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Train operations in Portugal are still strongly in the hands of the local state railways,
CP or Comboios de Portugal. It is a company owned 100% by the state. CP operates on some 2600 km of broad gauge 1668 mm line.
out of which over 1300 km is electrified with 25 kV AC. CP as a company is divided into four divisions: CP Longo Curso (long distance),
CP Regional (regional services), CP Lisboa (suburban lines around Lisbon) and CP Porto (Porto's suburban network). Train services are
categorised in five categories:
The train is this picture is a Fiat Pendolino of the Alfa Pendular service, here ready to leave Porto Campanha station to Faro.
These trains can run at up to 200 km/h. Picture 11.3.2017 by Ilkka Siissalo.
FUNET railway pictures archive - Portugal
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The train station of Ferrao is a typical countryside little station located by the Douro river. Diesel multiple units stop here a couple of times per day. Picture 19.62012 by Ilkka Siissalo. We all know what a restaurant car in a train is, right? This one was at the station of Regua. Picture 22.6.2012 by Ilkka Siissalo.
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