Barca d'Alva–La Fuente de San Esteban railway

The Barca d'Alva–La Fuente de San Esteban railway is a closed Iberian gauge line which connected Barca d'Alva on the Linha do Douro, in northeastern Portugal, to the Spanish railway network. Passenger and cargo trains ran from Porto to Salamanca from its opening in 1887 until its closure on the Spanish side in 1985, with the Portuguese side also subsequently truncated to Pocinho three years later.[1]

International railway line between Barca d'Alva and La Fuente de San Esteban
Overview
Termini	Barca d'Alva La Fuente de San Esteban
Operation
Opened	9 December 1887
Closed	1 January 1985 (Spanish segment) 1988 (Portuguese segment)
Operator(s)	CP and Adif
Technical
Line length	775 km (482 mi)
Track gauge	Iberian

Location on the network

+ Barca d'Alva × LFdSE-B (🔎)

Barca d'Alva–La Fuente de San Esteban
000 0 L. Douro
191,1 Barca d’Alva closed 1988 191,8 ⇄ Bridge × Águeda River × CL-517 × CL-517
000 0 La Fregeneda × Froya River × DSA-590 (= CP-005) × DSA-591 (= CV-44)
000 0 Hinojosa de Duero × SA-330 × DSA-579 (= CV-16) × CL-517
000 0 Lumbrales × DSA-461 (= CV-162)
000 0 Olmedo-Cerralbo × DSA-460 (= CV-43)
000 0 Bogajo
000 0 Villavieja de Yeltes × DSA-451 (= SA-322) × Yeltes River
000 0 Villares de Yeltes ∥ DSA-452 (= CV-154) × DSA-452 (= CV-154)
000 0 Boada × DSA-443 (= CV-28)
000 0 L. Salamanca
000 0 F.te S. Est. - Boadilla
000 0 L. Salamanca

See also

• List of railway lines in Portugal
• List of Portuguese locomotives and railcars
• History of rail transport in Portugal

References

1. Silva, José Ribeiro; Ribeiro, Manuel (2009). Os comboios de Portugal - Volume II (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Terramar. ISBN 9789727104178.