Classic route
Intercidades Lisbon–Évora
Lisbon → Évora · Portugal
Across the Tagus and into the cork-oak Alentejo: ninety minutes from Lisbon to Évora’s Roman temple and bone chapel.
- Distance
- 135 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 1 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 90 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmLisboa - Oriente +3
- 7 kmEntrecampos +1
- 9 kmSete Rios
- 18 kmPragal
- 47 kmPinhal Novo +1
- 62 kmPoceirão
- 67 kmFernando Pó
- 74 kmPegões
- 77 kmSão João das Craveiras
- 89 kmVendas Novas
- 122 kmCasa Branca +1
- 148 kmÉvora +1
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 5429626: 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 3 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Comboios de Portugal, a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- 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 Intercidades?
The Intercidades runs 135 km from Lisbon to Évora.
How long does the Intercidades take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 30 min for the 135 km. That is an average of 90 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the Intercidades?
CP.
How old is the Intercidades?
The line has been in service since 1863. 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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