Leixões

The Port of Leixões (Portuguese: Porto de Leixões, pronounced [lɐjˈʃõjʃ]) is one of Portugal's major seaports, located 4 km north of the mouth of the Douro River, in Matosinhos municipality, near the city of Porto. Leixões Sport Club, commonly known simply as Leixões, is Matosinhos' sports club.

The Port of Leixões is the largest port infrastructure in the Northern Region of Portugal and one of the most important in the Country.

History

The Port of Leixões was built at the end of the 19th century and successively extended and improved to the present day.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Leixões". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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Portugal Ports of Portugal
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Railway lines+ in Portugal
including trolleybuses, cable cars and elevators
IP
Iberian-gauge
railwaysᴮ#
Wyes
  • Agualva
  • Águas de Moura
  • Bombel
  • Ermidas
  • Funcheira
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  • Norte Setil
  • Poceirão
  • São Gemil
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  • Tunes†
  • Verride
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IP
metre-gauge
railways¹#
Linha do Douro
branch lines
Porto-Minho network
  • Alto Minho‡†
  • Braga-Chaves‡†
  • Braga-Guimarães‡†
  • Guimarães
  • Lima‡†°
  • Matosinhos
  • Póvoa e Famalicão
  • São Pedro da Cova‡†
  • Litoral do Minho‡†
  • Lanhoso‡†
  • Transversal do Minho‡†
  • Famalicão‡†
  • Cávado‡†
Vouga/Viseu network
Other
  • Chamusca‡†
  • Penafiel
  • Avis‡†
  • Cacilhas‡†
  • Pedreiras de Caxias†
Other
heavy-rail
lines#
High-speed linesⁱ
  • Aveiro-Salamancaⁱ‡†
  • Évora-Faro-Huelvaⁱ‡†
  • Lisboa-Madridⁱ‡†
  • Lisboa-Portoⁱ‡†
  • Porto-Vigoⁱ‡†
Isolated
port railways
  • Horta²†°
  • Lena¹⁶†°
  • Monges⁶†°
  • Pego do Altar⁶†°
  • Pejão⁶†°
  • Ponta Delgada²†°
  • Pomarão¹†°
  • Funchal¹†°
  • Aljustrel (mines)³†°
  • Alfeite
  • São Pedro da Cova mine†
  • Leixões (port)†
  • Panasqueira†
  • Lousal
Tourist, urban,
industrial and
military lines
Metros
Lisbon Metro
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Porto Metro
Trams
Trolleybuses
  • Amadora‡
  • Braga†
  • Coimbra
  • Porto†
Beach railways
  • Caparica⁶
  • Barril⁶
Other mechanical
non-electric systems
  • Larmanjat⁴⁺†
  • Braga⁹↑
  • Póvoa de Varzim
  • Mira†
  • Torres Novas†
  • Pinhal de Leiria†
  • Escola de Engenharia in Tancos†
  • Ponta Delgada a Furnas e RibeirA Grande‡†
  • Palácio de Cristal†
Horsecars
Funiculars
Cable cars and
rack railways
(including aerial lifts
and people movers)
Surface
Gondola lifts
  • Achadas da Cruz
  • Aroeira‡†
  • Botânico
  • Cabo Girão
  • Cântaro
  • Covão
  • Expo
  • Fajã dos Padres
  • Funchal-Monte
  • Gaia
  • Garajau
  • Lagoa
  • Penha
  • Rocha do Navio
  • Sete Fontes‡
  • Skiparque
  • Torre
  • Viriato
  • Zoo
Elevators
Symbols
Track gauges

+ names abbreviated whenever possible
° heavy rail
# not managed by IP (and/or its predecessors)
† closed (completely)
‡ planned
†† reopened
†‡ reopening planned
‡† cancelled project
‡‡ planned using former project
↑  replaced using former trackbed
² 7 ft 14 in (2,140 mm) Brunel gauge
1,668 mm (5 ft 5+2132 in) Iberian gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) Standard gauge
¹ 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) Metre gauge
³ 3 ft (914 mm) 3-foot gauge
900 mm (2 ft 11+716 in) 900 mm gauge
600 mm (1 ft 11+58 in) 2-foot/600 mm gauge
⁴⁺ Larmanjat monorail

Source for IP's network: www.refer.pt/Documentos/Directorio_da_Rede_2010.pdf, page. 54

See also: Rolling stock of Portugal

41°10′59″N 8°42′00″W / 41.183°N 8.700°W / 41.183; -8.700

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