and Trindade in central Porto. On 5 June 2004, the line was extended to [[Estádio do Dragão Metro Station|Estádio do Dragão]], Porto's largest football stadium, in time for the [[Euro 2004]] Football championship.<ref name=":1" />

On 3 March, 2005, Line B (red line) opened between Estádio do Dragão and {{ill|Pedras Rubras station (Porto Metro)|pt|Estação Pedras Rubras|lt=Pedras Rubras}}. The remaining section between Pedras Rubras and [[Póvoa de Varzim station (Porto Metro)|Póvoa de Varzim]] was opened a year later in March 2006. This line replaced the [[Linha do Porto à Póvoa e Famalicão]], a [[narrow gauge]] railway between Porto and Póvoa de Varzim.<ref name=":1" /> The section between Póvoa de Varzim and Famalicão had already been closed in 1995 and was not included in the project. Instead, it got decommissioned and converted into a bicycle trail.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ecopista de Famalicão |trans-title=Famalicão Eco-Track |url=https://www.ippatrimonio.pt/pt-pt/ecopistas-ip-patrimonio/ecopista-de-famalicao |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=IP Património}}</ref> In July 2017, an [[infill station]] called {{ill|VC Fashion Outlet - Modivas station (Porto Metro)|pt|Estação Modivas|lt=VC Fashion Outlet - Modivas}} was added.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2016-07-01 |title=Metro do Porto vai ter nova Estação em Modivas Norte |trans-title=Porto Metro will have a new station in Modivas Norte |url=https://www.metrodoporto.pt/frontoffice/pages/379?news_id=226 |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=Metro do Porto |language=pt-PT}}</ref>
[[File:Vila Nova de Gaia (52734250241).jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Tram crossing the ''[[Dom Luís I Bridge]]''.]]
Line C (green line) opened on July 30, 2005, until {{ill|Fórum da Maia station (Porto Metro)|pt|Estação Fórum da Maia|lt=Fórum da Maia}} in the centre of Maia and was extended until [[ISMAI station (Porto Metro)|ISMAI]] in March 2006.<ref name=":1" /> Line C was built using part of the [[Guimarães line]] between Senhora da Hora and ISMAI. A section of this railway line between ISMAI and [[Lousado]] was decommissioned and expected to be serviced by the Porto Metro until [[Trofa]], but as of 2024 it was only serviced by busses.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Horários ISMAI-Trofa |url=https://www.metrodoporto.pt/metrodoporto/uploads/document/file/721/horarios_transportes_alternativos_jul2024.pdf}}</ref> The Guimarães line continued to have train services from Lousado via [[Linha do Minho]].<ref name=":2" />

Line D (yellow line) proved the most problematic to excavate{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} and opened on 17 September 2005 between [[Câmara de Gaia station|Câmara de Gaia]] in Vila Nova de Gaia and [[Pólo Universitário station|Pólo Universitário]] in the north. In the northern end, the [[São João Hospital station|São João Hospital]] and [[IPO (station)|IPO]] stations, were not brought into service until March 2006 due to safety concerns{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}. In the southern end, the line was expanded until {{ill|D. João II station (Porto Metro)|pt|Estação D. João II|lt=D. João II}} in May 2008 and then to [[Santo Ovídio station (Porto Metro)|Santo Ovídio]] in October 2011.<ref name=":1" /> In June 2024, the line was extended southwards by 3.15km with three new stations added, Manuel Leão, Hospital Santos Silva and [[Vila d'Este station (Porto Metro)|Vila d'Este]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Amorim |first=Miguel |date=2024-06-28 |title=É oficial: o metro chegou a Vila d'Este |trans-title=It's official: the metro arrived in Vila d'Este |url=https://www.jn.pt/4502706943/e-oficial-o-metro-chegou-a-vila-deste/ |access-date=2025-02-11 |work=Jornal de Noticias |publisher= |lang=pt-pt}}   </ref>

Line E (violet line) opened on May 27, 2006, connecting the [[Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport|Airport Francisco Sá Carneiro]] and [[Campanhã station (Porto Metro)|Campanhã]].<ref name=":1" /> Several weeks later, the line was extended to Estádio do Dragão.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}}

