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Ramal Da Figueira Da Foz
Ramal da Figueira da Foz, also known as Ramal de Pampilhosa, and originally as Linha da Beira Alta, together with the section from Pampilhosa railway station, Pampilhosa to Vilar Formoso railway station, Vilar Formoso, is a closed railway line in Portugal. It connected the stations of Figueira da Foz railway station, Figueira da Foz (which is also the terminus of the Linha do Oeste) to the station of Pampilhosa railway station, Pampilhosa, at the junction of Linha do Norte and Linha da Beira Alta, with a total length 50.4 km. It was opened on 3 August 1882, and closed on 5 January 2009, for safety reasons. See also * List of railway lines in Portugal * List of Portuguese locomotives and railcars * History of rail transport in Portugal References Sources * Railway lines in Portugal Iberian gauge railways Railway lines opened in 1882 Railway lines closed in 1909 {{Europe-rail-transport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramal Da Figueira Da Foz
Ramal da Figueira da Foz, also known as Ramal de Pampilhosa, and originally as Linha da Beira Alta, together with the section from Pampilhosa railway station, Pampilhosa to Vilar Formoso railway station, Vilar Formoso, is a closed railway line in Portugal. It connected the stations of Figueira da Foz railway station, Figueira da Foz (which is also the terminus of the Linha do Oeste) to the station of Pampilhosa railway station, Pampilhosa, at the junction of Linha do Norte and Linha da Beira Alta, with a total length 50.4 km. It was opened on 3 August 1882, and closed on 5 January 2009, for safety reasons. See also * List of railway lines in Portugal * List of Portuguese locomotives and railcars * History of rail transport in Portugal References Sources * Railway lines in Portugal Iberian gauge railways Railway lines opened in 1882 Railway lines closed in 1909 {{Europe-rail-transport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linha Da Beira Alta
Linha da Beira Alta is an international railway line which connects Pampilhosa on the Linha do Norte, close to Coimbra, to the border with Spain, at Vilar Formoso. The electrified, mostly single-track, iberian gauge (1,668 m) line runs parallel to the Mondego River. It is the main railway access from Portugal to the rest of Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ....Martins et al, 1996:198-199 It was constructed by Companhia dos Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses da Beira Alta to open a new international link, closer to Coimbra, and to connect the line to the Port of Figueira da Foz. It was opened on 3 August 1882. During the modernisation and electrification in the 1980s and 90s the signalling and tracks were replaced.Martins et al, 1996:198-199 As of June 2023, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iberian Gauge Railways
Iberian gauge ( es, ancho ibérico, trocha ibérica, pt, bitola ibérica) is a track gauge of , most extensively used by the railways of Spain and Portugal. This is the second-widest gauge in regular use anywhere in the world. The Indian gauge, , is wider. As finally established in 1955, the Iberian gauge is a compromise between the similar, but slightly different, gauges adopted as respective national standards in Spain and Portugal in the mid-19th century. The main railway networks of Spain were initially constructed to a gauge of six Castilian feet. Those of Portugal were instead built to a and later railways to a gauge of five Portuguese feet – close enough to allow interoperability with Spanish railways. Standard gauge Since the beginning of the 1990s new high-speed passenger lines in Spain have been built to the international standard gauge of , to allow these lines to link to the European high-speed network. Although the 22 km from Tardienta to Huesca (part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Lines In Portugal
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on sleepers (ties) set in ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as "slab track", in which the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface. Rolling stock in a rail transport system generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, so passenger and freight cars (carriages and wagons) can be coupled into longer trains. The operation is carried out by a railway company, providing transport between train stations or freight customer facilit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Rail Transport In Portugal
The history of rail transport in Portugal dates from 28 October 1856, when Portugal's first railway line was opened between Lisbon and Carregado: the ''Companhia dos Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses''. The network was gradually expanded both south of the Tagus and to the north of the country, as well as in the metropolitan areas of Lisbon and Oporto and to Spain. In 1887 the Douro railway line was completed; also in 1887 the ''Sud Express'' from Lisbon to France operated for the first time. In 1892 a law was passed creating the Board of Directors of the ''CF Estado'' (State Railways), but most railways remain in private ownership albeit with greater state regulation and requirement for co-operation. In 1910 the Portuguese monarchy was replaced by a republican constitution; there were also notable strikes by railway workers in 1910, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1922 and 1923. In 1926 the railway between Cascais and Lisbon was electrified at 1500 volts DC and the line's new L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Portuguese Locomotives And Railcars
