Linha_de_Leixões

Linha de Leixões

Linha de Leixões

Portuguese railway line

This article is about the line in Porto. For the line in Lisbon, see Linha de Cintura.

Linha de Leixões, also known as Linha de Cintura do Porto, is a freight railway line which connects Contumil railway station, on the Linha do Minho, and Leixões, in Matosinhos, Portugal. It was opened in 1938, and electrified in 1998.[1][2] Passenger services ran until 1987 and from 2009 to 2011.

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Linha de Leixões
Legend
km
Linha do Minho
to Porto-Campanhã
2.443
 Contumil
Linha do Minho
to Valença
3.700
 Vila Cova
(formerly Rebordões)
4.000
 Triana
São Gemil junction
to Ermesinde
6.326
 São Gemil
7.500
 Pedrouços da Maia
8.000
 Hospital de São João
(proposed)
10.034
 São Mamede de Infesta
11.600
 Arroteia
12.670
Ramal da SEPSA
13.053
 Leça do Balio
14.320
 Custió-Araújo
14.452
R. L. do Balio-Petroquímica
Porto Metro
15.553
 Gondivinho
Porto Metro
16.212
D. Oficinas de Custóias
16.650
 Guifões
17.435
 Ponte do Carro
20.984
 Leixões
21.150
Ramal de Matosinhos
to Leça│to Senhora da Hora
Ramal da Alfândega
to Alfândega (proposed)
 Leça
 Leixões-Serpa Pinto

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Martins et al, 1996: 41-43
  2. [2]
    Reis et al, 2006: 202

Sources

  • "2019 Network Statement" (PDF). 7 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Martins, João; Brion, Madalena; Sousa, Miguel (1996). O Caminho de Ferro Revisitado (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses.
  • 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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