Linha do Porto à Póvoa e Famalicão

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Portuguese railway line

Porto-Trindade railway station

Overview

Other name(s)

Porto to Póvoa and Famalicão railway line

Status

Closed

Termini

Technical

Line length

57.1 km (35.5 mi)

Track gauge

1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge

Old gauge

900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in)

Route map

Legend

					L. Minho → Porto S.B.
				57,175	Famalicão
					× Rua José Carvalho
					L. Minho → Monção
					× Rua Daniel Rodrigues
					× Rua dos Serrões
					× EN204 / Av. 9 de Julho
				54,300	Barradas
				52,099	Outiz
					× Rua Primeiro de Maio
				50,327	Cavalões (dem.)

					× Av. de São Félix / EN206
				48,094	Gondifelos
					× Rua Fonte do Chão
				44,899	Balazar
				43,508	Fontainhas
				41,500	Rates

					× Rua Águas Férreas
				36,500	Laundos (dem.)
				35,133	S. Félix
				31,634	Amorim (dem.)
				30,700	Pisão (dem.)
					× A28 / IC1
					× Av. 25 de Abril
					× Via General Humberto Delgado
					× Rua da Sacra Família
					Viana do Castelo (cancelled proj.)
				27,933	Póvoa de Varzim

				24,601	Vila do Conde
				22,715	Azurara-Árvore (formerly Azurara)
				19,623	Mindelo
				17,015	Vila Chã
				15,676	Modivas
				13,92	Vilar do Pinheiro
				10,815	Pedras Rubras
				09,194	Crestins
				06,800	Santa Cruz
				05,648	R. de Guifões → G. O. Guifões
				8	Custóias
					L. Guimarães
					R. Matosinhos → Matosinhos
					L. Pedreiras → Pedreiras de S. Gens
				3,852	Senhora da Hora (formerly Vila de Bouças)
				02,600	Circunvalação
				01,900	Ramalde
				00,990	Francos
				0,400	Porto-Boavista
				02,100	Avenida de França
					Cedofeita (cancelled proj.)
					Lapa tunnel (488 m)
				0,000	Porto-Trindade

Location on the network

+ Porto-Trindade × Famalicão (🔎)

The Linha do Porto à Póvoa e Famalicão, or Porto to Póvoa and Famalicão railway line, was a railway line in Portugal, which connected the city of Porto to Senhora da Hora, Póvoa de Varzim and Famalicão to the city's north. The line was built to a gauge of 900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in), making it the first public narrow gauge railway in Portugal.

The line was constructed by the Companhia dos Caminhos de Ferro de Porto à Póvoa de Varzim e Familicão. The first section, from Porto to Senhora da Hora, opened on 1 October 1875, and the line reached Famalicão on 12 June 1881. As built, the line's Porto terminus was at Porto-Boavista station [pt], which was rather inconveniently located on the edge of what was then the built-up area of Porto.

On 14 January 1927, the company of the Porto to Póvoa and Famalicão line was merged with that of the Guimarães line, a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge line to the north-east of Porto, thus forming the Norte de Portugal company [pt]. This resulted in the conversion of the line to Póvoa and Famalicão to 1000mm gauge, and the construction of a link line from Senhora da Hora to Trofa, which connected with the Guimarães line. Opened in 1932, this allowed through trains to run from Guimarães to Porto for the first time.

Despite Boavista's inconvenient location, it remained the company's city terminus until 1938, when the line was extended to the newly built and more centrally located Porto-Trindade station.

In 1995, the section between Póvoa de Varzim and Famalicão was closed. Between 2001 and 2002, railway services came to an end in the remainder of the line, as it was converted into Line B of the Porto Metro, a light rail system.

References

^ "Porto Metre Gauge System". The Restoration & Archiving Trust. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
^ Torres, Carlos Manitto (1 February 1958). "A evolução das linhas portuguesas e o seu significado ferroviário" [The evolution of Portuguese lines and their railway significance] (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro (in Portuguese). 70 (1683): 75–78. Retrieved 22 December 2018 – via Hemeroteca Digital de Lisboa.
^ Torres, Carlos Manitto (16 March 1958). "A evolução das linhas portuguesas e o seu significado ferroviário" [The evolution of Portuguese lines and their railway significance] (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro (in Portuguese). 71 (1686): 133–140. Retrieved 30 June 2014 – via Hemeroteca Digital de Lisboa.
Nunes, Nuno Miguel (2005). Locomotivas da série E 61 a E 62 (in Portuguese). Entroncamento: Associação de Amigos do Museu Nacional Ferroviário. ISBN 9789727104178.
Trofa, O. Notícias da (2023-12-31). "A linha de Guimarães "nasceu" na Trofa há 140 anos". O Notícias da Trofa (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-08-18.

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