Sintra Line

Portuguese railway line
5 ft 5+2132 in) Iberian gaugeElectrification25 kV / 50 Hz Overhead line
Route map

Legend
00,000
R. Cacilhas
→ Barreiro (cancelled proj.)
× Tagus ⇡ 0ALM0  0LSB0 
00,000
Lisboa-Rossio
Restauradores
00,194
Rossio tunnel (south entrance)[1]
× Yellow
Rato (Lisbon Metro)
(canc. pj.)
⇄̸ Rato
Rossio tunnel
2613 m
× Marquês tunnel
emergency road access
× Carris: Amoreiras–Campolide
ventilation shaft
× Carris: Mq. Fronteira
00,000
L. Cintura/L. Sul Alcântara-T./Tunes
02,807
Rossio tunnel (north entrance)[1]
03,100
Campolide
EMEF Campolide
⇄ Campolide-A
00,000
L. Cintura Braço de Prata
× IP7 (Eixo N.–S.)
× Av. Correia Barreto
(Sete Rios)
× Av. Correia Barreto
× IP7 (Eixo N.–S.)
C. Sete Rios (1)
(old route)(2)
c. Benfica-Camp.-A (3)
04,237
Cruz da Pedra
(dem.)
overpass
overpass
× Tv. S. D. Benfica
05,000
S. D. de Benfica
(dem.)
overpass
× Estr. Calh. Benfica
× IC19 Seg. Circ., Av. N. Matos
06,275
Benfica
00,000
Buraca
(dem.)
 0LSB0  0AMD0  (old border, 1991)
× R. Issan Sartawi
× CRIL
 0LSB0  0AMD0 
overpass
Santa Cruz de Benfica
(dem.)
07,468
Santa Cruz-Damaia
∥ R. Conde Tomar; × Av. D. Pedro V
overpass
07,900,000
Damaia
(dem.)
overpass
07,982
Ramal Amadora-Sorefame
“J. Pimenta”
(closed, dem.)
08,400
Reboleira
Reboleira
× Av. Brasil
overpass
× Est. Salvador Allende
overpass
10,010
Amadora
├ Av. Gago Coutinho; ┤ Av. Cardoso Lopes
∥ Av. António Feijó; ∥ Av. Álvares Cabral
├ Av. Sacadura Cabral; ┤ Av. Ultramar
× Av. Humberto Delgado
× Rib. Carenque ⇡ 0AMD0  0SNT0 
× Est. Águas Livres
12,054
Queluz-Belas
× Rio Jamor
× Av. Duarte Pacheco
overpass
× Pct. Paz
12,975
Monte Abraão
(formerly Queluz-Massamá)
× Av. Sá Carneiro
× R. Carlos Lopes ⇠ 0SNT0  0OER0 
× A9 (IC18, CREL)
× Av. Inf. D. Henrique
15,110
Massamá-Barcarena
(formerly Barcarena-Tercena)
 0SNT0  0OER0 
× acesso ao IC19 / Cacém
17,343
Agualva-Cacém
× Av. Bons Amigos
overpass
overpass
17,840
Bifurcação de Meleças
00,000
L. Oeste → Figueira da Foz
× Ribeira das Jardas
× R. Pôr do Sol
× Av. Descobertas
20,740
Rio de Mouro
overpass
× R. Fonte Velha
21,860
Mercês
× R. Vitorino Nemésio
23,100
Algueirão-Mem Martins
overpass
24,565
Algueirão-Parque
× IC16 (EN9)
26,307
Portela de Sintra
× R. Tribunal
overpass
Sintra tunnel
× Estr. Chão de Meninos
overpass
Tram
→ Praia das Maçãs
27,170
Sintra
Tram
→ Vila Velha
Location on the network
Railway map Portugal

+ Rossio × Sintra (🔎)

Linha de Sintra is a railway line that connects the stations of Rossio and Sintra, Portugal. and is operated by Comboios de Portugal.

History

Sintra from Castle of the Moors, with station visible at lower left

The railway, one of the first to be planned in Portugal, was opened on 2 April 1887.[2][3] The southern terminus was changed from Alcântara-Terra to Rossio, after the station was inaugurated in June 1891.[2] The duplication works were completed on 20 January 1949, and during the 1950s, the line was electrified.[2][4] New rolling stock was introduced in the 1990s.[5] Quadruple-tracking between Benfica and Amadora had been completed by September 1999.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Sepúlveda, Jacinto: Túnel do Rossio – Parte II. Retrieved 4 February 2019
  2. ^ a b c Torres, Carlos Manitto (1 February 1958). "A evolução das linhas portuguesas e o seu significado ferroviário" (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  3. ^ Martins et al., p. 257
  4. ^ Reis, et al. p. 102
  5. ^ Brazão, Carlos (1993). "Nuevas unidades eléctricas". Maquetren (in Spanish). Madrid: Resistor.
  6. ^ "Cronologia | IP Patrimonio | Infraestruturas de Portugal". www.ippatrimonio.pt. Retrieved 2023-08-04.

Sources

  • "2019 Network Statement" (PDF). 7 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  • Reis, Francisco; Gomes, Rosa; Gomes, Gilberto (2006). Os Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses 1856-2006 (in Portuguese). Lisbon: CP - Comboios de Portugal e Público-Comunicação Social S. A. ISBN 989-619-078-X.
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° 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


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