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Infraestruturas de Portugal is the rail network administrating company, taking over control from REFER on 1 June 2015. The length of Portugal's railway system is as follows: [3] Total: 2,786 km (1,731 mi) 1,668 mm (5 ft 5 + 21 ⁄ 32 in) Iberian gauge: 2,603 km (1,617 mi), of which 1,351 km or 839 mi are electrified
Cross-border railway lines in Portugal (4 P) A. Algarve line (25 P) B. Barca d'Alva-La Fuente de San Esteban railway line (3 P) D. Douro line (9 P) M.
An Alfa Pendular in Santa Apolónia Station, Lisbon.. Since the late 1990s Comboios de Portugal (CP) has run the Alfa Pendular service, connecting Portugal's mainland from the north border to the Algarve at a speed of up to 220 kilometres per hour (140 mph) (in specific sections), which reduced the travel time between Porto and Lisbon by approximately 30 minutes.
Abrantes; Adémia; Afife; Agualva-Cacém; Aguda; Aguim; Albergaria dos Doze; Albufeira-Ferreiras; Alcaçovas; Alcaide; Alcains; Alcântara-Mar; Alcântara-Terra; Alcaria
CP — Comboios de Portugal, EPE (European Portuguese: [kõˈbɔjuʒ ðɨ puɾtuˈɣal]; CP; English: Trains of Portugal) is a state-owned company which operates passenger trains in Portugal. Prior to June 2009, CP stood for Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses (English: Portuguese Railways ) although the company has been using its current designation ...
High-speed rail in Portugal was planned in the 1990s and formally announced in 2005, [3] which included the Lisbon–Madrid high-speed rail line, a Lisbon to Porto line and a line from Porto to Vigo, Spain. The plan was cancelled in 2009 due to the economic downturn.
Transport in Portugal is diversified. Portugal has a 68,732 km (42,708 mi) network of roads, of which almost 3,000 km (1,864 mi) are part of a 44 motorways system. Brisa is the largest highway management concessionaire. With 89,015 km 2, Continental Portugal has 4 international airports located near Lisbon, Porto, Faro and Beja.
Captrain Portugal S.A. (formerly Takargo Rail) is a Portuguese rail transport company. It is presently a subsidiary of the French state-owned railway company SNCF. It was founded as Takargo Rail during 2006 by the Portuguese conglomerate Mota-Engil. Within two years, the company had started running its own trains, being the first private train ...