Linha de Guimarães

Metre gauge until 2004, when it was rebuilt to Iberian gauge and wired: out of Porto through Ermesinde and up the Ave valley by Trofa and Santo Tirso to Guimarães, where Portugal was founded.

Stations

1. 0 kmPorto - Campanhã
2. 2 kmContumil
3. 5 kmRio Tinto
4. 7 kmPalmilheira
5. 8 kmErmesinde
6. 10 kmTravagem
7. Show 12 more stations

   1. 12 kmLeandro
   2. 13 kmSão Frutuoso
   3. 16 kmSão Romão
   4. 18 kmPortela
   5. 22 kmTrofa
   6. 25 kmLousado
   7. 30 kmSanto Tirso
   8. 34 kmCaniços
   9. 37 kmVila das Aves
   10. 39 kmGiesteira
   11. 42 kmLordelo
   12. 44 kmCuca
8. 46 kmPereirinhas
9. 47 kmVizela
10. 50 kmNespereira
11. 53 kmCovas
12. 55 kmGuimarães

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 9586510 — 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 15153
• 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 Linha de Guimarães?

The Linha de Guimarães runs 55 km from Porto to Guimarães.

How long does the Linha de Guimarães take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 16 min for the 55 km. That is an average of 43 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.

Who runs the Linha de Guimarães?

CP.

How old is the Linha de Guimarães?

The line has been in service since 1884. 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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