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Linha do Minho

Linha do Minho in Porto-Campanhã.

Overview

Status

Operational

Owner

Infraestruturas de Portugal

Termini

Technical

Line length

133.6 km (83.0 mi)

1,668 mm (5 ft 521⁄32 in) Iberian gauge

Electrification

25 kV / 50 kHz Overhead line
(Porto-São Bento to Viana do Castelo)

Route map

Location on the network
+ Porto-S. B. × Monção (🔎)

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Porto Commuter rail

Porto metropolitan area commuter rail services

Recarei-Sobreira

Porto-Campanhã

Porto-São Bento

Vila Nova de Gaia

Legend

					Ramal de Braga/Linha do Minho
					Linha do Douro
					Linha de Guimarães
					Linha do Norte

Source: Official site, January 2019

Linha do Minho is a railway line which connects the stations of Porto-São Bento and Valença, in Portugal. It was opened on 6 August 1882, when it reached Valença. The section from Valença to Monção was opened on 15 July 1915 and closed on 31 December 1989.^[1]^[2]

See also

References

^ Torres, Carlos Manitto (1 February 1958). "A evolução das linhas portuguesas e o seu significado ferroviário" (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
^ "Valença-Monção: antiga linha de caminho de ferro reabre como ecopista". Público (in Portuguese). 9 November 2004. Retrieved 29 January 2019.

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

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

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

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†

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 Penha Rocha do Navio Sete Fontes‡ Skiparque Torre Viriato Zoo

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 521⁄32 in) Iberian gauge

ⁱ 1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 in) Standard gauge

¹ 1,000 mm (3 ft 33⁄8 in) Metre gauge

³ 3 ft (914 mm) 3-foot gauge

⁹ 900 mm (2 ft 117⁄16 in) 900 mm gauge

⁶ 600 mm (1 ft 115⁄8 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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