Presidential Train

Royal-blue saloon carriages built from 1890, which once carried heads of state, now a fine-dining train up the terraced Douro wine valley.

Stations

1. 0 kmPorto - São Bento
2. 3 kmPorto - Campanhã
3. 11 kmErmesinde
4. 37 kmParedes
5. 40 kmPenafiel
6. 48 kmCaíde
7. Show 12 more stations

   1. 57 kmLivração
   2. 62 kmMarco de Canaveses
   3. 74 kmMosteirô
   4. 80 kmAregos
   5. 86 kmErmida
   6. 96 kmRede
   7. 105 kmRégua
   8. 114 kmCovelinhas
   9. 121 kmFerrão
   10. 128 kmPinhão
   11. 141 kmTua
   12. 147 kmAlegria
8. 153 kmFerradosa
9. 154 kmVargelas
10. 160 kmVesúvio
11. 164 kmFreixo de Numão - Mós do Douro
12. 173 kmPocinho

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 2645378 — 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 9 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 Presidential Train?

The Presidential Train runs 175 km from Porto to Pocinho.

How long does the Presidential Train take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 1 day for the 175 km. The line's top service speed is 60 km/h.

Who runs the Presidential Train?

CP, with historic 1890 saloons.

How old is the Presidential Train?

The line has been in service since 2016. 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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