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An Alfa Pendular in Santa Apolónia Station, Lisbon.. Since the late 1990s Comboios de Portugal (CP) has run the Alfa Pendular service, connecting Portugal's mainland from the north border to the Algarve at a speed of up to 220 kilometres per hour (140 mph) (in specific sections), which reduced the travel time between Porto and Lisbon by approximately 30 minutes.
The Alfa Pendular service currently operates a Braga to Lisbon-Santa Apolónia service via Porto-Campanhã using the Linha do Norte, occasionally continuing to Faro on the Linha do Algarve, operating at a maximum speed of 220 km/h (140 mph). High-speed rail in Portugal was planned in the 1990s and formally announced in 2005, [3] which included ...
The local train was mostly occupied by commuting students headed to Lisbon. [2] [3] The local train entered and stopped in the Póvoa train station. Following it in the same rail line, the express train from Covilhã traveled at 110 km/h. It did not stop at a red signal 2 km from the Póvoa station and continued its way into the station. [4]
High-speed rail is one of the safest modes of transportation; since service started in 1964, there have only been fatalities in high-speed operation in a 2015 derailment. Today TGV trains accumulate of the order of 50 billion passenger-kilometres per year on lignes à grande vitesse (high-speed lines) alone. 1.2 billion passengers have ...
23 July – China – Wenzhou train collision – Due to signal failure, a high-speed train rear-ended a stopped high-speed train at a speed of 99 km/h (62 mph) near Wenzhou, killing 40 people and injuring at least 192. [86] Six carriages derail, four carriages fall off a viaduct. [87]
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.
January 4 – South Africa – Hennenman–Kroonstad train crash. A train collided with a truck at a level crossing in the Free State. The train derailed, and seven of the twelve carriages caught fire. 21 people were killed and 254 others were injured. January 18 – Kazakhstan – Yrgyz bus fire. A bus carrying Uzbek migrant workers caught ...
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.