Classic route
Évora–Beja railway
Évora → Beja · Portugal
Two railways of the 1860s meet at Casa Branca: the branch up to Évora opened on 14 September 1863, and the main line reached Beja on 15 February 1864.
- Distance
- 89 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 17 min
- Average speed
- 69 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmÉvora +1
- 26 kmCasa Branca +1
- 37 kmAlcáçovas
- 52 kmVila Nova da Baronia
- 60 kmAlvito
- 72 kmCuba
- 89 kmBeja
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 15512439: 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 IC 682
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Évora–Beja railway?
The Évora–Beja railway runs 89 km from Évora to Beja.
How long does the Évora–Beja railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 17 min for the 89 km. That is an average of 69 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Évora–Beja railway?
Comboios de Portugal, with IC 682.
How old is the Évora–Beja railway?
The line has been in service since 1864. 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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