Lisboa Oriente

This train station is a work of art. Even if you do not want to go anywhere by train, you must visit this place. It truly is amazing from an engineers perspective and you'll be in awe at the details and scale of it.

This was a superb station for arrival and departure, set in a grand structure that attracts with its unconventional design. The ticket office has staff readily available who speak English and platforms are large, where we travelled on a double-decker train notably!

Awful experience. No elevators working, saw person with wheelchair struggling to get to platform. Long queues. 4 hour wait for the next train. Dirty environment. Beggars and overall lack of facilities. Wouldn’t choose this way to travel again.

The architecture of the station is intriguing at first glance, with steel pillars supporting a glass roof. However it hasn't aged well, with rust stains on the pillars, and dirt on the roof. The open style combined with the presence of large buildings nearby turns it into a wind tunnel.

The station is getting old, but this is a great train station. Big and modern for both train and bus, a real central hub, well designed, and easy to navigate...if you have time to kill before catching that train, just cross the street and check out the excellent mall right in front of the station! I love the architecture. Buying tickets was easy. Ticket. Finding the train was easy. Lots of nice places to get a bite to eat while waiting. Nice waiting rooms if it’s a bit chilly. Also convenient to many good hotels, and the skyway.

Beautiful architecture, the station has a massive bus hub, plenty of different train lines and even a subway line. There's a lot of restaurants and shops.

Dirty station, hard to find any staff, limited signage, limited seats on platforms needs a refurbishment

We stopped here during the power outage and we were treated with a very kind staff even though we just had a drink and we're charging a pair of dead phones for a bit. It was just refreshing that a high end spot was cognizant of people in need of a little help.

Love that there is a mall next door and several food trucks and kiosks available to make purchases as you wait for trains. This is a very old station and comes with that some challenges, such as escalators and elevators that do not work, poor signage, kiosks out of order, very grimy restrooms, and uneven stone flooring that makes rolling bags or heels challenging (and loud :-)). The signage and placement of the only available help desk at one far end was a bit challenging. We did love the roof architecture on the top level as you wait for your train to arrive.

Spent some time here for a transfer to Porto. Good for a walk, given the multiple levels, while you wait. There is a waiting room and the restrooms needed some attention. Plenty of ATMs throughout. Some Cafes/sandwich spots and they had a row of mini Food trucks of which only 2 were open. There were some stores on the second and bottom level but if you need to do some serious shopping go to the Vasco da Gama center across the street. Overall, despite the cool design, has seen better days and could use a refresh/restoration.

For the most part, this is a nice train station... great architecture, a mall nearby, good food options, street art, and nice people.

The Oriente station in Lisbon is a one-stop destination for trains, metro, busses, and rental cars. Very busy station as it is a main hub in Lisbon. Estação do Oriente was designed by Spanish architect, Santiago Calatrava. He did the new $2BN design for the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, including the Oculus, although he has renowned designs around the world. The bus depot is behind the train station, as are the offices for the rental cars. We weren't sure where to physically leave the rental car, and after going around the entire station once, I finally told my husband to live park in front of the rental offices, near the taxi queue, and it turned out the agent just came out and took the car from us right there. So don't waste time like we did, drive up, leave someone in the car live parked, and go get your agent. Across the street is the large shopping mall, Centro Vasco da Gama. It is very popular with Lisbonites, but welcome to tourists. Typical big city center mall. I was advised by our rental car office that if you need to use the bathroom, do not use the dirty ones at Estação do Oriente, and instead, head to the mall to use theirs. Good advice! Estação do Oriente is in the Parque de las Naciones district, which is somewhat modernized, and filled with high-rise offices and apartments, not the charming look of the Baixa-Chiado and Barrio Alto districts, where all the cultural and tourist activites are. The two main attractions are really just the train station and the mall, but there is also an aquarium and a casino if you are into such things (which you can get anywhere). The metro is under the trains, as with many cities. Signs for the metro are pretty clear. There are stores and eateries in the station, for your convenience. Nothing amazing to note, again, typical of a large train hub. For a busy train/metro station, walkways and platforms seemed decently clean. Lighting is a bit dark, but at least not the annoying brightness of assaulting fluorescence. There are ticket offices as well as many automated machines for train and metro tickets. There are lines at rush hour, but they move fast, and the Portuguese public are very friendly (all speak English), and very willing to help if you have any trouble or questions.

My husband loves train stations & when getting ideas of where to visit I came across a picture of this place and knew we had to see it in person. I can understand those that comment on the possibly not well thought out planning of having a totally open platform; could make it quite frustrating in rain/cold weather. But for someone like me that was there just to take it in, it was beautiful. While I wish the sun have been out while we were there, it was still quite a site to see. I wouldn't necessarily recommend making a special trip up there, but if you're coming in on the train, it's a beautiful station to see.

+ I love Calatrava's designs. + I love trains. + Waiting lounge. + Connected to the Metro. - No Wi-Fi. - Needs a deep cleaning. Every surface is covered in dirt. The platforms are filthy.

Loved this station. Very cool architecture and plenty of dining and shopping options. I shopped at Continente, which is like the Portuguese Walmart, and I ate in the cafe next to Subway: staff were very nice; caldo verde for 1.60 Euro. There's also a huge bookstore here.