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  2. Linha do Douro - Wikipedia

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    The line runs close to the Douro River for much of its route, offering scenic views of the river and valley. Passenger trains are operated by Comboios de Portugal (CP) and run between Porto São Bento and Pocinho, taking 3 hours and 20 minutes. Freight trains operated by Medway also run on the line.

  3. Sabor line - Wikipedia

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    The line ran from Pocinho station, which was a junction with the main 1,668 mm (5 ft 5 + 21 ⁄ 32 in) Iberian gauge Douro railway line through the Douro Valley to Porto. The northern terminus of the line was at Duas Igrejas, a tiny settlement several kilometres from the municipal capital of Miranda do Douro.

  4. Douro - Wikipedia

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    The Douro vinhateiro (vine-land) of the Douro Valley in Portugal, long devoted to vineyards, has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The wine was taken downriver in flat-bottom boats called rabelos , to be stored in barrels in cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia , just across the river from Porto .

  5. Comboios de Portugal - Wikipedia

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    Inter-Regional (IR) is a medium distance service which stops only at the main stations. Runs mainly on the routes Porto-Viana do Castelo-Valença (Minho Line), Porto-Régua-Pocinho (Douro Line), Lisbon-Caldas da Rainha-Leiria-Coimbra (West Line) and Lisbon-Tomar (North Line). Services are operated by the same trains as Regional service.

  6. Narrow-gauge railways in Portugal - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Pinhão railway station - Wikipedia

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    A law of 2 July 1867 authorised the government to build and operate a railway between the city of Porto and Pinhão. A decree of 14 June 1872 ordered studies to be carried out for the route of line, which was to initially follow the course of the Sousa River, passing through Penafiel before following the northern bank of the Douro.

  8. Peso da Régua - Wikipedia

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    A historic train in the railway station of Peso da Régua. Historians have suggested that Peso da Régua was inhabited during the Roman, Suebi and Visigothic periods. There are competing theories over where the toponym "Peso da Régua" could have originated: Vila Reggula, the name of a Roman country estate; récua, a word for livestock, which may have crossed the Douro at this location; or ...

  9. Tâmega line - Wikipedia

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    Livração station was a junction with the main Douro Valley railway line; it is still served by CP's 1,668 mm (5 ft 5 + 21 ⁄ 32 in) Iberian gauge trains to and from Oporto. [ 1 ] Construction of section