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Rail transport in Portugal is provided mainly by Comboios de Portugal (CP), Portugal's national carrier, but also other operators. It includes high speed trains and rapid transit networks in Lisbon and Porto.

Portugal is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The UIC Country Code for Portugal is 94.

There are rail links with Spain, which uses the same Iberian broad gauge. Some lines are in meter gauge.

Operators

Several railway companies operate in Portugal:

Train categories

Main article: Train categories in Europe § Portugal

Network

Infraestruturas de Portugal is the rail network administrating company, taking over control from REFER on 1 June 2015.

The length of Portugal's railway system is as follows:

Total: 2,786 km (1,731 mi)
- 1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) Iberian gauge: 2,603 km (1,617 mi), of which 1,351 km or 839 mi are electrified
- 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge: 183 km (114 mi) (as of 2006)

References

"Rail passenger transport by type of transport for main undertakings, 2018-2019 (thousand passengers)". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
"Relatório e Contas 2018" (PDF). CP.PT. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
CIA - The World Factbook -- Portugal

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Railway lines in Portugal
including trolleybuses, cable cars and elevators

IP
Iberian-gauge
railwaysᴮ

Wyes	Agualva Águas de Moura Bombel Ermidas Funcheira Nine† Norte Setil Poceirão São Gemil Sete Rios Tunes† Verride Xabregas

IP
metre-gauge
railways¹

Linha do Douro branch lines	Ave/Basto‡† Côa‡† Corgo† Lamego‡† Sabor† Tâmega† Tua†‡ Metro de Mirandela†° Transversal do Minho‡† Chacim‡† Valpaços‡† Vinhais‡† Crestuma‡†
Porto-Minho network	Alto Minho‡† Braga-Chaves‡† Braga-Guimarães‡† Guimarães↑ Lima‡†° Matosinhos† Póvoa e Famalicão↑ São Pedro da Cova‡† Litoral do Minho‡† Lanhoso‡† Transversal do Minho‡† Famalicão‡† Cávado‡†
Vouga/Viseu network	Aveiro Aveiro-Mar† Dão† Vouga
Other	Chamusca‡† Penafiel† Avis‡† Cacilhas‡† Pedreiras de Caxias†

Other
heavy-rail
lines

High-speed linesⁱ	Aveiro-Salamancaⁱ‡† Évora-Faro-Huelvaⁱ‡† Lisboa-Madridⁱ‡† Lisboa-Portoⁱ‡† Porto-Vigoⁱ‡†
Isolated port railways	Horta²†° Lena¹⁶†° Monges⁶†° Pego do Altar⁶†° Pejão⁶†° Ponta Delgada²†° Pomarão¹†° Funchal¹†° Aljustrel (mines)³†° Alfeite† São Pedro da Cova mine† Leixões (port)† Panasqueira† Lousal†

Tourist, urban,
industrial and
military lines

Metros

Lisbon Metroⁱ	Blue Yellow Green Red
Porto Metroⁱ	A B C D E F G‡

Trams

Braga⁹†
Coimbra¹†
Faro¹‡†
Lisbon⁹
Portoⁱ
Sintra¹††

Trolleybuses

Beach railways

Caparica⁶
Barril⁶

Other mechanical
non-electric systems

Larmanjat⁴⁺†
Braga⁹↑
Póvoa de Varzim†
Mira†
Torres Novas†
Pinhal de Leiria†
Escola de Engenharia in Tancos†
Ponta Delgada a Furnas e RibeirA Grande‡†
Palácio de Cristal†

Horsecars

Funiculars

Bica⁹
Bom Jesusⁱ
Castelo Branco‡
Freiras†
Glória⁹
Guindais††
Lavra⁹
Nazaré
Ourém‡
Santa Luzia††
Sintra‡†
Tomar‡†
Viseu

Cable cars and
rack railways
(including aerial lifts
and people movers)

Surface	Estrela↑ Graça↑ Monte¹†‡ S. J. Malta‡ São Sebastião† SATUOeiras†
Gondola lifts	Achadas da Cruz Aroeira‡† Botânico Cabo Girão Cântaro Covão Expo Fajã dos Padres Funchal-Monte Gaia Garajau Lagoa Guimarães Rocha do Navio Sete Fontes‡ Skiparque Torre Viriato Zoo

Elevators

Symbols

Track gauges

names abbreviated whenever possible

° heavy rail

not managed by IP (and/or its predecessors)

† closed (completely)

‡ planned

†† reopened

†‡ reopening planned

‡† cancelled project

‡‡ planned using former project

↑ replaced using former trackbed

² 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) Brunel gauge

ᴮ 1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) Iberian gauge

ⁱ 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Standard gauge

¹ 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Metre gauge

³ 3 ft (914 mm) 3-foot gauge

⁹ 900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in) 900 mm gauge

⁶ 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) 2-foot/600 mm gauge

⁴⁺ Larmanjat monorail

Source for IP's network: www.refer.pt/Documentos/Directorio_da_Rede_2010.pdf, page. 54

See also: Rolling stock of Portugal

Rolling stock of Portugal

Type ↓

diesel / gasoline / gas

steam:
coal / oil

electric
(IP: 25 kV / 50 kHz or (*) 1500 V; other networks q.v.)

← Traction

Status →

in service

withdrawn (or used occasionally)

in service

Gauge ↓

IP network (Note: In italic, classes shared by CP and other companies, simult. or not; in underlined italic, classes used exclusively by other companies.)

railbuses/heavy rail

"592"

refurbished

M1 0050 0100 0500 0750 0600 0650

1001 Z1

2000 2050 2080

ABm1-18→

refurbished

2300 2400 3400 3500 4000

1668 mm
(iberian)

VIP⎱
0350⎰
0450←

←0300
←0400

2100⎫
2150⎬
2200⎭
⎰*3100→
⎱*3200→

→2240

→3150*
→3250*

9630

9500←

←9700─╮
9400←╯

ME1 ME21 9050 9100 9300 9600

(Vale do Lima)

(there is currently no electric traction on IP's metre gauge)

1000 mm
(metre)

locomotives

9000 9020 Lydya


E1 E21 E31 E41 E51 E61 E71 E81 E91 E101 E111 E121 E131 E141 E151 E161 E181 E201 1-2

1200 1400 1500 1520 1900 1930 6000

1300 1320 1550 1800 1960


D. Luiz S. Inauguração 001 01 1 09 011 17 021 21 031 32 41 041 41 070 71 81 91 101 103 110 141 151 175 181 0151 0181 0201 201 211 221 261 281 291 301 351 401 501 551 601 701 751 801 831 851 951 2068 01002 1008 2000 02012 02049 2133 51 (BA) 11 (CFE)

2500 2550 3300*

1150

005

Local networks (excl. funiculars and cable cars)

trams


STCP101 STCP112 STCP115 STCP120 STCP150 STCP249 STCP250 STCP266 STCP300 STCP350 STCP404 STCP500

STCP200 STCP270 STCP280

1435 mm
(standard)

metro

ML7 ML79

ML90 ML95 ML97 ML99

light rail, articulated

900 mm


CCFL003 CCFL203 CCFL283 CCFL284 CCFL323 CCFL343 CCFL363 CCFL389 CCFL400 CCFL403 CCFL475 CCFL500 CCFL508 CCFL532 CCFL552 CCFL601 CCFL613 CCFL736 CCFL761 CCFL801 CCFL806 CCFL901 TUB01