Classic route
Linha do Leste
Entroncamento → Abrantes · Portugal
Linha do Leste in pictures
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- Distance
- 29 km
- Fastest time
- 22 min
- Average speed
- 79 km/h
- Train
- CP Regional railcar
- Countries
- Portugal
- In service since
- 1863
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Twenty nine minutes up the Tagus from the junction at Entroncamento to Abrantes, the first leg of the line Portugal opened on 28 October 1863 to reach the Spanish border.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 7809315 — 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
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of R 5621
- 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 Leste?
The Linha do Leste runs 29 km from Entroncamento to Abrantes.
How long does the Linha do Leste take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 22 min for the 29 km. That is an average of 79 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Linha do Leste?
CP.
How old is the Linha do Leste?
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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