Line F (orange line) opened on January 2, 2011, connecting the Porto city centre to the Gondomar region in the east, this line runs between Senhora da Hora and [[Fânzeres station (Porto Metro)|Fânzeres]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=2022-12-06 |title=Metro do Porto celebra 20 anos. Ainda se lembra como tudo começou? |trans-title=Porto Metro celebrates 20 years. Do you still remember how it all started? |url=https://viagens.sapo.pt/viajar/noticias-viajar/artigos/metro-do-porto-celebra-20-anos-ainda-se-lembra-como-tudo-comecou |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=SAPO Viagens |language=pt-pt |agency=Lusa}}</ref>

The Metro do Porto company managed and operated the [[Funicular dos Guindais|Funicular of Guindais]] between 2004 and 2019. Management was transferred to Porto municipality in 2019 and to a municipal company called [[STCP Serviços]] in 2022.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-02-07 |title=Câmara aprova delegação de competências na STCP Serviços |trans-title=Municipality approves delegation of powers to STCP Serviços |url=https://www.porto.pt/pt/noticia/delegacao-de-competencias-na-stcp-servicos-submetida-a-assembleia-municipal |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=www.porto.pt |language=pt-pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-01 |title=Funicular dos Guindais no Porto encerrado por tempo indeterminado |trans-title=Guindais Funicular in Porto closed indefinitely |url=https://www.correiodamanhacanada.com/funicular-dos-guindais-no-porto-encerrado-por-tempo-indeterminado/ |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=Correio da Manhã Canadá |language=pt-PT}}</ref>

== Corporate affairs ==

=== Key figures ===
Between 2016 and 2023, the number of yearly passengers using the Porto Metro system has gradually increased, with the exception of the years affected by the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. On the supply side, the number of yearly train trips has varied, and as of 2023 it had not recovered to the peak of 370,000 in 2019. Porto Metro's punctuality is high, bottoming out at 93% in 2019.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Metro do Porto |url=https://observatorio.amt-autoridade.pt/publicacao/metro-porto |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=observatorio.amt-autoridade.pt |language=pt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211000521/https://observatorio.amt-autoridade.pt/publicacao/metro-porto |archive-date=11 December 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> Investment increased from 2021 onward, when construction started on Line G and on the expansion of Line D.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last1=Silva |first1=Ana Fernandes |last2=Quesado |first2=João Pedro |date=2025-02-04 |title=Linha Rosa pronta em julho? Metro do Porto não comenta previsão de Rui Moreira |trans-title=Pink Line ready in July? Porto Metro does not comment on Rui Moreira's forecast |url=https://rr.sapo.pt/noticia/politica/2025/02/04/linha-rosa-pronta-em-julho-metro-do-porto-nao-comenta-previsao-de-rui-moreira/412308/ |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Rádio Renascença |language=pt-pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jesus |first=João |date=2024-07-01 |title=Novo troço da Linha Amarela inaugurado. Linha Rosa prometida para daqui a um ano |trans-title=New section of the Yellow Line opened. Pink Line promised for a year from now |url=https://www.jpn.up.pt/2024/07/01/viagem-inaugural-do-novo-troco-da-linha-amarela-nao-dispensou-a-curiosidade-e-referencias-aos-atrasos-da-metro-do-porto/ |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=JPN |language=pt-PT}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023
|-
| Passengers (M) || 58 || 61 || 63 || 71 || 39 || 42 || 65 || 79
|-
| Passenger km (M) || 297 || 312 || 321 || 376 || 204 || 217 || 348 || 425
|-
| Train trips (k) || 353 || 352 || 341 || 370 || 307 || 310 || 342 || 355
|-
| Train km (M) || 5.2 || 5.3 || 5.1 || 5.4 || 4.6 || 4.5 || 5 || 5.2
|-
| Punctuality (%){{efn|Share of services with a delay of over 3 minutes.}}|| 100% || 100% || 97% || 93% || 95% || 98% || 99% || 97%
|-
| Investment (€M){{efn|Investment in modernisation or new infrastructure.}} || 0 || 0 || 1.8 || 3 || 2.5 || 43 || 98.5 || 83.2
|-
! colspan="9" style="text-align:left;" | Source: Autoridade da Mobilidade e dos Transportes<ref name=":7" />
|-
! colspan="9" style="text-align:left;" |{{notelist}}
|}

