Linha de Cascais

Cascais Line
CP Class 3150 close to Belém Tower.
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerInfraestruturas de Portugal
Termini
Connecting linesCintura Line
Service
Operator(s)Comboios de Portugal
Technical
Line length25.4 km (15.8 mi)
Track gauge1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) Iberian gauge
Electrification1500 V DC Overhead line Conversion planned to 25kv AC
SignallingETCS Level 2 Planned (active by 2023)
Route map
Linha de Cascais
Legend
km
cancelled entension to Santa Apolónia
0.000
 Cais do Sodré
0.947
 Santos
Linha de Cintura to Braço de Prata
3.170
Ramal de Lisconte to Port of Lisbon
4.861
 Belém
7.805
 Algés
9.793
 Cruz Quebrada
11.763
 Caxias
13.206
 Paço de Arcos
15.571
 Santo Amaro
17.805
 Carcavelos
19.513
 Parede
21.062
 São Pedro do Estoril
22.517
 São João do Estoril
23.668
 Estoril
24.356
 Monte Estoril
25.450
 Cascais
Detailed diagram
km
.000
Linha do Norte to Porto-Campanhã
 Lisbon-Santa Apolónia
cancelled extension
South and Southeast River Station [pt]
to Linha do Alentejo
cancelled extension
0.000
 Cais do Sodré
0.947
 Santos
Avenida Infante Santo
2.668
 Alcântara-Mar
Alcântara overpass
Linha de Cintura to Braço de Prata
3.170
Ramal de Lisconte to Port of Lisbon
25 de Abril Bridge
3.000
 Junqueira
4.861
 Belém
5.000
 Bom Sucesso
Gasworks[1]
Avenida Índia ramp│Belém Tower
6.800
 Pedrouços
Avenida Índia ramp
original route
 Pedrouços
(
closed
1889
)
Lisbon
Oeiras
 IC 17 
original route
7.805
 Algés
7.800
 Algés
(original)
original route
8.000
 Dafundo
Jamor Railway Bridge
across the Jamor River
9.793
 Cruz Quebrada
10.700
Ramal do Estádio Nacional
to Estádio Nacional
Ramal Lusalite
 N 6 
11.763
 Caxias
Barcarena River
13.206
 Paço de Arcos
Rua Costa Pinto
15.571
 Santo Amaro
Rua José Diogo da Silva
Oeiras Railway Bridge
across the Lage River
Rua Hq & Paiva Couceiro
16.207
 Oeiras
16.200
Oeiras Foundry [pt]
Oeiras
Cascais
 N 6   N 7 
 Carcavelos depot
17.805
 Carcavelos
19.513
 Parede
Avenida das Rosas
21.062
 São Pedro do Estoril
22.517
 São João do Estoril
Avenida Florinda Leal
Rua João António Gaspar
 N 6 
Rua de Olivença
23.668
 Estoril pt:Elétricos de Sintra
24.356
 Monte Estoril
25.450
 Cascais pt:Elétricos de Sintra
km

The Cascais Line (Portuguese: Linha de Cascais) is a Portuguese railway line which connects the municipalities of Lisbon, Oeiras, and Cascais. The line starts in Lisbon, at Cais do Sodré and ends in Cascais. The first section, from Cascais to Pedrouços, was opened in 1889. The line was completed in 1895.[2] It was the first heavy rail line to be electrified in Portugal, in 1926,[2] and the last to be integrated into CP, in 1977.[3] In July, 2020, CP announced that the line is slated to be converted from 1500 V DC electrification, to 25 kV AC, to match the rest of the network.[4] Signalling will also be upgraded and new trains acquired.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://bound-ap.com/newsletter14_files/p14%284%29.jpg [bare URL image file]
  2. ^ a b Torres, Carlos Manitto (16 January 1958). "A evolução das linhas portuguesas e o seu significado ferroviário" (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  3. ^ MARTINS et al., 1996:51
  4. ^ 2020-07-23T08:00:00. "AC conversion planned in Cascais line upgrade". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 2021-07-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

Sources

  • Martins, João; Brion, Madalena; Sousa, Miguel (1996). O Caminho de Ferro Revisitado (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses.
  • "2019 Network Statement" (PDF). 7 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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