Ramal de Portalegre

Ramal de Portalegre, originally called Linha de Portalegre, is a closed railway line which connected the stations of Estremoz, on the Linha de Évora, and Portalegre, on the Linha do Leste. It was planned to connect Estremoz to Castelo de Vide, on the Ramal de Cáceres, but the railway was only built to Portalegre-Gare.[1] The line was opened on 21 January 1949[2], and closed in 1990.[3]

Ramal de Portalegre
Cabeço de Vide station
Overview
Status	closed
Termini	Estremoz Portalegre
Technical
Line length	63.1 km (39.2 mi)
Track gauge	1,668 mm (5 ft 5 ^21⁄32 in) Iberian gauge
Route map → L. Beira Baixa (cancelled proj.) R. Cáceres → Marvão-Beirã (closed 2012) 239,200 Castelo de Vide R. Cáceres → T. Vargens (closed 2012) Portalegre-cidade (cancelled proj.) L. Leste → Abrantes 216,650 Portalegre-Gare L. Leste → Badajoz 232,703 Ribeiro do Freixo (dem.) × EN369 224,717 Cabeço de Vide-Vaiamonte 221,600 Coutos (dem.) × R. do Verdigão × R. Grande 210,466 Fronteira R. Avis (cancelled proj.) × M1013 204,574 St. Amaro-Veiros (dem.) × R. de Lupe × R. de Sousel × R. da Camuja 194,472 Sousel 187,640 Cardeais / Cardiais × R. da Perna Seca 181,556 Silveirona (dem.) L. Évora → Casa Branca 175,477 Estremoz R. Vila Viçosa → Vila Viçosa  Location on the network  + Estremoz × Portalegre (🔎)

See also

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

References

1. Sousa, José Fernando de (1 May 1933). "A Coordenação dos Meios de Transporte: Apreciação de um Parecer" (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 February 2019.
2. "Cronologia". www.cp.pt (in Portuguese). Comboios de Portugal. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
3. Bláquez, José Luís (1992). "El Museo de Ferrocarril de Estremoz". Maquetren (in Spanish). Madrid: Resistor.

Sources

• "2019 Network Statement" (PDF). 7 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)