=== Costs and financial results ===
{{Update|part=section|date=February 2025}}
As of 2007, the total cost of the Porto Metro public transport system stands at 3.5 billion [[euros]] - over 1% of Portugal's [[GDP]]. The first phase of the project alone, which was led by the mayors of several ''[[Grande Porto]]'' (Greater Porto) municipalities including [[Valentim Loureiro]] as a chairman of the [[state-owned company]], was 140% more expensive than initially planned – a slippage of over 1,5 billion euros. The Porto Metro state-owned company has reported losses every year, reaching a record loss of 122 million euros in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://semanal.expresso.clix.pt/1caderno/pais.asp?edition=1738&articleid=ES210395 |title=Gestores do Metro do Porto recebem €650 mil de prémios |work=[[Expresso (Portuguese newspaper)|Expresso newspaper]] |date=18 February 2006 |access-date=1 March 2007 |language=pt}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pereira |first1=Sónia Santos |last2=Oliveira |first2=Sílvia de |last3=Freire |first3=Tiago |date=7 March 2007 |title=Metro do Porto fechou exercício com resultado negativo de 122 milhões de euros |trans-title=Porto Metro closed the financial year with a negative result of 122 million euros |url=https://diarioeconomico.sapo.pt/edicion/diarioeconomico/nacional/empresas/pt/desarrollo/747268.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929013111/http://diarioeconomico.sapo.pt/edicion/diarioeconomico/nacional/empresas/pt/desarrollo/747268.html |archive-date=2011-09-29 |access-date=2007-03-07 |work=Diário Económico |language=pt-pt}}</ref>
== Rolling stock ==
[[File:Porto Flexity Swift interior.jpg|thumb|right|On board a Porto Metro tram]]
The Metro uses 72 modern [[Eurotram]] low-floor, [[articulated tram|articulated]] trams. [[Bombardier Flexity Swift|Flexity Swift]] LRVs are used on line B, Bx and occasionally line C since 2008, and can reach {{Convert|100|km/h|4=1|abbr=on}}. They also have more seats, and can, in common with most modern light rail systems, recover 30% of the total of consumed energy during braking.{{Cn|date=November 2023}} The LRVs from [[CRRC Tangshan]], dubbed CRRC Tram or CT,<ref>{{cite web |date=23 December 2022 |title=Já chegou o novo Metro |trans-title=The new metro has already arrived |url=https://www.metrodoporto.pt/pages/699?news_id=449 |access-date=31 March 2024 |website=Metro do Porto |language=pt-pt}}</ref> are the latest to be introduced on the network, running since 2023 on line C.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cruz |first1=Hermana |date=12 December 2023 |title=Passageiros rendidos ao "luxo" dos novos assentos do metro do Porto |trans-title=Passengers surrendered to the "luxury" of the new seats on the Porto metro |url=https://www.jn.pt/2414885404/passageiros-rendidos-ao-luxo-dos-novos-assentos-do-metro-do-porto/ |access-date=31 March 2024 |work=Jornal de Notícias |agency=}}</ref>

The majority of services run with two LRVs coupled together. The Eurotram consists of four main compartments, two in each carriage linked by short corridors, and also features an articulation between the two carriages. They have a capacity of 80 seated and 134 standing passengers. The Flexity Swift consists of three components linked by articulations, with a capacity of 100 seated and 148 standing passengers. The CT consists of four articulated components, having a capacity of 244 passengers, 64 of which are seated.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Larguesa |first1=António |date=6 December 2023 |title=Novo metro chinês do Porto faz viagem inaugural com Costa a bordo |trans-title=Porto's new Chinese metro takes maiden voyage with Costa on board |url=https://eco.sapo.pt/2023/12/06/novo-metro-chines-do-porto-faz-viagem-inaugural-com-costa-a-bordo/ |access-date=31 March 2024 |work=ECO |language=pt-pt |agency=Lusa}}</ref>
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==Tickets==
[[File:Andantescan.jpg|200px|thumb|An Andante ticket being validated]]
The system uses the "[[Andante ticket|Andante]]" ticketing system, used for public transport in the [[Porto metropolitan area|Porto Metropolitan Area]]. Under this system, a ticket holder can use multiple modes of transportation by various providers within a certain time period. Ticket prices and single ticket duration can vary depending on the number of zones that the ticket includes. The Andante system divides the Porto metropolitan area into fare zones, each representing a geographic area. The number of zones required is determined by the traveler's starting zone. A Z2 ticket allows the traveler go to all adjacent zones. A Z3 ticket lets the traveler go to all adjacent zones and to all zones adjacent to those.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Fares |url=https://en.metrodoporto.pt/pages/397 |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Metro do Porto |language=}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Purchase |url=https://andante.pt/en/purchase/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Andante |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Zones |url=https://andante.pt/en/purchase/blue-andante/zones/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Andante |language=en-US}}</ref>

