Intercidades Lisbon–Guarda

Climbs the Beira Alta line to Guarda, Portugal’s highest city at 1,056 m, on the historic Sud Express path toward the Spanish border.

Stations

1. 0 kmLisboa - Santa Apolónia
2. 6 kmLisboa - Oriente
3. 30 kmVila Franca de Xira
4. 74 kmSantarém
5. 106 kmEntroncamento
6. 129 kmChão de Maçãs - Fátima
7. Show 9 more stations

   1. 139 kmCaxarias
   2. 169 kmPombal
   3. 198 kmGranja do Ulmeiro - Alfarelos
   4. 217 kmCoimbra-B
   5. 230 kmPampilhosa
   6. 253 kmMortágua
   7. 265 kmSanta Comba Dão
   8. 277 kmCarregal do Sal
   9. 296 kmNelas
8. 308 kmMangualde
9. 331 kmFornos de Algodres
10. 346 kmCelorico da Beira
11. 360 kmVila Franca das Naves
12. 384 kmGuarda

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.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 11579191 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 47 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 13 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of IC 511
• 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 353 km from Lisbon to Guarda.

How long does the Intercidades take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 4 h 11 min for the 353 km. That is an average of 84 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 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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