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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.
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]
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.
from the capital Lisbon to Porto (300 km/h new HSL expected to be finished in 2015). The two biggest cities of Portugal would be at a distance of a 1h15 train trip. from Lisbon to Madrid (350 km/h mixed traffic HSL expected to be complete by 2013 [10]) bringing the countries' capital cities within three hours of each other (less than 2h45 ...
Railway accident 16 August 1947: Vila Franca de Xira: 17 [40] 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 ...
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.
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 Commuter rail service in Porto is well connected with bus and metro service in the city, linking with lines A (Blue line), B (Red line), C (Green line), E (Violet Line) and F (Orange Line) of metro service in Campanhã Station and with line D (Yellow line) in São Bento Station.