1. Geography

2. Operation
     Passengers and cargo  

3. History

4. See also

5. References

6. Bibliography

Linha do Algarve is a railway line in the Algarve, which connects the stations of Lagos and Vila Real de Santo António.

Geography

The line runs east to west along the sothern coast of the Algarve, except for part of the coast in the Lagos municipality and all of the coast in the Vila do Bispo municipality. The main stations are Vila Real de Santo António, Faro, Tavira, Olhão, Albufeira, Tunes, Portimão, and Lagos.

Operation

Passengers and cargo

All passenger services are run by the national railway operator Comboios de Portugal. Cargo services are operated by Medway. The infrastructure is owned and maintained by Infraestruturas de Portugal. The main railway station is Faro, the most important cargo terminal is Loulé.

The Alfa Pendular and Intercidades services run between Faro and Tunes, and the CP Regional trains run on the whole line.^[1]

The track from Vila Real de Santo António to Vila Real de Santo António - Guadiana, which linked the line to the ferries to Ayamonte, in Spain, is closed.^[2]

History

In 1858, the expansion of the Linha do Sul, today Linha do Alentejo, from Beja to Algarve was planned;^[3] in 1864, the contract between Companhia dos Caminhos de Ferro de Sul e Sueste and the Portuguese state was signed.^[4]

The connection to Faro was completed on the 21st of February 1889,^[5] but only opened on the 1st of July of the same year.^[6]

The railway reached Olhão on 28 March 1904 (although the station was only opened on 15 May of that year^[7]), Fuseta railway station on 1 September,^[7] Luz on 31 January 1905,^[7] Tavira on 19 March, and Vila Real de Santo António on 14 April 1906.^[8] Towards Lagos, the stations of Algoz, Ferragudo and Lagos were opened on 10 October 1889,^[4] 15 February 1903^[9] and 30 July 1922.^[10] The Vila Real de Santo António – Guadiana station was opened in the 1940s.^[8]

See also

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

References

Bibliography

• {{cite book |last=Cabrita |first=Aurélio Nuno |title=O comboio no Algarve: festejos e inaugurações|year=2014 |publisher=Casa do Algarve e Centro de Arte e Cultura Teixeira Gomes |location=Lisboa e Portimão |isbn=978-989-96133-3-1}}
• {{cite book |last=Marques |first=Maria da Graça Maia |title=O Algarve Da Antiguidade aos Nossos Dias|year=1999 |publisher=Edições Colibri |location=Lisboa |isbn=972-772-064-1 }}
• {{cite book |last=Santos |first=Luís Filipe Rosa|title=Os Acessos a Faro e aos Concelhos Limítrofes na Segunda Metade do Séc. XIX|year=1995 |publisher=Câmara Municipal |location=Faro |isbn=972-772-064-1 }}
• {{cite book |last=Santos |first=Luís Filipe Rosa|title=Faro: um Olhar sobre o Passado Recente|year=1997 |publisher=Câmara Municipal |location=Faro |isbn=972-772-064-1 }}

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