Gare do Oriente

Lisbon Orient Station (Gare do Oriente)
Oriente Intermodal Transport Station
Train station (Estação Ferroviária)
An exterior view of the Oriente station along with overhead bridge linking it to the Vasco da Gama mall.
Official name: Gare do Oriente/Gare Internacional de Lisboa/Estação Ferroviária do Oriente
Named for: Tapada da Ajuda
Country	Portugal
Region	Lisbon
Subregion	Greater Lisbon
District	Lisbon
Municipality	Lisbon
Location	Parque das Nações
- coordinates	38°46′4″N 9°5′57″W / 38.76778°N 9.09917°W / 38.76778; -9.09917Coordinates: 38°46′4″N 9°5′57″W / 38.76778°N 9.09917°W / 38.76778; -9.09917
Architects	Santiago Calatrava
Style	Modern architecture
Materials	Mixed masonry, Limestone, Wood, Wrought and cast iron
Origin	1994
- Completion	19 May 1998
Owner	Portuguese Republic
For public	Public
Management	Instituto Gestão do Patrimonio Arquitectónico e Arqueológico
Operator	Comboios de Portugal
Status	Unclassified
Location of the station within the municipality of Lisbon

Gare do Oriente
Intermodal station
A view of the Alfa Pendular on the main platform
Location	Gare do Oriente Avenida D. João II 1990-233 Lisboa Parque das Nações Portugal
Operated by	Comboios de Portugal
Line(s)	North Line Sintra Line Azambuja Line
Platforms	8
Train operators	Comboios de Portugal, Lisbon Metro
Connections	Lisbon Metro, Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Disabled access	Station without architectural barriers, Ramp/lift for train access, Support staff at the location, Disabled toilets
Other information
Website	https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/en/train-times/Stations/Lisboa-Oriente
Services
Preceding station   Lisbon Metro   Following station Cabo Ruivo toward São Sebastião Red Line Moscavide toward Aeroporto

Gare do Oriente (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡaɾ(ɨ) du oɾiˈẽt(ɨ)]), or alternately, the Lisbon Oriente Station is one of the main Portuguese intermodal transport hubs, and is situated in the civil parish of Parque das Nações, municipality of Lisbon.

In 1994, the station was proposed as part of the modernization of the Linha do Norte, a modification to the rail line to facilitate the future development of an Oriente station. Located along Avenida D. João II, over Avenida de Berlim and Rua Conselheiro Mariano de Carvalho, the station was planned to occupy the lands once occupied by Apeadeiro dos Olivais, which was demolished in the 1990s in order to make way for the new station.

Bids for building the project on lands to be used for the 1998 exposition were solicited internationally. The concept was originally designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava in 1995, and built by Necso.

The station was inaugurated on 19 May 1998, as part of the celebrations marking the opening of the Expo '98 world's fair. Oriente Station is one of the world's largest rail stations, with 75 million passengers per year, making it as busy as Grand Central Terminal in New York. At the time of its opening it was considered the largest intermodal station in Portugal., winning the Brunel Award on 7 October 1998, in the category of large new construction projects.

Oriente Station is situated in an urban area of reclaimed industrial and abandoned buildings fronting the northern margin of the Tagus River, situated 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the city centre.

Ambitious in its conception, the modernist station includes a Lisbon Metro station, a high-speed commuter and regional train hub, a local, national and international bus station, a shopping centre and a police station. The rail station was conceived with a multi-modal platform intersecting the cardinal axes for the various transport modes.