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 Fertagus is a commuter rail operator connecting Lisbon, Portugal's capital, to suburbs on the Setúbal Peninsula, located to the south across the Tagus River. Fertagus crosses the river over the Ponte 25 de Abril. Fertagus is owned by the Port ...'' and '' Takargo Rail''. Broad gauge steam locomotives Companhia Central e Peninsular dos Caminhos de Ferro em Portugal (CCeP) Originally 1440 mm gauge; taken over by the ''Companhia Real dos Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses'' in 1857; regauged to 1672 mm in 1860. South Eastern of Portugal Railway (SEPR) 1440 mm gauge Built by British investors; also known by its Portuguese name ''Companhia dos Cami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Railway Lines In Portugal
This is a list of railway lines in Portugal. List Sources * {{Railway lines in Portugal Portugal Lines Line most often refers to: * Line (geometry), object with zero thickness and curvature that stretches to infinity * Telephone line, a single-user circuit on a telephone communication system Line, lines, The Line, or LINE may also refer to: Arts ... * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linha Do Oeste
Linha do Oeste (Western Line) is a railway line serving the central western coast of Portugal belonging to Infraestruturas de Portugal network. The line was opened in 1887. Passenger services are operated by CP. The line is used also by freight trains from CP; the new private freight operator Takargo also plans services using this line. See also * List of railway lines in Portugal * List of Portuguese locomotives and railcars * History of rail transport in Portugal The history of rail transport in Portugal dates from 28 October 1856, when Portugal's first railway line was opened between Lisbon and Carregado: the ''Companhia dos Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses''. The network was gradually expanded both south ... References Sources * External linksSchedule {{Railway lines in Portugal O Railway lines opened in 1887 Iberian gauge railways ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linha Do Norte
Linha do Norte is the Portuguese main railway line that connects the two main Portuguese cities, Lisbon and Porto. Its length is . It goes through some other important cities like Vila Franca de Xira, Santarém, Entroncamento, Pombal, Coimbra, Aveiro, Espinho & Vila Nova de Gaia, amongst others. It constitutes the backbone of the Portuguese railway system of freight and passenger services, running approximately 720 trains (both freight and passenger) daily. As part of the plans for a high-speed rail network, there will be a parallel high-speed line (up to ) to relieve this main line, since it has reached a saturation threshold where it's impossible to add additional freight trains without jamming the fast passenger services ( InterCidades and Alfa Pendular). See also * CP Urban Services * List of railway lines in Portugal * List of Portuguese locomotives and railcars * History of rail transport in Portugal The history of rail transport in Portugal dates from 28 Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Figueira Da Foz Railway Station
Figueira may refer to: Places Brazil * Figueira, Paraná Cape Verde * Figueira Pavão, Fogo Island * Figueira (Maio), Maio Island * Figueira da Naus, Santiago Island Portugal * Figueira da Foz, a city and municipality in the district of Coimbra * Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, a municipality in the district of Guarda * Figueira (Faro), a village in the municipality of Faro * Figueira, a civil parish in the municipality of Lamego * Figueira, a civil parish in the municipality of Penafiel * Figueira (Proença a Nova), a village in the civil parish of Sobreira Formosa People * Daniel Figueira (born 1998), a Portuguese footballer * Edmar Figueira (born 1984), a Brazilian footballer * Gilberto Figueira, nicknamed Uaué, (born 1988), an Angolan handball player * Guilhem Figueira, Languedocian jongleur and troubadour of XIII century * José Figueira, (born 1982), an English-Spanish football manager * Manuel Figueira (born 1938), a Cape Verdean artist * Maria Luisa Figueira (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population. Portugal is the oldest continuously existing nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. It was inhabited by pre-Celtic and Celtic peoples who had contact with Phoenicians and Ancient Greek traders, it was ruled by the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
