Linha de Cintura, originally called ''Linha de Circumvalação de Lisboa'', is a railway line in
Lisbon, Portugal. The half circle route was opened in 1888
[REIS ''et al'', 2006:12] and connects all radial lines with stations in Lisbon:
Cascais,
Sul,
Sintra
Sintra (, ) is a town and municipality in the Greater Lisbon region of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 377,835, in an area of . Sintra is one of the most urbanized and densely populat ...
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Oeste, and
Norte. There are two
railway triangles, one in Sete Rios, and another in Xabregas. It crosses all four
Lisbon Metro
The Lisbon Metro ( pt, Metropolitano de Lisboa) is the rapid transit system in Lisbon, Portugal. Opened in December 1959, it was the first metro system in Portugal.
, the system's four lines total of route and serve 56 stations.
History
In ...
lines, and connects to three of those at four stations.
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List of railway lines in Portugal
This is a list of railway lines in Portugal.
List
Sources
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{{Railway lines in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the ...
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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 Li ...
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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 ...
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Iberian gauge railways
Railway lines opened in 1888
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