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The Lisbon Metro is a relatively small system (four lines
with 40 stations). In 2001, the tickets cost 90 Portuguese escudos
each in packs of 10 (even cheaper than Madrid at 40 cents each if my
math is right). The trains are "wide", left hand running. Some of the
trains have the rubber pass-thru joints between the cars. All of the
lines (confusingly identified by colors-- red, blue, green, yellow;
symbols, and line numbers) are all underground, except the
Green/Yellow line's current northern terminal at Campo Grande. The
elevated station is mostly to provide easier access to the yards which
are at this location. The underground stations are pretty much
uninteresting- all side platforms mostly with no walls between the
tracks; very plainly decorated, not brightly lit, and many long
passages to various entry stairways on the surface made them slightly
threatening at late hours. There is also a short surface running
stretch on the newest (Red) line but no above ground stations.
There is construction going on to extend ALL the lines at
least 15 additional stations. The red line is the newest built for the
1998 Expo. This line has some surface running north of Olaias station
and very beautiful stations; Olaias station is probably the most
beautiful metro station I've ever seen.
 The lines of the Lisbon
Metro. Click to enlarge. This map is
licensed under Creative
Commons Attribution 2.5
License. In short: you are free to distribute and modify the
file as long as you attribute its author(s) or licensor(s).
Source: WikiPedia.
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