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Narrow-gauge railways in Portugal

Index 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. [1]

56 relations: Administrative divisions of Portugal, Albergaria-a-Velha, Amarante, Portugal, Arco de Baúlhe e Vila Nune, Aveiro, Portugal, Bragança, Portugal, Broad-gauge railway, Carris, Chaves, Portugal, Comboios de Portugal, Corgo line, CP Class 9020, Dão line, Douro, Douro railway line, Energias de Portugal, Espinho, Portugal, Fafe, Guimarães, Guimarães line, History of rail transport in Portugal, Linha do Vouga, List of Portuguese locomotives and railcars, Macinhata do Vouga, Metre-gauge railway, Metro de Mirandela, Mirandela, Narrow-gauge railway, Oliveira de Azeméis, Peso da Régua, Pocinho, Porto, Porto District, Porto Metro, Portuguese train type 9100, Portuguese train type 9300, Portuguese train type 9700, Rail transport in Portugal, Ramal de Viseu, Rede Ferroviária Nacional, Renfe Feve, Sabor line, Santa Comba Dão, Sernada do Vouga, Spain, Tâmega (river), Tâmega line, Track gauge conversion, Trams in Lisbon, Trindade station, ..., Tua line, Tua railway station, Tua River, Vila Real, Viseu, Yugoslav Railways. Expand index (6 more) »

Administrative divisions of Portugal

Administratively, Portugal is a unitary and decentralized State.

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Albergaria-a-Velha

Albergaria-a-Velha is a town and a municipality in the Aveiro District in Portugal.

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Amarante, Portugal

Amarante is a municipality and municipal seat in the northern Portuguese district of Porto.

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Arco de Baúlhe e Vila Nune

Arco de Baúlhe e Vila Nune is a civil parish in the municipality of Cabeceiras de Basto, northern Portugal.

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Aveiro, Portugal

Aveiro is a city and a municipality in Portugal.

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Bragança, Portugal

Bragança (Bergáncia; Brigantia, Braganza) is a city and municipality in north-eastern Portugal, capital of the district of Bragança, in the Alto Trás-os-Montes subregion of Portugal.

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Broad-gauge railway

A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge broader than the standard-gauge railways.

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Carris

Carris (Companhia Carris de Ferro de Lisboa) (Lisbon Tramways Company) is a public transportation company in Lisbon, Portugal.

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Chaves, Portugal

Chaves is a city and a municipality in the north of Portugal.

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Comboios de Portugal

CP — Comboios de Portugal, EPE (CP; English: Trains of Portugal) is a state-owned company which operates passenger trains in Portugal.

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Corgo line

The Corgo line (Linha do Corgo) was a metre gauge railway line in northern Portugal.

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CP Class 9020

Série 9020 was a class of metre-gauge diesel locomotives built by Alsthom for the Portuguese Railways (CP).

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Dão line

The Dão line (Linha do Dão) was a metre gauge railway line in Portugal.

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Douro

The Douro (Douro; Duero; translation) is one of the major rivers of the Iberian Peninsula, flowing from its source near Duruelo de la Sierra in Soria Province across northern-central Spain and Portugal to its outlet at Porto.

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Douro railway line

The Douro line (in Portuguese: Linha do Douro) is a railway in northern Portugal.

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Energias de Portugal

EDP - Energias de Portugal (formerly Electricidade de Portugal) ranks among Europe's major electricity operators, as well as being one of Portugal's largest business groups.

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Espinho, Portugal

Espinho is a city and a municipality located in the Aveiro District, Portugal.

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Fafe

Fafe is a municipality in the northern Portuguese district of Braga.

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Guimarães

Guimarães is a city and municipality located in northern Portugal, in the district of Braga.

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Guimarães line

The Guimarães line is a railway in Portugal operated by Comboios de Portugal.

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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.

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Linha do Vouga

| Linha do Vouga (the Vouga line) is the last surviving metre gauge railway line in Portugal still operated by Comboios de Portugal.

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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 Ligeiro de Mirandela and the two private transport companies Fertagus and Takargo Rail.

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Macinhata do Vouga

Macinhata do Vouga is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Águeda, Aveiro District.

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Metre-gauge railway

Metre-gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre.

