Several companies provide rail transport in
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 th ...
.
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Comboios de Portugal
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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 Po ...
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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
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Porto Metro
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Metro Transportes do Sul
The Metro Transportes Sul do Tejo (MTS, ''South Tagus Rapid Transit System'') is a light rail system that provides the Almada and Seixal municipalities, Portugal with mass-transit services.
The MTS connects to Fertagus
Fertagus is a commu ...
(
light rail)
Portugal is a member of the
International Union of Railways
The International Union of Railways (UIC, french: Union internationale des chemins de fer) is an international rail transport industry body.
History
The railways of Europe originated as many separate concerns, and there were many border chang ...
(UIC). The
UIC Country Code for Portugal is 94. There are rail links with
Spain
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, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, ...
, which uses the same
Iberian broad gauge.
Network
Infraestruturas de Portugal is the rail network administrating company, taking over control from
REFER
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on 1 June 2015.
The length of Portugal's railway system is as follows:
CIA - The World Factbook -- Portugal
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* total:
* broad gauge
A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways.
Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union ( C ...
: gauge
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Measurement
* Gauge (instrument), any of a variety of measuring instruments
* Gauge (firearms)
* Wire gauge, a measure of the size of a wire
** American wire gauge, a common measure of nonferrous wire diameter, es ...
( electrified)
* metre gauge
Metre-gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre.
The metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by European colonial powers, such as the French, British and German Empires. In Europe, ...
: gauge (2006)
See also
* History of rail transport in Portugal
* List of Portuguese locomotives and railcars
*Narrow gauge railways in Portugal
Portugal formerly had several hundred kilometres of narrow-gauge railways, but by 2010 only two lines were still in operation – the Vouga line and the Metro de Mirandela. The lines were operated by Comboios de Portugal and maintained by RE ...
References
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