Linha de Évora

Casa Branca – Vila Viçosa
Casa Branca train station
Route length:	102 km
Legend Linha do Alentejo from Barreiro 0 Casa Branca Linha do Alentejo to Funcheira 13 Tojal 21st Monte das Flores 27 Évora Route to Mora Route to Reguengos de Monsaraz 29 Comenda 32 Garraia 38 Sousa da Sé 46 Sao Bento do Mato 51 Santa Justa (Arraiolos) 59 Vimieiro (Arraiolos) 68 Évora Monte 79 Ameixial 86 Estremoz Route to Portalegre 91 Arcos (Estremoz) 97 Borba 102 Vila Viçosa

The Linha de Évora is a branch line in Portugal .

history

Renovated railway line near Évora

Évora train station

The Linha de Évora, opened in 1863, today connects the Portuguese district capital Évora with Casa Branca . After the opening, further sections followed between 1873 and 1905, which reached to Vila Viçosa , as well as a connecting line to Mora ( Ramal de Mora ) for the transport of agricultural goods. The latter was shut down in 1988, as was the section Ramal de Vila Viçosa , from Estremoz to Vila Viçosa of the Linha de Évora. In Estremoz there is a cross connection to Linha do Leste , connection to Portalegre .

In February 2006 the single-track railway line was completely renovated. Originally planned for five months, the renovation lasted eight months until the end of September 2006. After that, the operating company Comboios de Portugal also set up intercity connections between Évora and the Portuguese capital Lisbon for the first time. At the end of 2009, the route was closed again for a year in order to electrify it for 48.4 million euros. The section to Évora was reopened in July 2011, and there is now an intercity connection to Lisbon four times a day. The section from Évora to Estremoz, which has not been used since 2009, was shut down at the same time.

Web links

Commons : Linha de Évora  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Carlos Cipriano: Linha de Évora reabriu há três anos e vai fechar de novo para obras durante 12 meses ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , [Linha de Évora reopened three years ago and now locked again for 12 months], Público , October 13, 2009
2. ^ Article on the reopening in the city portal of Évora, accessed on October 5, 2013
3. ↑ Safety report , page 24 of the PDF download, accessed on January 6, 2018