The station is on line A of the Metro, which provides a direct connection to the centre of the city of Porto.

While much of the first stage of the Porto Metro was built using the trackbed of the network of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge railways that served the area to the north of Porto, including a line to Matosinhos, the Matosinhos Sul station is on a new alignment created for the Metro.

The new station was on the first section of the Porto Metro to open and was inaugurated on 7 December 2002, with commercial services starting on 1 January 2003.

The next station to the north is Brito Capelo [pt].

To the east, the next station is Câmara de Matosinhos.