Linha de Sines

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Linha de Sines
Port of Sines
Overview
Status	Operational
Termini	Ermidas-Sado Port of Sines
Technical
Line length	50 km (31 mi)
Track gauge	1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) Iberian gauge
Route map 000.000 L. Alentejo → Beja (cancelled pj.) L. Sul → Campolide A 129,631 Ermidas-Sado 000.000 L. Sul → Tunes 131,025 C. Ermidas 143,607 Abela (formerly Abela-São Domingos; dem.) 151,121 São Bartolomeu da Serra 158,504 Cumeadas (dem.) S. C. substation 160,770 Santiago do Cacém (closed) L. Aljezur (cancelled pj.) → L. Alg. 165,856 Ortiga 165,300 → L. Sul Grândola (proj. 2009) 168,100 N. L. Sines→ Pinheiro (proj. 1970, canc.) 000.0000,000/168,113 Bif. de Sines (R. Sines) 000.000   Metalsines 000.000   Repsol 000,700/169,230 Dalda 011,400/179,930 Sines 169,230 R. Raquete 170,047 Raquete 170,669 R. Petrogal-Asfaltos Oil refinery Galp 174,713 R. EDP-Cinzas thermal power station EDP 177,905 R. Terminal XXI Terminal XXI / PSA 180,170   Porto de Sines (station) 000.000 Coal terminal Portsines 000.000 Port of Sines (cargo term.) Location on the network + Ermidas-Sado × Port (🔎)

Linha de Sines is a railway line which connects the station of Ermidas-Sado, on the Linha do Sul, to the Port of Sines, in Portugal. It used to be connected to the station of Sines via a branch line. The first section, from Ermidas-Sado to São Bartolomeu da Serra was opened on 9 April 1927. The line reached Cumeadas on 1 July 1929, Santiago do Cacém on 20 June 1934, and Sines on 14 September 1936.

See also

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

References

1. ^ "Image: vYuZJ7H.jpg, (1853 × 2799 px): Three variants on IGeoE M888 maps". i.imgur.com. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
2. ^ Torres, Carlos Manitto (1 February 1958). "A evolução das linhas portuguesas e o seu significado ferroviário" (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
3. ^ Martins et al., p. 257

Sources

• "2019 Network Statement" (PDF). 7 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Martins, João; Brion, Madalena; Sousa, Miguel (1996). O Caminho de Ferro Revisitado (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses.

