Linha de Sines

Ermidas-Sado-Sines
Bridge over the Linha de Sines
Route length:	50.5 km
Gauge :	1668 mm ( Iberian track )
Legend Linha do Sul to Lisbon 129.631 Ermidas-Sado Linha do Sul to Tunes 143.607 Abela 151.121 São Bartolomeu da Serra 160.770 Santiago do Cacém 165.856 Ortiga 168.53 Ramal de Sines to Sines town / Repsol refinery 170.047 Raquete 170.669 Siding Petrogal-Asfaltos Galp refinery 174.713 Siding EDP - Cinzas EDP coal power plant 177.905 Siding Terminal XXI Container Terminal XXI / operator PSA 180.170 Portsines coal terminal Porto de Sines

The Santiago de Cacém train station is now used as a restaurant

The Linha de Sines , in German main line of Sines , is a 50.7 kilometer long Portuguese railway line, which connects the city and the port of Sines and Santiago do Cacém with the place Ermidas-Sado , which is on the Linha do Sul .

The Linha de Sines was built with a tunnel to Santiago do Cacém in 1927 and expanded to the port city of Sines in 1936 . Until the 1990s, the route was also used for passenger transport. Today, however, it is used exclusively for the transport of goods to and from the port and the industrial area of ​​Sines.

Today it represents an important transport logistical connection to Lisbon , since the port of Sines has been expanded to include a deep water container terminal since 1999. The transit time for containers between Sines and two rail terminals in the Lisbon area is six hours. As early as 2008 , 25% of the cargo handled in Sines will be transported via this rail link.

With the renewal of the tracks of the railway line, REFER created the possibility of re- gauging the line to European standard gauge (1435 mm) with little effort. A joint re-gauging of the Portuguese and Spanish rail networks is currently being considered in the long term. The railway connection between Sines and Spain is to be further expanded for strategic reasons. Block trains with containers and other goods are to run daily between Sines and Madrid in the future. The port of Sines intends to use this connection to gain Spanish cargo for handling.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pedro Soares: Ligação a Sines com sistema de migração para bitola europeia ( Memento of the original of July 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , [Route to Sines with the possibility of changing the gauge to European standard gauge], Setúbal na Rede, 10 February 2010 
2. ↑ Connection Sines - Elvas - Spain is of strategic importance