Linha da Beira Baixa

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Entroncamento – Guarda
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Route length: 240.2 km
Gauge : 1668 mm ( Iberian track )
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 Linha do Norte from Lisbon Santa Apolonia
Station, station
 0.0 Entroncamento
   
 Linha do Norte to Porto-Campanhã
   
 2.9 Moita do Norte
Station, station
 3.8 Barquinha
Stop, stop
 7.5 Tancos
Stop, stop
 9.4 Almourol
Station, station
 11.9 Praia do Ribatejo
   
 river Tagus
Station, station
 17.8 Santa Margarida da Coutada
Station, station
 23.2 Tramagal
   
 river Tagus
Station, station
 28.6 Abrantes
   
 Linha do Leste to Elvas
Station, station
 34.2 Alferra speech
   
 42.2 Mouriscas
Stop, stop
 44.0 Mouriscas A
   
 Ramal do Pego to Central do Pego
Stop, stop
 47.6 Alvega-Ortiga
Stop, stop
 52.2 Barragem de Belver
Station, station
 56.1 Belver-Gavião
Station, station
 69.6 Barca da Amieira-Envendos
Station, station
 85.4 Fratel
Station, station
 92.1 Ródão
Road bridge
 A23 motorway
Stop, stop
 100.7 Tojeirinha
Station, station
 108.3 Sarnadas - Cebolais de Cima
Road bridge
 A23 motorway
Stop, stop
 111.7 Retaxo
Station, station
 122.4 Castelo Branco
Station, station
 135.5 Alcains
Station, station
 143.2 Lardosa
Stop, stop
 147.8 Soalheira
Station, station
 152.9 Castelo Novo
Stop, stop
 157.2 Alpedrinha
Station, station
 161.2 Vale de Prazeres
Stop, stop
 167.5 Fatela - Penamacor
Stop, stop
 171.4 Alcaide
Stop, stop
 173.5 Donas
Road bridge
 A23 motorway
Station, station
 175.9 Fundão
   
 Zêzere river
Stop, stop
 183.9 Alcaria (Fundão)
Stop, stop
 188.9 Tortosendo
Station, station
 193.8 Covilhã
Road bridge
 A23 motorway
Stop, stop
 207.5 Caria (Belmonte)
Stop, stop
 211.8 Belmonte - Manteigas
Stop, stop
 220.0 Maçainhas (Belmonte)
Stop, stop
 225.9 Benespera
Stop, stop
 235.3 Sabugal
Road bridge
 A23 motorway
   
 Linha da Beira Alta from Pampilhosa
Station, station
 240.2 Guarda
Route - straight ahead
 Linha da Beira Alta to Vilar Formoso

The Linha da Beira Baixa , in German main line of the Beira Baixa , is a Portuguese railway line that connects Entroncamento on the Linha do Norte and Guarda on the Linha da Beira Alta with a total rail route of 240.2 kilometers.

The line was put into operation in 1891 and at that time the plan was to connect the Linha da Beira Baixa near Abrantes with the Linha do Leste . In the 1990s, the line between Entroncamento and Castelo Branco was modernized and electrified, and between 2009 and 2011 electrification followed to Covilhã. The section between Covilhã and Guarda has been closed since 2009; the renovation and electrification of the 120-year-old line was initially planned by 2018.

On this line, freight and passenger traffic is operated by the subsidiary of the Portuguese state railway Comboios de Portugal . There are three daily Intercidades services between Lisbon and Covilhã. In addition, numerous regional trains also run over shorter distances.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carlos Cipriano: TROCO Covilha Guarda-na linha da Beira Baixa só estará concluído em 2018. In: Público. February 3, 2016, Retrieved May 20, 2016 (Portuguese).

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