v t e Railway lines+ in Portugal including trolleybuses, cable cars and elevators
IP Iberian-gauge railwaysᴮ#	Alentejo Alfândega† Alfarelos Algarve Aljustrel†° Barca d’Alva†‡ Beira Alta Beira Baixa Belver Dam† Braga Cáceres† Cascais Cintura Douro Estádio† Évora Figueira da Foz† Guimarães Leixões Leste Louriçal Lousㆇ / Metro Mondego‡ Maceira-Liz° Maceda†° Marginal do Douro‡† Matinha Minho Montemor-o-Novo† Montijo† Mora† Moura† Neves-Corvo Nogueirinha†° Norte Oeste Pego° Portalegre† Porto de Aveiro Porto de Viana‡ Reguengos† Rio Maior†‡ São Roque†° Seixal† Serpa‡† Siderurgia Sines (mainª) Sines (branch)† Sintra Sorraia‡† Sul Tomar Valença°? Vendas Novas Viana-Doca†°? Vila Viçosa† Wyes Agualva Águas de Moura Bombel Ermidas Funcheira Nine† Norte Setil Poceirão São Gemil Sete Rios Tunes† Verride Xabregas
IP metre-gauge railways¹#	Linha do Douro branch lines Ave/Basto‡† Côa‡† Corgo† Lamego‡† Sabor† Tâmega† Tua†‡ Metro de Mirandela†° Transversal do Minho‡† Chacim‡† Valpaços‡† Vinhais‡† Crestuma‡† Porto-Minho network Alto Minho‡† Braga-Chaves‡† Braga-Guimarães‡† Guimarães↑ Lima‡†° Matosinhos† Póvoa e Famalicão↑ São Pedro da Cova‡† Litoral do Minho‡† Lanhoso‡† Transversal do Minho‡† Famalicão‡† Cávado‡† Vouga/Viseu network Aveiro Aveiro-Mar† Dão† Vouga Other Chamusca‡† Penafiel† Avis‡† Cacilhas‡† Pedreiras de Caxias†
Other heavy-rail lines#	High-speed linesⁱ Aveiro-Salamancaⁱ‡† Évora-Faro-Huelvaⁱ‡† Lisboa-Madridⁱ‡† Lisboa-Portoⁱ‡† Porto-Vigoⁱ‡† Isolated port railways Horta²†° Lena¹⁶†° Monges⁶†° Pego do Altar⁶†° Pejão⁶†° Ponta Delgada²†° Pomarão¹†° Funchal¹†° Aljustrel (mines)³†° Alfeite† São Pedro da Cova mine† Leixões (port)† Panasqueira† Lousal†
Tourist, urban, industrial and military lines	Metros Metro de Faro‡ Metro de Mirandela†¹ Metro Mondegoⁱ‡ Metro Transportes do Sulⁱ Lisbon Metroⁱ Blue Yellow Green Red Porto Metroⁱ A B C D E F G‡ Trams Braga⁹† Coimbra¹† Faro¹‡† Lisbon⁹ Portoⁱ Sintra¹†† Trolleybuses Amadora‡ Braga† Coimbra Porto† Beach railways Caparica⁶ Barril⁶ Other mechanical non-electric systems Larmanjat⁴⁺† Braga⁹↑ Póvoa de Varzim† Mira† Torres Novas† Pinhal de Leiria† Escola de Engenharia in Tancos† Ponta Delgada a Furnas e RibeirA Grande‡† Palácio de Cristal† Horsecars Aveiro† Braçal† Braga⁹↑ Coimbra↑ Linha do Corgo↑ Elvas† Figueira da Foz† Funchal⁶† Lisbon↑ Portoⁱ↑ Póvoa de Varzim↑ S. Jacinto† S. Pedro Muel† Torreira† Campo Entrincheirado de Lisboa† Fort of Trafaria† Fort of São Julião da Barra† Polígono de Tancos† Funchal - Câmara Lobos‡† São Martinho de Porto† Fábrica de Pólvora† Companhia das Lezírias† São Vicente - Santana‡†
Funiculars	Bica⁹ Bom Jesusⁱ Castelo Branco‡ Freiras† Glória⁹ Guindais†† Lavra⁹ Nazaré Ourém‡ Santa Luzia†† Sintra‡† Tomar‡† Viseu
Cable cars and rack railways (including aerial lifts and people movers)	Surface Estrela↑ Graça↑ Monte¹†‡ S. J. Malta‡ São Sebastião† SATUOeiras† Gondola lifts Achadas da Cruz Aroeira‡† Botânico Cabo Girão Cântaro Covão Expo Fajã dos Padres Funchal-Monte Gaia Garajau Lagoa Penha Rocha do Navio Sete Fontes‡ Skiparque Torre Viriato Zoo
Elevators	Boca do Vento Carpinteira-Jardim‡ Castelo‡‡ Chiado† Goldra‡ Mercado Município† Outeiro Ribeira Peneco Santa Justa Santo André
Symbols Track gauges + names abbreviated whenever possible ° heavy rail # not managed by IP (and/or its predecessors) † closed (completely) ‡ planned †† reopened †‡ reopening planned ‡† cancelled project ‡‡ planned using former project ↑  replaced using former trackbed ² 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) Brunel gauge ᴮ 1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) Iberian gauge ⁱ 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Standard gauge ¹ 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Metre gauge ³ 3 ft (914 mm) 3-foot gauge ⁹ 900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in) 900 mm gauge ⁶ 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) 2-foot/600 mm gauge ⁴⁺ Larmanjat monorail Source for IP's network: www.refer.pt/Documentos/Directorio_da_Rede_2010.pdf, page. 54 See also: Rolling stock of Portugal

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