It served as the city terminus for a network of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge railways that served the area to the north of the city, including lines stretching as far as Matosinhos, Póvoa de Varzim, Vila Nova de Famalicão and Guimarães.

However the work encountered difficulties both in expropriation of the land needed and in the construction of the Trindade Tunnel [pt] on the approach to the new station.

However the additional costs, and the delays caused by the government intervention, forced a rethink, and the station was moved further north, to a site adjoining Rua Alferes Malheiro.

On 28 April 2001, Trindade station and the line as far as Senhora da Hora was closed, so that construction work could begin on the Porto Metro.

The metro line between Trindade, Senhora da Hora and Senhor de Matosinhos was inaugurated on 7 December 2002.