Various ticketing options exist to use the Porto Metro. Paper tickets called Blue Andante (''Andante azul'') can be bought and recharged in machines in stations. These can be charged with single trips or 24 hour tickets. Monthly passes called Silver Andante (''Andante prateado'')<!-- The English translation in the Porto metro website mentions "Andante Gold" as the name of the monthly pass, but this is likely mistranslated. The Portuguese version uses the word for silver, and so does the Andante webpage. --> can be purchased in ''Lojas Andante'' (Andante Shops) and topped up at Multibanco ATM terminals. They are personalized PVC cards with the name and picture of the holder. They are free for students between the ages of 4 and 18 and discounts exist for families, seniors, veterans and lower income households. Other ticketing options under the Andante system include Andante Tour, a 24 or 78 hour ticket for tourists, the Anda App, an app available for [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and contactless card payments on some readers. Children under 4 years old do not require a ticket if they are accompanied by an adult.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />

The Porto Metro operates on a [[proof-of-payment]] system. Tickets must be validated before travel by scanning them in front of the yellow machines located in stations. Instead, groups of fare inspectors randomly check tickets with hand-held scanners. As of October 2024, the penalty for travelling without a validated ticket is €95.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Faq's |url=https://en.metrodoporto.pt/pages/394 |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Metro do Porto |language=}}</ref>

==Network==
{| class=wikitable
|-
!colspan=6| {{rint|Porto|Metro|size=30}} {{big| Metro do Porto}}
|-
!colspan=2| Line
! Length
! Stations
! Opened
! Equipment
|- style="text-align:center;"
| {{rint|Porto|A|size=25}}
| style="background:#{{rail color|Porto Metro|A}}"|[[Porto Metro Line A|{{white|'''Estádio do Dragão – Senhor de Matosinhos'''}}]]
| {{convert|15.6|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=br()}}
| 23
| 7 December 2002
| [[Bombardier Flexity Outlook]] ([[Socimi Eurotram|Eurotram]])
|- style="text-align:center;"
| {{rint|Porto|B|size=25}}
| style="background:#{{rail color|Porto Metro|B}}"|[[Porto Metro Line B|{{white|'''Estádio do Dragão – Póvoa de Varzim'''}}]]
| {{convert|33.6|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=br()}}
| 36
| 13 March 2005
| rowspan="2" | [[Bombardier Flexity Swift]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| {{rint|Porto|C|size=25}}
| style="background:#{{rail color|Porto Metro|C}}"|[[Porto Metro Line C|{{white|'''Campanhã – ISMAI'''}}]]
| {{convert|19.6|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=br()}}
| 24
| 30 July 2005
|- style="text-align:center;"
| {{rint|Porto|D|size=25}}
| style="background:#{{rail color|Porto Metro|D}}"|[[Porto Metro Line D|{{white|'''Hospital São João – Vila d'Este'''}}]]
| {{convert|9.2|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=br()}}
| 19
| 18 September 2005
| rowspan="3" | [[Bombardier Flexity Outlook]] ([[Socimi Eurotram|Eurotram]])
|- style="text-align:center;"
| {{rint|Porto|E|size=25}}
| style="background:#{{rail color|Porto Metro|E}};"|[[Porto Metro Line E|{{white|'''Trindade – Aeroporto'''}}]]
| {{convert|13.1|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=br()}}
| 21
| 27 May 2006
|- style="text-align:center;"
| {{rint|Porto|F|size=25}}
| style="background:#{{rail color|Porto Metro|F}}"|[[Porto Metro Line F|{{white|'''Fânzeres – Senhora da Hora'''}}]]
| {{convert|17.4|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=br()}}
| 24
| 2 January 2011
|- style="text-align:center;"
| {{rint|Porto|G|size=25}}
| style="background:#e42c79"|[[Porto Metro Line G|{{white|'''''Casa da Música – São Bento'''''}}]]
| ''{{convert|2.7|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=br()}}''
| ''4''
| ''To open in late 2025 or early<br/>2026''<ref name=":26" />
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Bombardier Flexity Outlook]] ([[Socimi Eurotram|Eurotram]])''
|- style="text-align:center;"
| {{rint|Porto|H|size=25}}
| style="background:#861a22"|[[Porto Metro Line H|{{white|'''''Casa da Música – Santo Ovídio'''''}}]]
| ''{{convert|6.3|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=br()}}''
| ''8''
| ''To open during 2026''
|-
!colspan=6|Metrobus [[File:Metrobus Porto.png|23px]]
|-
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[File:MetroBuslinha1.png|23px]]
| style="background:#02b5b7"|[[Porto MetroBus Line 1|{{white|'''''Casa da Música – Império'''''}}]]
| ''{{convert|3.7|km|mi|abbr=on|disp=br()}}''
| ''7''
| ''To open during 2025''
| [[Fuel cell bus|''Hydrogen cell bus'']]
|}
[[File:Metro do Porto.svg|center|800px]]
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=== Line A – Senhor de Matosinhos – Estádio do Dragão===
{{Porto Metro A|collapse=y}}
[[File:Métros de Porto (Portugal) (5760545159).jpg|thumb|right|Grassy median of Line A]]

