Linha da Póvoa
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View of Póvoa de Varzim
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Route length: | 59.8 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gauge : | 1000 mm ( meter gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Linha da Póvoa is a railway line on the north coast of Portugal . The line has now been closed and a new connection has been added to the Porto suburban network.
history
The first section of the Linha da Póvoa was opened on October 1, 1875 as the first Portuguese narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of 900 mm and represented a rail connection with a length of 27.7 km between Porto and Póvoa de Varzim . The sections Póvoa de followed later Varzim - Fontaínhas (Ramal de Famalicão) with 15.6 km on August 7, 1878 and finally from Fontaínhas to Vila Nova de Famalicão on the Linha do Minho on June 12, 1881. In addition, there was a branch line from Senhora da Hora to the port of Leixões in 1893 . This section was closed in 1966. The operator was the Caminho de Ferro do Porto á Póvoa de Varzim e Vila Nova de Famalicão (PPF). In 1928 the line was combined with the Guimaraes line in the Companhia dos Caminhos de Ferro do Norte de Portugal (NP) and re-gauged in 1000 mm.
Current
On December 31, 1995, the section of the Linha da Póvoa from Póvoa to Famalicão was closed. In 1999 the Linha da Póvoa was assigned to the Metro do Porto . This transition was completed with the closure of the lines from Senhora da Hora to Póvoa and from Senhora da Hora to Trofa ( Linha de Guimarães ) in 2002.
literature
- Herbert Stemmler: The narrow-gauge railways in northern Portugal . In: Wolfgang Messerschmidt (Ed.): Locomotive magazine . No. 68 . Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, W. Keller & Co. , 1974, ISSN 0458-1822 , p. 372-384 .