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Metro de Mirandela

The Metropolitano Ligeiro de Mirandela or simply Metro de Mirandela is a metre gauge suburban rail service in Mirandela Municipality, northern Portugal.

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Mirandela

Mirandela is a city and a municipality in northeastern Portugal.

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Narrow-gauge railway

A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than the standard.

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Oliveira de Azeméis

Oliveira de Azeméis is a city and a municipality located in Porto Metropolitan Area in Portugal.

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Peso da Régua

Peso da Régua, commonly known as Régua, is a municipality in northern Portugal, in the district of Vila Real.

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Pocinho

Pocinho is a village in northern Portugal, located in the Vila Nova de Foz Côa Municipality.

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Porto

Porto (also known as Oporto in English) is the second-largest city in Portugal after Lisbon and one of the major urban areas of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Porto District

The District of Porto (Distrito do Porto), is located on the north-west coast of Portugal.

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Porto Metro

The Porto Metro (Metro do Porto), part of the public transport (mass transit) system of Porto, Portugal, is a light rail network that runs underground in central Porto and above ground into the city's suburbs.

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Portuguese train type 9100

Série 9100 were a class of metre gauge diesel railcars built for use by the Portuguese Railways (CP) on the Tâmega line.

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Portuguese train type 9300

The Série 9300 were a class of 10 self-propelled diesel railcars built for the metre gauge lines of the Portuguese Railways (CP).

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Portuguese train type 9700

The Série 9700 were a type of diesel multiple unit train used by the Portuguese Railways (CP) on metre gauge lines, including the Tua line and Corgo line.

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Rail transport in Portugal

Several companies provide rail transport in Portugal.

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Ramal de Viseu

| Linha do Vale do Vouga - Ramal de Viseu was a narrow gauge railway in Portugal; the line closed in 1990.

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Rede Ferroviária Nacional

REFER, Rede Ferroviária Nacional, EP (i.e. National Railway Network) was the Portuguese rail infrastructure manager.

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Renfe Feve

Renfe Feve is a division of state-owned Spanish railway company Renfe Operadora.

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Sabor line

| The Sabor line (Linha do Sabor) was a narrow gauge railway in north-east Portugal.

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Santa Comba Dão

Santa Comba Dão is a city and a municipality in the Viseu District in Portugal.

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Sernada do Vouga

Sernada do Vouga is a small Portuguese village in the parish of Macinhata do Vouga, in Águeda Municipality in Aveiro District.

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Spain

Spain (España), officially the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España), is a sovereign state mostly located on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

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Tâmega (river)

The Tâmega (Tamaca) or Támega is a river in Galicia, Spain and Portugal.

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Tâmega line

The Tâmega line (Linha do Tâmega) was a metre gauge railway line in northern Portugal.

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Track gauge conversion

Gauge conversion is the change of one railway track gauge to another.

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Trams in Lisbon

The Lisbon tramway network (Rede de eléctricos de Lisboa) serves the municipality of Lisbon, capital city of Portugal. In operation since 1873, it presently comprises six urban lines.

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Trindade station

Trindade is a station on the Porto Metro system in Porto, Portugal.

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Tua line

The Tua line was a metre gauge railway line in northern Portugal.

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Tua railway station

Tua Station is located in northern Portugal, close to the confluence between the Douro and the Tua River.

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Tua River

Tua is a river in northeastern Portugal, flowing by the border of Vila Real District and Bragança District.

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Vila Real

Vila Real is a municipality and simultaneously the capital and largest city of the Vila Real District, northern Portugal.

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Viseu

Viseu is a city and municipality in the Centro Region of Portugal and the capital of the district of the same name, with a population of 99.274 inhabitants, and center of the Viseu Dão Lafões intermunipical community, with 267.633 inhabitants.

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Yugoslav Railways

Yugoslav Railways (Jugoslavenske željeznice; Југословенски железници, Jugoslovenski železnici; Југословенске железнице, Jugoslovenske železnice; Jugoslovanske železnice), with standard acronym JŽ (ЈЖ in Cyrillic), was the state railway company of Yugoslavia, operational from the 1920s to the 1990s.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrow-gauge_railways_in_Portugal

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