'''Line A''' or the '''Blue Line''' is the earliest of the five Porto Metro lines and the second busiest line as of 2023, transporting 12 million passengers.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":7" /> It runs between [[Senhor de Matosinhos station (Porto Metro)|Senhor de Matosinhos]] and [[Estádio do Dragão station (Porto Metro)|Estádio do Dragão]] stations, with 21 intermediate stations. Services run every 12 to 15 minutes with an end to end travel time of approximately 40 minutes.<ref name=:1/><ref name="schwandl">{{Cite web |last=Schwandl |first=Robert |url=http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/pt/porto/porto.htm |title=UrbanRail.Net &gt; Europe &gt; Porto &gt; Porto Metro |access-date=4 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204131357/https://www.urbanrail.net/eu/pt/porto/porto.htm |archive-date=4 December 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=pmtt-a>{{Cite web  |title=Timetable |pages=2–7 |url=https://www.metrodoporto.pt/metrodoporto/uploads/document/file/722/horarios_09_set__24_online_.pdf |publisher=Metro do Porto, SA |access-date=21 December 2024 |archive-date=9 December 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209173433/https://www.metrodoporto.pt/metrodoporto/uploads/document/file/722/horarios_09_set__24_online_.pdf}}</ref>

Between [[Trindade station (Porto Metro)|Trindade]] and [[Senhora da Hora station (Porto Metro)|Senhora da Hora]] stations, the line uses the inner part of the route of the [[Linha do Porto à Póvoa e Famalicão|old Porto to Póvoa de Varzim railway line]]. Between Trindade and Estádio do Dragão stations it uses a new tunneled alignment, whilst between Senhora da Hora and Senhor de Matosinhos stations it mostly uses a new surface alignment, albeit with short sections coinciding with the route of the [[Ramal de Matosinhos|Matosinhos branch railway]]. [[Socimi Eurotram|Flexity Outlook Eurotrams]] number 001–072 service the line.{{cite needed|date=January 2025}}{{Clear}}

=== Line B/Bx – Póvoa de Varzim – Estádio do Dragão===
{{Porto Metro B|collapse=y}}
[[File:MP-108@linhaBx.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bombardier Flexity Swift]] on Line B]]
'''Line B''' or the '''Red Line''' runs between [[Póvoa de Varzim station (Porto Metro)|Póvoa de Varzim]] and [[Estádio do Dragão station (Porto Metro)|Estádio do Dragão]] stations, has 34 intermediate stations and is the longest line of the system. Because of its length, the line provides two types of services: B and Bx.<ref name="schwandl"/> The line reuses, for almost its entire length, the route of the [[Linha do Porto à Póvoa e Famalicão|old Porto to Póvoa de Varzim railway line]].<ref name=":1" /> 

The regular B service stops at all stations, whilst the express Bx service stops only at principal stations between Póvoa de Varzim and Senhora da Hora and at all station between Senhora da Hora and Estádio do Dragão. On weekdays during the day, each service provide two trams per hour in each directions. During weekends and in the evenings only the B service runs twice or thrice per hour in each directions. The regular service takes just over an hour between Póvoa de Varzim and Estádio do Dragão, while the express service saves approximate 10 minutes.<ref name="schwandl"/><ref name=pmtt-b>{{Cite web  |title=Timetable |pages=8–13 |url=https://www.metrodoporto.pt/metrodoporto/uploads/document/file/722/horarios_09_set__24_online_.pdf |publisher=Metro do Porto, SA |access-date=21 December 2024 |archive-date=9 December 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209173433/https://www.metrodoporto.pt/metrodoporto/uploads/document/file/722/horarios_09_set__24_online_.pdf}}</ref>

