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Entrecampos Station (Portuguese: Estação Ferroviária de Entrecampos) is a railway station located in the city of Lisbon, on the Cintura Line.It is served by Comboios de Portugal's Sintra, Azambuja and Western Lines, along with long-distance services to the Southern Line, as well as the private operator Fertagus.
The Sud Express (also called Surexpreso [3] Spanish: [suɾeɣsˈpɾeso] and Sud Expresso [4] Portuguese: [suðɨʃˈpɾesu]) was an overnight passenger train connecting Paris with Lisbon and Madrid, and which originally was operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits and ran north of Paris to Calais.
The Sud-Express (Lisbon-Hendaye) and Lusitânia (Lisbon-Madrid) ran to both Spain and France under Renfe's Trenhotel (Hotel Train) brand until it was discontinued in 2020 [17] Alfa Pendular (AP) is the fastest service, whose speeds can reach 220 km/h.
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 CP Urban Services network is the commuter train network of Metropolitan Lisbon and Metropolitan Porto, Portugal. It is a Comboios de Portugal company [ citation needed ] . It connects the city centers with the suburbs.
The Lisbon Metro (Portuguese: Metro de Lisboa) is a rapid transit system in Lisbon, Portugal. Opened in December 1959, [ 4 ] it was the first rapid transit system in Portugal. As of 2023 [update] , the system's four lines total 44.5 kilometres (27.7 mi) of route and serve 56 stations.
The 25th April Bridge was subsequently adapted to include a rail deck and through services commenced from Lisbon to the Algarve, as well as the Fertagus commuter rail 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.
Campolide Station (Portuguese: Estação Ferroviária de Campolide) is a railway station located in the city of Lisbon. It is served by the Sintra and Azambuja Lines, as well as the private operator Fertagus. [1] [3] It is operated by Lisbon CP and managed by Infraestruturas de Portugal. [2]