Stadium station (Macau Light Rapid Transit)

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Estádio

運動場
Platform 2 of Stadium station, December 2019
General information
LocationAvenida do Estádio
Freguesia de Nossa Senhora do Carmo
Macau
Coordinates22°09′16″N 113°33′07″E / 22.154319°N 113.551894°E / 22.154319; 113.551894
Operated byMTR (Macau)
Line(s)     Taipa line
Platforms2 side platforms
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Other information
Station codeST15
History
Opened10 December 2019 (2019-12-10)
Services
Preceding station Logo of Macau Light Rapid Transit Macau Light Rail Transit Following station
Jockey Club
towards Barra
Taipa line Pai Kok
Route map
(Up arrow Jockey Club)
(Down arrow Pai Kok)

Stadium station (Chinese: 運動場站; Portuguese: Estação do Estádio) is a station on Taipa line of the Macau Light Rapid Transit, near Olympic Sports Center complex.

History[edit]

In the original plan this station is named Macau Stadium station (Chinese: 澳門運動場站; Portuguese: Estação do Estádio de Macau) and located near Grandview Hotel, until the proposal was updated in 2009.[1] Building work of this and other three stations in Taipa began in 2012.[2] Although completed in 2016,[3] the opening of the station was delayed due to ongoing work at Taipa line train depot.

The station opened on 10 December 2019 along with the Taipa line.[4]

Station layout[edit]

Two side platforms are on the second floor, and ticket hall is located on the first floor.

Usage[edit]

The Avenida de Guimarães na Taipa pedestrian bridge connects the station and Taipa city centre. The station also serves as the connection to casino resort Galaxy Macau and Macau Olympic Sports Centre, including the Aquatic Centre and the stadium. However, the station was temporarily closed after South Korean band Seventeen held the concert at the stadium in January 2024, stirring criticism of abandoning crowd control duties.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "輕軌系統第一期2009興建方案". Government of Macau SAR. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
  2. ^ "輕軌氹仔中心段下周二動工". 正報. 2012-02-18. Archived from the original on 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  3. ^ "馬會站工程進度". Government of Macau SAR. 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  4. ^ "等待十八年 輕軌載客了". 正報. 2019-12-11. Archived from the original on 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  5. ^ "全民當了冤大頭白養巴士輕軌 遇粉絲軍即投降封站封路封嘴". 訊報. 2024-01-26.