Campanhã Terminal in Porto will separate entrances and exits

The Campanhã Intermodal Terminal (TIC), in Porto, will separate entry and exit flows, unlike what currently happens, and will have a support park for buses and light vehicles in São Roque, STCP Serviços announced this Wednesday.

According to a note published on its website, the infrastructure manager announced, alongside the measures implemented at the beginning of the month, two more phases of investment in the terminal that opened three years ago, transported more than 24.3 million passengers and generated increases in the use of other transport in 2024 (5% on CP, 13% on Porto Metro and 23% on urban buses).

Also in 2025, in the second phase of investments, the company plans to “improve conditions in the building”, including the construction of more toilets (from 13 to 31), the opening of the moving walkways in the pedestrian underpass (in August) and the “opening of a support park for the terminal”, in this case the São Roque park, “which will serve as support for buses and also for light vehicles”.

"In the case of buses, operators will have the option of having a driver's lounge for rest and meals, as well as a support area for cleaning and maintaining vehicles during their service hours," says STCP Serviços.

As for light vehicles, motorists “will have seats available at a more attractive price than those available in the terminal building” .

In the third phase of investments, the project is expected to be launched this year, this “ implies a more profound reformulation of the operation ”.

This includes “the restructuring of vehicle entrances and exits at the terminal”, in which “all entrances (light vehicles and buses) will now be made to the south and exits to the north” (for light vehicles through a new exit from the parking lot), and “the relocation of the bus access control area to the pier, so as not to impact traffic in the building's roundabout area”.

As part of the redesign of the boarding docks, there will be 18 “with different layouts”, but which will no longer require crossing the terminal, and “the pedestrian area and passenger waiting area” will be reinforced, increasing “from 968 m2 [square meters] to 1,612 m2”.

There will also be the “installation of an escalator for access from the pier to the pedestrian underpass” and reinforced signage inside the building.

On July 3, STCP Serviços announced that the terminal's interior roundabout would become exclusively for BUS and parking lot users, offering 10 free minutes for picking up and dropping off passengers.

The number of spaces designated for short stops, where private vehicles and TVDE can stop to pick up and drop off passengers, has also been increased, there are now more exclusive parking spaces for taxis (up to 10 minutes) and bollards have been installed to prevent illegal parking, and a parking area has been created at the entrance to the school grounds on Rua Pinheiro de Campanhã.

These changes correspond to an initial phase of the “functional adaptation” that the terminal will undergo and for which a project was commissioned last year from the building's architect, Nuno Brandão Costa, for 47.9 thousand euros.

"Regarding the redefinition of the boarding piers, the goal will be for operations to proceed as initially planned, on the main side, thus avoiding pedestrian crossings. The height of the platforms will also be revised to meet the best accessibility practices required for this type of equipment," according to the company.

The president of the Order of Architects (OA), Avelino Oliveira, admitted last year that the TIC “has a very large scale of problems” at a functional and operational level, despite being an award-winning building.

The TIC cost 13.2 million euros, of which 8.5 million were financed by the European funds program Norte 2020.