Pragal train station
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 View of the train station
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| Data | |
| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 4th |
| IBNR | 9400676 |
| opening | 1999 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Pragal |
| District | Setubal |
| Country | Portugal |
| Coordinates | 38 ° 39 '58 " N , 9 ° 10' 48" W |
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| List of train stations in Portugal | |
The Pragal station is located on the Linha do Sul in the municipality Pragal in Portuguese Setúbal . It is owned by Fertagus and is served by Comboios de Portugal (CP) with long-distance trains and by Fertagus with local trains.
history
The station was opened to traffic on July 30, 1999 as one of six new Linha do Sul stations when it was extended from Pinhal Novo over Ponte 25 de Abril to Campolide station in Lisbon . The construction costs came to around 26 million euros, and the station was provided with numerous sculptures and tile cladding. It has also been served by CP trains since 2004, after the CP had decided to use the Linha do Sul trains - especially long-distance trains from the Algarve - instead of Barreiro , where it was necessary to take the Tejo ferry to Lisbon Fertagus route to Lisbon. However, the CP offer only contains a few long-distance connections, regional traffic continues to end in Barreiro or Pinhal Novo. In autumn 2006, new Intercidades connections between Lisbon and the hinterland of the Alentejo (Béja and Évora) were added. In 2007 the station was connected to the Sul do Tejo Metro (MST), which connects it with the cities of the Margem Sul do Tejo . Between 2010 and 2011, the Intercidades connections in the Alentejo were interrupted due to construction work and were replaced by direct buses between Lisbon and Évora or Béja via Ponte Vasco da Gama . With the restart of the Linha do Alentejo, two additional pairs of trains were introduced to Évora, but all direct trains to Béja were canceled, the IC route was shortened to the Casa Branca – Béja route, with a connection to the Lisbon – Évora IC.
Location and importance
The station is located near the southern bridgehead of the Ponte 25 de Abril in the municipality of Pragal. It connects the cities of Cacilhas and Almada to the Portuguese railway network and is connected to them by bus and Metro Sul do Tejo . The Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the New University of Lisbon , which is domiciled on Monte Caparica , can also be reached via MST. Due to its proximity to the A2 motorway , it is provided with a Park & Ride parking lot for 1900 cars, which is intended to encourage the residents of the Margem Sul do Tejo to leave the car and instead take the train to Lisbon, especially since the Ponte 25 de Abril very much is at risk of congestion. A shopping center with 40 shops is also integrated into the station.
traffic
railroad
- Comboios de Portugal
The CP only serves the station with long-distance trains. They operate either over the Linha do Sul or the Linha do Alentejo , which crosses the Linha do Sul in Pinhal Novo. Intercidades trains of two lines stop there :
- Lisbon Oriente - Lisbon Entrecampos - Prague - Pinhal Novo - Funcheira - Tunes - Faro
- Lisbon Oriente - Lisbon Entrecampos - Pragal - Pinhal Novo - Vendas Novas - Casa Branca - Évora
The Alfa Pendular trains between Porto and the Algarve pass the station without stopping.
- Fertagus
The Fertagus serves the station on weekdays every ten to twenty minutes and on weekends and holidays only every thirty minutes with its connection Lisbon Roma-Areeiro - Coina , with an average of every third train being extended to Setúbal .
Sul do Tejo Metro
The Sul do Tejo Metro , a tram on the south bank of the Tejo, connects Pragal station with the cities of Cacilhas and Almada. Two of the three MST lines go via Pragal; the stop is at the reception building on Avenida Torrado de Silva :
- Line 2: Pragal Station - Ramalha - Corroios
- Line 3: Universidade - Monte de Caparica - Prague - Ramalha - Almada - Cacilhas
Bus transport
The bus service from Pragal to the surrounding cities and communities is handled by the DB / Arriva subsidiary Transportes Sul do Tejo, alone and in cooperation with Fertagus, which is marketed under the name SulFertagus and whose main focus is on shuttle services to Fertagus.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alfa Pendular | Intercidades | Regional: Porto / Lisboa-Faro-Lagos-VR De Sto. Antonio. Comboios de Portugal, accessed November 1, 2017.
- ↑ Intercidades | Regional> Linha do Alentejo: Lisboa-Beja / Évora. Comboios de Portugal , accessed November 1, 2017.
- ↑ Horário Comboio - Pragal. ( Memento of the original from March 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Fertagus , accessed November 1, 2017.
