Lisboa Oriente

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!

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.

This station was built for the expo 98 and is stunning with a beautiful canopy. But it's DEFINETLY not all sunshine and rainbows. The waiting room stank of urine, the bathrooms were some of the worst I've ever used in MY LIFE (Note: Always use the shopping mall bathrooms if possible). Oh and also the employees are very mean. It needs some soundproofing because it's very loud in rush hour.

Great train station, the design is beautiful and the train station was well marked. Only thing was the ground floor had the typical tiles you would find in Lisbon that was tough to drag our suitcase. Was able to find our train fine. Some escalators were down

Pretty nice train station and nicely without gantries. Perfect except for the totally non user centric decision to go with cobblestones for the platform floors ..

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.

Well designed bus and train station. Easy to navigate the station, well marked ticket counters, and plenty of food and beverage options. The station, including the bathrooms, was clean.

The architecture is interesting and without any consideration for functionality. Like it was built for a world exhibition :). Other than that, this main train and bus station is a complete dump. It smells of urine and feces almost everywhere, the toilets are too small for a large railway station and most of the time very dirty. Maybe it would be better if a fee had to be paid for using the toilets, but then people would be urinating everywhere, I guess. There seems to be no regular maintenance for this railway station (or anything in Portugal?). I have rarely seen this anywhere else.

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!

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.

This station was built for the expo 98 and is stunning with a beautiful canopy. But it's DEFINETLY not all sunshine and rainbows. The waiting room stank of urine, the bathrooms were some of the worst I've ever used in MY LIFE (Note: Always use the shopping mall bathrooms if possible). Oh and also the employees are very mean. It needs some soundproofing because it's very loud in rush hour.

Great train station, the design is beautiful and the train station was well marked. Only thing was the ground floor had the typical tiles you would find in Lisbon that was tough to drag our suitcase. Was able to find our train fine. Some escalators were down

Pretty nice train station and nicely without gantries. Perfect except for the totally non user centric decision to go with cobblestones for the platform floors ..

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.

Well designed bus and train station. Easy to navigate the station, well marked ticket counters, and plenty of food and beverage options. The station, including the bathrooms, was clean.

The architecture is interesting and without any consideration for functionality. Like it was built for a world exhibition :). Other than that, this main train and bus station is a complete dump. It smells of urine and feces almost everywhere, the toilets are too small for a large railway station and most of the time very dirty. Maybe it would be better if a fee had to be paid for using the toilets, but then people would be urinating everywhere, I guess. There seems to be no regular maintenance for this railway station (or anything in Portugal?). I have rarely seen this anywhere else.

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.