Ramal_de_Matosinhos

Ramal de Matosinhos

Ramal de Matosinhos

Portuguese railway line

Not to be confused with Linha de Leixões.

Ramal de Matosinhos, originally called Ramal de Leixões, was a metre-gauge railway line which connected the stations of Senhora da Hora, on the Linha do Porto à Póvoa e Famalicão, to the Port of Leixões, in Portugal. It was built in 1884 to connect the port to the São Gens quarry. Later, it was adapted to passenger and freight transport.[1] Commercial service began on the 6 May 1893.[2] The line was closed on 1 July 1965.[3] In the 2000s, part of the trackbed was used for the construction of Porto Metro Line A.[4]

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Matosinhos branch
Legend
km
Pedreiras de São Gens
Guimarães Line to Fafe
Porto Metro Porto Metro to Sete Bicas
3.852
 Senhora da Hora
Póvoa Line to Famalicão
Póvoa Line to Porto
Porto Metro Porto Metro Line A
Estádio do Mar
5.231
 Real
Porto Metro
Porto Metro Line A
to Pedro Hispano
6.399
Vilarinha
formerly Biquinha
7.956
 Prado
8.478
 Sura-Padrão
 Leixões
(south)
8.930
 Matosinhos
Leixões Line to Contumil
Leça River
10.544
 Leça
 Leixões
Dock Nº 1
km

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Torres, Carlos Manitto (1 February 1958). "A evolução das linhas portuguesas e o seu significado ferroviário" (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  2. [2]
    Nono, Carlos (1 May 1950). "Efemérides ferroviárias" (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Vai ser encerrada, a partir do dia 1 de Julho próximo, a exploração ferroviária do Ramal de Matosinhos" (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro. 1 July 1965. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  4. [4]
    Silva, José Ribeiro; Ribeiro, Manuel (2009). Os comboios de Portugal - Volume II (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Terramar. ISBN 9789727104178.


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