The future Violet Line of the Lisbon Metro, a surface line that will serve the municipalities of Odivelas and Loures, will not enter the urban core of Infantado, after some residents showed, through an online petition, concern about the reduction in parking spaces and car circulation routes that the metro route would cause. The route that had been presented is, therefore, being shortened by around one kilometer and the number of stations planned will also be reduced from 19 to 17.
The change in the project means, in a nutshell, that the Violet Line – which would form a “U” in the municipality of Loures, connecting Hospital Beatriz Ângelo to Infantado, passing through the Odivelas metro station – goes on the Infantado side located on the doorstep of a densely populated area, known as Urbanização do Infantado. In this location, the last station will be Várzea de Loures, located close to the LoureShopping shopping center, at one end of the urbanization; This means that the metro will not enter the urban core itself, where it would follow Avenida das Descobertas and have two stations: Infantado and Quinta de São Roque, already on the northern outskirts of the urbanization."
(Source:Lisboaparapessoas.pt)
