Ramal de Tomar

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Lamarosa – Tomar
Route length: 14.8 km
Gauge : 1668 mm ( Iberian track )
Power system : 25 kV, 50 Hz  ~
Route - straight ahead
Linha do Norte from Lisbon Santa Apolonia
Station, station
0.0 Lamarosa
   
Linha do Norte to Porto-Campanhã
Stop, stop
1.2 Soudos - Vila Nova
Stop, stop
2.5 Carrascal - Delongo
Stop, stop
5.7 Curvaceiras
Stop, stop
9.0 Santa Cita
Stop, stop
11.2 Carvalhos de Figueiredo
End station - end of the line
14.8 Tomar

The Ramal de Tomar , in German branch line of Tomar , is a Portuguese railway line between the Lamarosa station on the important north-south line Linha do Norte and Tomar . The route is 14.8 km long. It is electrified and included in the suburban traffic of Lisbon.

The regional trains run approximately every hour between Lisbon Santa Apolónia and Tomar, and there is also freight traffic for loading and unloading cement in a factory near Carrascal-Delongo. Only recently the route was renovated and provided with some electronic control systems (speed monitoring and electronic signaling).