Although no extensions are planned, consideration was given to use the abandoned Famalicão branch of the old Póvoa Line, converted to a cycle path after closure, to reach Mourões and Barreiros, near [[Avenida 25 de Abril (Póvoa de Varzim)|Avenida 25 de Abril]].{{cn|date=January 2025}}
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=== Line C – ISMAI – Campanhã ===
{{Porto Metro C|collapse=y}}
[[File:Maia 4 (Portugal).jpg|thumb|right|Line C near the Fórum Maia station]]

'''Line C''' or the '''Green Line''' runs between [[ISMAI station (Porto Metro)|ISMAI]] and [[Campanhã station (Porto Metro)|Campanhã]] stations, with 22 intermediate stations. The line has a basic frequency of four trams per hour, but some trams on the line terminate at {{ill|Fórum da Maia station (Porto Metro)|pt|Estação Fórum da Maia|lt=Fórum da Maia}}. Travel time between ISMAI and Campanhã stations is just over 40 minutes.<ref name="schwandl"/><ref name=pmtt-c>{{Cite web  |title=Timetable |pages=14–19 |url=https://www.metrodoporto.pt/metrodoporto/uploads/document/file/722/horarios_09_set__24_online_.pdf |publisher=Metro do Porto, SA |access-date=21 December 2024 |archive-date=9 December 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209173433/https://www.metrodoporto.pt/metrodoporto/uploads/document/file/722/horarios_09_set__24_online_.pdf}}</ref>

The line reuses part of the route of the [[Linha de Guimarães|old Porto to Guimarães railway line]], albeit with a significant section of new alignment through the [[Cidade da Maia|city of Maia]].<ref name=:1/> Line C was originally projected to service the city of Trofa, previously served by this railway line. While, this project was never pursued, the Porto Metro provides a bus link between the ISMAI and Trofa.<ref name=":6" /><ref name="schwandl" /><ref name="DN">{{cite web |url=https://www.dn.pt/lusa/interior/autarquia-aguarda-marcacao-de-julgamento-sobre-extensao-do-metro-a-trofa--10288371.html |title=Autarquia aguarda marcação de julgamento sobre extensão do metro à Trofa |language=pt |trans-title=Local authority awaits ruling on metro extension to Trofa |date=6 December 2018 |work=Diário de Notícias |access-date=27 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dre.pt/application/file/a/324412 |title=Decreto-Lei n.º 394-A/98 |language=pt |trans-title=Decree-Law No. 394-A/98 |date=15 December 1998 |work=Diário da República — I série-A |access-date=27 March 2019}}</ref>{{Clear}}

=== Line D – Vila d'Este – Hospital São João ===
{{Porto Metro D|collapse=y}}
[[File:Porto Vila Nova de Gaia Ponte Dom Luís I metro MP005 lijn D Santo Ovidio (52068287055).jpg|thumb|right|Eurotram on the Dom Luis I bridge]]
'''Line D''' or the '''Yellow Line''' runs between [[Vila d'Este station (Porto Metro)|Vila d'Este]] and [[Hospital São João station (Porto Metro)|Hospital São João]] stations, with 17 intermediate stations and a very visible crossing of the [[River Douro]] on the upper level of the iconic [[Dom Luís I Bridge|Dom Luís I bridge]].<ref name="schwandl"/> As of 2023, it was the busiest line of the Porto Metro, transporting a total of 30 million passengers across 106,500 train trips throughout the year.<ref name=":7" />

Line D runs on an entirely new alignment, partly on the surface and partly underground, separate from all the other lines of the Porto Metro. It connects with lines A, B, C, E and F at [[Trindade station (Porto Metro)|Trindade station]]. Between Hospital São João and [[Santo Ovídio station (Porto Metro)|Santo Ovídio]] stations the service runs every 5 to 6 minutes during workdays, or every 10 minutes on weekends and evenings. Half of the trams have a southern terminus at Santo Ovídio, thus frequency is halves in the rest of the line until Vila d'Este. The travel time for the whole line is just over 30 minutes.<ref name="schwandl"/><ref name=pmfr>{{Cite web |title=Frequencies |url=https://www.metrodoporto.pt/metrodoporto/uploads/document/file/723/frequencias_setembro_24.pdf |publisher=Metro do Porto, SA |access-date=26 December 2024 |archive-date=26 December 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241226180425/https://www.metrodoporto.pt/metrodoporto/uploads/document/file/723/frequencias_setembro_24.pdf}}</ref>{{Clear}}

