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==Introduction==
==Introduction==


This list is based on the service valid as at 31 December 2013. CP no longer publish a national railway timetable, so the table numbers used (prefixed TCE) are those in the "European Rail Timetable" published by Thomas Cook.
This list is based on the service valid as at 15 December 2018. CP's timetable periods nominally coincide with those in the rest of Europe, but in practice timetables are changed on an ''ad hoc'' basis, often with little notice.


CP's timetable periods nominally coincide with those in the rest of Europe, but in practice timetables are changed on an ''ad hoc'' basis, often with little notice.
CP no longer publishes a national railway timetable, so there are no table numbers.


Standard abbreviations are explained in [[General Information]].
Standard abbreviations are explained in [[General Information]].


==Obscure services==
==Obscure services==
===Lisboa Santa Apolónia (Bif. Xabregas) — Chelas===
===Lisboa Santa Apolónia (Bif. Xabregas) — Chelas===
[TCE 693] (25B2-3 not shown; ERA1 21C1) PT13/1
[TCE 693] (ERA 21C1) PT20/1


This south to west curve links Santa Apolónia station with Entrecampos and beyond.
This south to west curve links Santa Apolónia station with Entrecampos and beyond.
{| width="100%"  
{| class="ostable"
|   
|   
|  
|  
| ''6403''
| ''R6403''
| 05:51 Lisboa Santa Apolónia - Leiria
| 05:37 Lisboa Santa Apolónia - Leiria
|-  
|-  
|
|
|
|
| ''6409''
| ''R6409''
| 11:51 Lisboa Santa Apolónia - Leiria
| 11:50 Lisboa Santa Apolónia - Leiria
|-  
|-  
|
|
| ''6411''
| 13:51  Lisboa Santa Apolónia - Coimbra B/Figueira da Foz
|-
|  
|  
|
|
| ''6413''
| ''R6413''
| 16:51 Lisboa Santa Apolónia - Leiria
| 16:25 Lisboa Santa Apolónia - Leiria
|-
|-
|
|
|  
|  
| ''6408''
| ''R6402''
| Coimbra B/Figueira da Foz - 13:27 Entrecampos - Lisboa Santa Apolónia
| Caldas da Rainha - 08:16 Entrecampos - Lisboa Santa Apolónia
|-  
|-  
|   
|   
|  
|  
| ''6410''
| ''R6408''
| Leiria - 15:27 Entrecampos - Lisboa Santa Apolónia
| Leiria - 15:27 Entrecampos - Lisboa Santa Apolónia
|-
|-
|
|
|  
|  
| ''6416''
| ''R6414''
| Leiria - 21:27 Entrecampos - Lisboa Santa Apolónia
| Leiria - 21:32 Entrecampos - Lisboa Santa Apolónia
|}
|}


===Amieira — Reveles (Bif. Verride)===
==Trams==
[TCE 693] (17A2) PT13/2
See [[Portugal_-_Tram_services_over_obscure_routes|Portugal - Tram services over obscure routes]]


This south to east curve provides a direct route between the Leiria and Coimbra directions, avoiding reversal in the Figueira da Foz area.
==Other sparse services==
The line from Caldas da Rainha to Amieira ( and beyond to the junctions with the Coimbra to Figueira da Foz line) will close at the end of January 2012, thereby closing this obscure route.
The following lines have few trains (relative to service levels generally in this country) - fewer than four trains each way on at least three days a week - or do not run every day of the week:
{| width="100%"  
 
|
{| class="osstable3"
| ''IR 807''
| Linha da Beira Alta
| Lisboa Santa Apolónia - 17:37 Louriçal - Coimbra
| Guarda - Vilar Formoso (- Fuentes de Oñoro (Spain))
|-  
|
|
|-
| ''IR 802''
| Linha da Beira Beixa
| Coimbra - 19:39 Verride - Caldas da Rainha
| Guarda - Covilha
| Still closed for engineering works
|
|-
| Linha do Minho
| Valença - Tui/Guillarei (Spain)
|  
|-
| Linha do Oeste
| Leiria - Verride
|
|-
| Linha do Leste
| Entroncamento - Portalegre - Elvas - Badajoz (Spain)
|
|
|-
|-
| Linha do Vouga
| Oliveira de Azeméis - Sernada do Vouga
| Replaced by taxis with no known date for resumption of rail operation
|}
|}


