Classic route
Linha da Beira Alta
Guarda → Vilar Formoso · Portugal
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The last forty five kilometres of Portugal, Guarda out to the Spanish frontier at Vilar Formoso across the high Beira, on the line to the border inaugurated on 3 August 1882.
Stations
- 0 kmGuarda +1
- 4 kmGata
- 11 kmVila Fernando
- 16 kmRochoso
- 20 kmCerdeira
- 23 kmMiuzela
- 38 kmFreineda
- 40 kmAldeia
- 45 kmVilar Formoso
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 9632766 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of R 5421
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Linha da Beira Alta?
The Linha da Beira Alta runs 45 km from Guarda to Vilar Formoso.
How long does the Linha da Beira Alta take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 39 min for the 45 km. That is an average of 69 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Linha da Beira Alta?
CP.
How old is the Linha da Beira Alta?
The line has been in service since 1882. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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