=== Line E – Aeroporto – Trindade (– Estádio do Dragão) ===
{{Porto Metro E|collapse=y}}
[[File:Porto Aeroporte Metro MP071 lijn E Trindade (52066754577).jpg|thumb|right|Tram at the Aeroporto station]]
'''Line E''' or the '''Violet Line''' runs between [[Aeroporto station (Porto Metro)|Aeroporto]] and [[Trindade station (Porto Metro)|Trindade]] stations, with 13 intermediate stations. Trams run as far as Trindade every 15 minutes, with a journey time of around 30 minutes. Depending on day and time, between one and three trams an hour continue beyond Trindade to [[Estádio do Dragão station (Porto Metro)|Estádio do Dragão]], serving a further four intermediate stations and taking about 10 more minutes.<ref name="schwandl"/><ref name=pmtt-e>{{Cite web |title=Timetable |pages=20–25 |url=https://www.metrodoporto.pt/metrodoporto/uploads/document/file/722/horarios_09_set__24_online_.pdf |publisher=Metro do Porto, SA |access-date=9 December 2024 |archive-date=9 December 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209173433/https://www.metrodoporto.pt/metrodoporto/uploads/document/file/722/horarios_09_set__24_online_.pdf}}</ref>

Line E was specifically built to serve [[Porto Airport]], and Aeroporto station is directly accessible from the terminal building. The station is at the end of a short branch off line B of the Metro, which it joins at {{ill|Verdes station (Porto Metro)|pt|Estação Verdes|lt=Verdes station}}, sharing tracks variously with lines A, B, C and F for the rest of its route.<ref name=:1/><ref name="schwandl"/>
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=== Line F – Fânzeres – Senhora da Hora (– Senhor de Matosinhos) ===
{{Porto Metro F|collapse=y}}
[[File:Venda Nova 20121001.jpg|thumb|right|Venda Nova station]]
'''Line F''' or the '''Orange Line''' runs between [[Fânzeres]] and [[Senhora da Hora]] stations, stopping at 22 additional stations and taking approximately 40 minutes. Trams depart as frequently as every 12 minutes during weekdays, and as little as every 30 minutes during the evenings.<ref name="pmfr" /><ref name="pmtt-f">{{Cite web |title=Timetable |url=https://www.metrodoporto.pt/metrodoporto/uploads/document/file/722/horarios_09_set__24_online_.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209173433/https://www.metrodoporto.pt/metrodoporto/uploads/document/file/722/horarios_09_set__24_online_.pdf |archive-date=9 December 2024 |access-date=9 February 2025 |publisher=Metro do Porto, SA |pages=26–31}}</ref>  

It is expected that the line will be extended from Senhora da Hora to Senhor de Matosinhos, which is the current teminus of Line A. This extension is shown on new official network maps of the Porto Metro, but as of February 2025 it has not been incorporated into the official timetable.<ref name=pmtt-f/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metrodoporto.pt/metrodoporto/uploads/document/file/471/mapa_de_rede.pdf |title=Network Map |publisher=Metro do Porto, SA |access-date=9 February 2025}}</ref>

Besides the shared segment between Senhora da Hora and Estádio do Dragão, Line F runs mainly above ground. It is the only service operating in the [[Gondomar, Portugal|municipality of Gondomar]], and it transported 9 million people in 2024.<ref name=":7" />
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==Future expansion==
{{Porto MetroBus 1|collapse=y}}
{{Porto Metro G|collapse=y}}
{{Porto Metro H|collapse=y}}

*Metrobus line 1: A [[Bus rapid transit]] line is expected to open for service, during 2025, between [[Casa da Música station|Casa da Música]] and Império Square, run by [[Fuel cell bus|hydrogen cell buses]], that will be managed by Porto Metro.<ref>{{cite web |last=Nunes |first=Diogo Ferreira |date=11 March 2023 |title=MetroBus da Boavista: Como vai funcionar o metro sem carris do Porto? |trans-title=Boavista MetroBus: How will Porto's trackless metro work? |url=https://eco.sapo.pt/2023/03/11/metrobus-da-boavista-como-vai-funcionar-o-metro-sem-carris-do-porto/ |access-date=15 January 2025 |publisher=ECO |language=pt-pt}}</ref>

