Sustainable mobility serving large cities


Metro do Porto: Casa da Música – Santo Ovídio (Rubi Line)

Sustainable mobility is one of the main challenges faced by large cities. Public transport plays a crucial role in the daily life of metropolises, like Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia.

That is why the new Rubi Line will provide significant relief for road traffic and for the Yellow Line – the busiest of Metro do Porto -, connecting several landmarks in Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia such as, Casa da Música, universities, shopping centres, hospitals, services, the Northern Railway Line and the future connection to the High-Speed Rail.

Rubi Line is an investment planned for the third phase of Metro’s network expansion, creating a new 6.4 km link that will connect the municipalities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia.

Simultaneously, an underground car park with 500 spaces will be built at Rotunda Station. The connection between Casa da Música Station in Porto and Santo Ovídio Station in Vila Nova de Gaia will include a total of eight new stations: Casa da Música, Campo Alegre, Arrábida, Candal, Rotunda, Devesas, Soares dos Reis and Santo Ovídio.

Key numbers

Sector

Mobilidade

Location

Portugal

Year

2021-2026

Status

Ongoing

Client

Metro do Porto

Services

Engineering

Passenger

12 million pax/year

Car reduction

-14 228

GHG Emission Reduction

-11.866 tCO2e /year initial

Impact

Quadrante integrated a design consortium, responsible for the Preliminary Study, Detailed Design and Technical Assistance. QUADRANTE was responsible for the following disciplines: railway alignment, railway platform and track, railway drainage, road alignment, earthworks, paving, road drainage, structures of stations, tunnels, emergency and ventilation shafts, viaducts, overpasses and underpasses, geology and geotechnics, architecture, station acoustics, utilities, occupancy plan, traffic detour, waste management plan and health and safety plan.