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On the day of the accident, services were operating as usual in the Northern Line. At 19:30, an InterCity train left Lisbon Santa Apolónia towards Porto Campanhã.. About half an hour later, at 19:55, a train left Entroncamento, 106 kilometres (66 mi) away from Santa Apolónia, making the regional service towards Coimbra, where it was scheduled to arrive at 21:51.
21 January – Portugal – Alfarelos train crash - An InterCity train from Lisbon to Porto collided with a regional train it was supposed to overtake, after both trains failed to stop before a signal on red at Alfarelos, injuring 25. [173] [174]
The Póvoa train station serves the city of Póvoa de Santa Iria, a suburb in the north of Lisbon, and is part of the North Line (Linha do Norte), a railway line which connects Lisbon to Porto. The railway is used by express and local train services, although the Póvoa station is a stop for local trains only.
Recarei-Sobreira bus-train collision Road/railway accident 26 April 1984: Paredes: 17 [19] Póvoa de Santa Iria train collision: Railway accident 5 May 1986: Vila Franca de Xira 17 [41] Fratel bus crash Road accident 6 November 2007: Vila Velha de Ródão: 17 [42] [43] 1986 Águeda wildfires Wildfires 14 June 1986: Águeda: 16 [44] 1985 Armamar ...
The rail network will be able to connect Lisbon to Porto with speeds as high as 300km/h, and in a total travel time of 75 minutes without stops, and 105 minutes with stops. The new high-speed line will have stops in Leiria, Coimbra, Aveiro, Vila Nova de Gaia, apart from the already mentioned in Lisbon-Santa Apolónia and Porto-Campanhã.
December 18 – Spain – Express train from Irún to Lisbon collided with a local passenger train near Villar de los Álamos, Salamanca, killing 34 people. Fifty others were injured. [100] December 20 – Portugal – A commuter train serving Lisbon crashed into a freight train at Algueirão. More than 40 people were believed to have been ...
June 6 - Indonesia - In West Java, a train carrying pine wood rolled over near Cukanghaur train station, killing a crew member of the train and the station master, and injuring seven people. [27] June 11 – United Kingdom – Eltham Well Hall rail crash: An excursion train took a bend at excessive speed and derailed at Eltham, London. The ...
The Alfa Pendular train was severely damaged and VCC No. 105 was destroyed. [10] Two rescue helicopters and 163 rescue personnel were sent to the scene, [4] where a field hospital was established. [10] That section of the Linha do Norte was suspended and Comboios de Portugal organized a rail replacement bus during the time the track was closed ...