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Railway line in Portugal
Ramal de Aljustrel
Overview
Termini
Technical
Line length11.6 km (7.2 mi)
Track gauge1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) Iberian gauge
Route map

Legend
S. João do Deserto mine
× EN261
× EN383
(old route)
× EN539
Ermidas-Sado (cancelled proj.)
Aljustrel (formerly Aljustrel-Vila)
R. Pirites Alentejanas
→ Algares mine
× Água Forte River
R. C. M. Transtagana
→ Figueirinha (dem.)
Aljustrel bridge
Terminal Somincor
L. AlentejoFuncheira
0.0 Castro Verde-Almodôvar
L. AlentejoBarreiro
Location on the network
Railway map Portugal

+ C. Verde-A. × S. J. Deserto (🔎)

Ramal de Aljustrel is a closed railway line which connected the stations of Castro Verde-Almodôvar, on the Linha do Alentejo, to Aljustrel, in Portugal. It was opened on 2 June 1929 and closed around 1993.

See also

References

  1. Torres, Carlos Manitto (16 January 1958). "A evolução das linhas portuguesas e o seu significado ferroviário" (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro (in Portuguese). Lisbon. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
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° heavy rail
not managed by IP (and/or its predecessors)
† closed (completely)
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‡† cancelled project
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↑  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


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