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The railway reached Pinhão in 1879, but the section between Ferrão halt and Pinhão only entered into service on 1 June 1880. In 1881, construction began on the next section, to Tua railway station, which entered service on 1 September 1883. In 1901, the board of directors of Portuguese State Railways ordered a study to be carried out on the ...
The Douro line (Portuguese: Linha do Douro) is a 99-mile (160 km) railway line in northern Portugal that runs from Ermesinde to the eastern terminus at Pocinho. The line runs close to the Douro River for much of its route, offering scenic views of the river and valley.
This list provides an overview of the locomotives and railcars of the Portuguese railways, that is, the traction stock of earlier private railways, the state-owned Comboios de Portugal (CP) and its predecessor, the municipal Metropolitano Ligeiro de Mirandela and the two private transport companies Fertagus and Takargo Rail.
Abrantes; Adémia; Afife; Agualva-Cacém; Aguda; Aguim; Albergaria dos Doze; Albufeira-Ferreiras; Alcaçovas; Alcaide; Alcains; Alcântara-Mar; Alcântara-Terra; Alcaria
Vouga Line (Linha do Vouga) is the sole remaining narrow-gauge line still classified as part of the Portuguese National Rail Network. The Vouga Railway network originally had three sections, a main line, between Espinho and Sernada do Vouga, and two branch lines, one to Viseu and the other to Aveiro, starting at Sernada where the workshops are located.
It includes high speed trains and rapid transit networks in Lisbon and Porto. Portugal is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The UIC Country Code for Portugal is 94. There are rail links with Spain, which uses the same Iberian broad gauge. Some lines are in meter gauge.
The Série 0450 is a type of diesel multiple unit train used by the Portuguese Railways (CP). They were originally built in 1965-66 as the Série 0400 . Following extensive modernisation and refurbishment in 1999 they were redesignated Série 0450; 19 units are in service.
In 1999 the Alfa Pendular high speed electric tilting train service was introduced on the Braga-Oporto-Lisbon-Faro line, with through trains south of Lisbon starting in 2003. The early years of the 21st century saw the contraction of the network, notably the closure of most of the narrow gauge railways in Portugal (such as the highly scenic Tua ...