Sintra Line

Linha de Sintra is a railway line that connects the stations of Rossio and Sintra, Portugal. and is operated by Comboios de Portugal.

Sintra Line
Rossio railway station
Overview
Native name	Linha de Sintra
Status	Operational
Locale	Lisbon, Amadora and Sintra, Portugal
Termini	Rossio Sintra
Connecting lines	Cintura Line, Oeste Line
Stations	15
Service
Type	Heavy rail
Technical
Line length	27.2 km (16.9 mi)
Number of tracks	Double-track (From Rossio to Campolide, from Agualva-Cacém to Sintra) and Quadruple-track (From Campolide to Agualva-Cacém)
Track gauge	1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) Iberian gauge
Electrification	25 kV / 50 Hz Overhead line
Route map Legend 00,000 R. Cacilhas → Barreiro (cancelled proj.) × Tagus ⇡ 0ALM0  ⇣ 0LSB0  00,000 Lisboa-Rossio ⇄ Restauradores 00,194 Rossio tunnel (south entrance)[1] × Ascensor da Glória × Yellow Rato (Lisbon Metro) (canc. pj.) ⇄̸ Rato Rossio tunnel 2613 m × Marquês tunnel emergency road access × Carris: Amoreiras–Campolide ventilation shaft × Carris: Mq. Fronteira 00,000 L. Cintura/L. Sul → Alcântara-T./Tunes 02,807 Rossio tunnel (north entrance)[1] 03,100 Campolide EMEF Campolide ⇄ Campolide-A 00,000 L. Cintura → Braço de Prata × IP7 (Eixo N.–S.) × Av. Correia Barreto (Sete Rios) × Av. Correia Barreto × IP7 (Eixo N.–S.) C. Sete Rios (1) (old route)(2) c. Benfica-Camp.-A (3) 04,237 Cruz da Pedra (dem.) overpass overpass × Tv. S. D. Benfica 05,000 S. D. de Benfica (dem.) overpass × Estr. Calh. Benfica × IC19 Seg. Circ., Av. N. Matos 06,275 Benfica 00,000 Buraca (dem.) ↖ 0LSB0  → 0AMD0  (old border, 1991) × R. Issan Sartawi × CRIL ⇡ 0LSB0  ⇣ 0AMD0  overpass Santa Cruz de Benfica (dem.) 07,468 Santa Cruz-Damaia ∥ R. Conde Tomar; × Av. D. Pedro V overpass 07,900,000 Damaia (dem.) overpass 07,982 Ramal Amadora-Sorefame “J. Pimenta” (closed, dem.) 08,400 Reboleira × Águas Livres Aq. ⇄ Reboleira × Av. Brasil overpass × Est. Salvador Allende overpass 10,010 Amadora ├ Av. Gago Coutinho; ┤ Av. Cardoso Lopes ∥ Av. António Feijó; ∥ Av. Álvares Cabral ├ Av. Sacadura Cabral; ┤ Av. Ultramar × Av. Humberto Delgado × Rib. Carenque ⇡ 0AMD0  ⇣ 0SNT0  × Est. Águas Livres 12,054 Queluz-Belas × Rio Jamor × Av. Duarte Pacheco overpass × Pct. Paz 12,975 Monte Abraão (formerly Queluz-Massamá) × Av. Sá Carneiro × R. Carlos Lopes ⇠ 0SNT0  ⇢ 0OER0  × A9 (IC18, CREL) × Av. Inf. D. Henrique 15,110 Massamá-Barcarena (formerly Barcarena-Tercena) ⇠ 0SNT0  ⇢ 0OER0  × acesso ao IC19 / Cacém 17,343 Agualva-Cacém × Av. Bons Amigos overpass overpass 17,840 Bifurcação de Meleças 00,000 L. Oeste → Figueira da Foz × Ribeira das Jardas × R. Pôr do Sol × Av. Descobertas 20,740 Rio de Mouro overpass × R. Fonte Velha 21,860 Mercês × R. Vitorino Nemésio 23,100 Algueirão-Mem Martins overpass 24,565 Algueirão-Parque × IC16 (EN9) 26,307 Portela de Sintra × R. Tribunal overpass Sintra tunnel × Estr. Chão de Meninos overpass Tram → Praia das Maçãs 27,170 Sintra Tram → Vila Velha Location on the network + Rossio × Sintra (🔎)

History

Sintra from Castle of the Moors, with station visible at lower left

The railway, one of the first to be planned in Portugal, was opened on 2 April 1887.^[2][3] The southern terminus was changed from Alcântara-Terra to Rossio, after the station was inaugurated in June 1891.^[2] The duplication works were completed on 20 January 1949, and during the 1950s, the line was electrified.^[2][4] New rolling stock was introduced in the 1990s.^[5] Quadruple-tracking between Benfica and Amadora had been completed by September 1999.^[6]

See also

• List of railway lines in Portugal
• History of rail transport in Portugal