Classic route
Linha do Oeste
Lisbon → Figueira da Foz · Portugal
Linha do Oeste in pictures
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- Distance
- 203 km
- Fastest time
- 4 h
- Average speed
- 51 km/h
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
- Train
- CP Regional
- Countries
- Portugal
- In service since
- 1890
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
A slow, winding single-track line through the vineyards and spa towns of Estremadura (Torres Vedras, Caldas da Rainha) to the Atlantic at Figueira da Foz.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 2076345 — 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 7 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
How long is the Linha do Oeste?
The Linha do Oeste runs 203 km from Lisbon to Figueira da Foz.
How long does the Linha do Oeste take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 4 h for the 203 km. That is an average of 51 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.
Who runs the Linha do Oeste?
CP.
How old is the Linha do Oeste?
The line has been in service since 1890. 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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