Linha de Cascais

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Lisbon Cais do Sodré – Cascais
Route of the Linha de Cascais
Route length: 25.4 km
Gauge : 1668 mm ( Iberian track )
Power system : 1.5 kV  =
Legend
End station - start of the route
 0.0 Cais do Sodré
Station, station
 0.9 Santos
Station, station
 2.7 Alcântara-Mar
   
 to the Linha de Cintura
Plan-free intersection - below
 Ponte 25 de April
Stop, stop
 4.8 Belém
   
 6.8 Pedrouços
Station, station
 7.8 Algés
Stop, stop
 9.8 Cruz Quebrada
   
 to Estádio Nacional
Station, station
 11.7 Caxias
Stop, stop
 13.2 Paço d'Arcos
Stop, stop
 15.6 Santo Amaro
Station, station
 16.2 Oeiras
Station, station
 17.8 Carcavelos
Stop, stop
 19.5 Parede
Station, station
 21.1 Sao Pedro do Estoril
Stop, stop
 22.5 São João do Estoril
Station, station
 23.7 Estoril
Stop, stop
 24.4 Monte Estoril
End station - end of the line
 25.5 Cascais
The starting point of the Linha de Cascais, the Lisbon Cais do Sodré train station
Alcântara-Mar train station

The Linha de Cascais , rarely also Linha de Estoril , is a Portuguese railway line between the Portuguese capital Lisbon and the suburb of Cascais . The 25.4 km long route has 17 stations and stops and was opened in 1889. Today it is one of the most important suburban routes in the Lisbon area. The train operation is carried out by the CP subsidiary CP Urbanos de Lisboa .

history

The line was inaugurated on September 30, 1889 and in 1926 was the first Portuguese railway line to be electrified with 1500 volts direct current . Since the line was not operated by the state, but by the Sociedade de Estoril , the operation of the line was self-sufficient for a long time, the depot of the lines was and is located near Oeiras . Although there was and is still a connection at Alcântara train station with no overhead contact line, it was hardly used at the time.

After the Carnation Revolution in 1974, almost all private businesses and companies were nationalized, including the Sociedade de Estoril and the operation of the route. To this day, the route is a specialty, as the otherwise common voltage in Portugal is 25 kilovolts / 50 Hertz alternating voltage .

In the future, a general renovation of the entire route is planned, as there have been no significant changes to the safety technology or track construction since 1975. In addition to a possible extension by one track - the line is currently completely double-tracked - the city administration of Lisbon is planning to move the Alcântara station (with both the Mar and Terra station parts ) underground. In addition, an adjustment of the contact wire voltage is being considered so that the respective operating company can act more flexibly in vehicle procurement and a standardization of the vehicle fleet becomes possible. The renovation should be completed by 2013. [obsolete] With a view to the future voltage change, the State Railroad Comboios de Portugal ordered 36 dual-system multiple units in 2009.

literature

  • Christoph Groneck: Metros in Portugal - local rail transport in and around Lisbon and Porto. Robert-Schwandl-Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-936573-20-6 , p. 78f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carlos Cipriano: CP vai lançar maior concurso de semper para comprar 102 comboios ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / economia.publico.clix.pt 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. , [CP announces the largest competition to date for 102 new vehicles], Público , May 12, 2009

Web links

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