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Portugal uses Italian-designed tilting trains on the Lisboa -
Porto main line, being marketed as 'Alfa Pendular'.
544008 forms the 07.00 Lisboa Santa Apolónia to Braga at Porto
Campanhã on 19 February 2019. |
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Railcar 030306 at Covilhã on 19 February 1996. This unit
had just arrived on the 12.30 from Guarda, a very scenic route in
Eastern Portugal which closed to passengers in 2009, but reopened
in 2021 following electrification. |
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The Portuguese 1800 class of locomotives were built by
English Electric and were based on the British Rail Class 50. For
many years they hauled express pasenger trains on the Algarve
main line south from Lisboa (Barreiro), but they were later
relegated to freight duties and have now all been withdrawn. 1807
is seen here at Tunes on the 08.35 Barreiro to Vila Real de Santo
António (Guadiana), on 17 February 1996. |
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The railway along the Douro valley and the (now closed)
branches to Vila Real and Mirandela are among the most scenic in
Europe. The narrow-gauge branch from Tua to Mirandela still had
locomotive-hauled passenger trains until the 1990s. 9029
stands at Tua with a Mirandela train on 22 February 1996.
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A southbound container train at Porto Campanhã on
19 February 2019, hauled by Medway locos 4704 and 2602. |
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