==Deletions since last edition==
==Deletions since last edition==


Valdera (Poceirão west junction) — Pinheiro (Bif. Aguas de Moura Sul)
{| class="dpetable3"
[TCE 697] (26A2) PT13/3
| Linha do Douro
 
| Régua - Pocinho
This direct line avoids the more circuitous route via Setúbal.
| More frequent service  
From 11 December 2011 no trains to the Linha do Sul ( Lisboa to Faro)  have been  routed via Setubal,  therefore all trains will use this route which ceases to be obscure.
 
Alcácer do Sal avoiding line: Monte Novo-Palma (km 59.0) - Grândola (km 94.5)
 
[TCE 697] (26A1, not shown) PT12/4
 
This new cut-off avoids the more circuitous route via Alcácer do Sal. From 11 December 2011 no trains have been  booked to call at Alcácer do Sal and all passenger trains have run by the new cut-off.
 
==Other sparse services==
The following lines have few trains (relative to service levels generally in this country) - fewer than four trains each way on at least three days a week - or do not run every day of the week:
{| width="100%"  
| TCE 692
| Vilar Formoso - Fuentes de Oñoro (Spain)
|-
|
| Sernada do Vouga - Oliveira de Azeméis
|-  
| TCE 696
| Valença - Tui (Spain)
|-
|}
 
On the following lines, the train service has been replaced by buses due to planned or emergency engineering work, with uncertain or unknown dates for resumption of rail operation:
{|
| TCE 691
| Guarda - Covilhã
|-
| TCE 693a
| Pampilhosa - Cantanhede - Figueira da Foz  ( Formal closure on 1 January 2012)
|-
| TCE 694
| Livração - Amarante  ( Formal closure on 1 January 2012)
|-
| TCE 694
| Régua - Vila Real ( Formal closure on 1 January 2012)
|-
| TCE 694
| Tua - Cachão
|-
|}
|}



Revision as of 16:32, 6 December 2019

Introduction

This list is based on the service valid as at 15 December 2018. CP's timetable periods nominally coincide with those in the rest of Europe, but in practice timetables are changed on an ad hoc basis, often with little notice.

CP no longer publishes a national railway timetable, so there are no table numbers.

Standard abbreviations are explained in General Information.

Obscure services

Lisboa Santa Apolónia (Bif. Xabregas) — Chelas

[TCE 693] (ERA 21C1) PT20/1

This south to west curve links Santa Apolónia station with Entrecampos and beyond.

R6403 05:37 Lisboa Santa Apolónia - Leiria
R6409 11:50 Lisboa Santa Apolónia - Leiria
R6413 16:25 Lisboa Santa Apolónia - Leiria
R6402 Caldas da Rainha - 08:16 Entrecampos - Lisboa Santa Apolónia
R6408 Leiria - 15:27 Entrecampos - Lisboa Santa Apolónia
R6414 Leiria - 21:32 Entrecampos - Lisboa Santa Apolónia

Trams

See Portugal - Tram services over obscure routes

Other sparse services

The following lines have few trains (relative to service levels generally in this country) - fewer than four trains each way on at least three days a week - or do not run every day of the week:

Linha da Beira Alta Guarda - Vilar Formoso (- Fuentes de Oñoro (Spain))
Linha da Beira Beixa Guarda - Covilha Still closed for engineering works
Linha do Minho Valença - Tui/Guillarei (Spain)
Linha do Oeste Leiria - Verride
Linha do Leste Entroncamento - Portalegre - Elvas - Badajoz (Spain)
Linha do Vouga Oliveira de Azeméis - Sernada do Vouga Replaced by taxis with no known date for resumption of rail operation

Deletions since last edition

Linha do Douro Régua - Pocinho More frequent service

See also