Built in 1998, with a project by arch. Santiago Calatrava, Gare do Oriente, also known as GIL (Gare Intermodal de Lisboa), was a fundamental work for access to the Lisbon World Exhibition.
Praça do Oriente, 1.15.01
Lisboa
This interface that integrates long-distance and suburban rail transport, the Metro line and a bus terminal for public transport, is associated with one of the entrances of Expo'98. The architect defined it as' ... a station with a vocation human, very organic ... '. Inside, it was intended to be an open building, visible from all sides, to facilitate a more direct connection between passengers and the river, however the surrounding constructions have been hiding part of the building. formed by a structure of metallic elements similar to a forest.