*Line G (Pink line): A new 2.7km, 4 station fully underground line which connects [[Casa da Música station|Casa da Música]] to São Bento through Cordoaria.<ref>{{cite web |date=2017-02-07 |title=Mais 6 quilómetros. 7 novas estações. Metro do Porto vai crescer |trans-title=Another 6 kilometers. 7 new stations. Porto Metro will grow |url=https://www.dn.pt/portugal/interior/mais-7-estacoes-mais-6-quilometros-metro-do-porto-vai-crescer-5653291.html |access-date=2017-02-12 |publisher=[[Diário de Notícias]] |language=pt-pt}}</ref> The construction started in 2020 and Porto Metro expects it to be concluded in late 2025 or early 2026.<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Vidal |first=Daniel |date=7 February 2017 |title=A nova linha do Metro do Porto vai ligar a Casa da Música a S. Bento |trans-title=The new Porto Metro line will connect Casa da Música to S. Bento |url=http://nit.pt/out-of-town/back-in-town/nova-linha-metro-porto-vai-ligar-casa-musica-s-bento |access-date=12 February 2017 |publisher=NIT |language=pt-pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Nova Linha Rosa pronta a arrancar |trans-title=New Pink Line ready to take off |url=https://www.metrodoporto.pt/frontoffice/pages/630?news_id=370 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130225218/https://www.metrodoporto.pt/frontoffice/pages/630?news_id=370 |archive-date=30 November 2024 |access-date=2025-02-11 |language=pt-PT |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":26">{{cite web |date=2025-04-12 |title=Obras da Linha Rosa não terminam em Julho e podem prolongar-se até ao final do ano |url=https://www.publico.pt/2025/04/12/local/noticia/obras-linha-rosa-nao-terminam-julho-podem-prolongarse-ate-final-ano-2129507 |access-date=2025-06-21 |publisher=Público |language=pt-pt}}</ref>

*Line H (Ruby line): A new 6.74km, 8 station line that will connect Casa da Música station in Porto with Santo Ovídio station in Vila Nova de Gaia. Construction started in May 2024 with the line planned to enter service, partially, during 2026.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-04-27 |title=Desenho da linha Casa da Música/Santo Ovídio já está a concurso |trans-title=Tender for designing the line Música/Santo Ovídio is already open |url=https://www.metrodoporto.pt/pages/630?news_id=385&fbclid=IwAR1YYb8h8LOLgRMsD7MFSmSDzTL4el6LGU8ngZ3Y8TJBZlxtRCYjNguz8JA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204230101/https://www.metrodoporto.pt/pages/630?news_id=385&fbclid=IwAR1YYb8h8LOLgRMsD7MFSmSDzTL4el6LGU8ngZ3Y8TJBZlxtRCYjNguz8JA |archive-date=4 December 2023 |access-date=2025-02-11 |work=Metro do Porto |language=pt-PT |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-03-16 |title=A bridge to the future (soon) |url=https://en.metrodoporto.pt/pages/420?news_id=380 |access-date=2025-02-11 |work=Metro do Porto}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2025-04-18 |title=Linha Rubi deverá começar a funcionar ainda em 2026, mas de forma parcial |url=https://www.jpn.up.pt/2025/04/18/linha-rubi-devera-comecar-a-funcionar-ainda-em-2026-mas-de-forma-parcial/ |access-date=2025-06-21 |publisher= JornalismoPortoNet |language=pt-pt}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Trains|Portugal}}
* [[Trams in Porto]]
* [[Sociedade de Transportes Colectivos do Porto|Sociedade de Transportes Colectivos do Porto (STCP)]]
* [[Lisbon Metro]]
* [[List of tram and light rail transit systems]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Metro do Porto}}
* [http://www.metrodoporto.pt/ Porto Metro Official Homepage]
* [http://www.linhandante.com/ Official website for the ticketing system]
* [https://www.metrodoporto.pt/metrodoporto/uploads/document/file/471/mapa_de_rede.pdf Map of the Porto Metro network (.pdf file)]
* [http://metroporto.blogspot.com/ Metro do Porto news archive]
* [http://mic-ro.com/metro/phototour.html?city=Oporto Photos of Metro do Porto's station architecture]
* [https://flickr.com/groups/metroporto/ Flickr's Metro do Porto group]
*[http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090624080606/http%3A//www.metrodoporto.pt/document/827457/888020.pdf Expansion - 2nd and 3rd phases (Portuguese)]
* {{Urban Electric Transit | id = 392 | title = Porto | tram = yes}}

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