Linha de Leixões

5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) Iberian gaugeElectrification25 kV / 50 kHz Overhead line

Location on the network

+ Contumil × Leixões (🔎)

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Legend
km Linha do Minho to Porto-Campanhã 2.443 Contumil Linha do Minho to Valença 3.700 Vila Cova (formerly Rebordões) 4.000 Triana São Gemil junction to Ermesinde 6.326 São Gemil 7.500 Pedrouços da Maia 8.000 Hospital de São João (proposed) 10.034 São Mamede de Infesta 11.600 Arroteia 12.670 Ramal da SEPSA 13.053 Leça do Balio 14.320 Custió-Araújo 14.452 R. L. do Balio-Petroquímica Porto Metro 15.553 Gondivinho Porto Metro 16.212 D. Oficinas de Custóias 16.650 Guifões 17.435 Ponte do Carro 20.984 Leixões 21.150 Ramal de Matosinhos to Leça│to Senhora da Hora Ramal da Alfândega to Alfândega (proposed) Leça Leixões-Serpa Pinto

Linha de Leixões, also known as Linha de Cintura do Porto, is a freight railway line which connects Contumil railway station, on the Linha do Minho, and Leixões, in Matosinhos, Portugal. It was opened in 1938, and electrified in 1998.^[1][2] Passenger services ran until 1987 and from 2009 to 2011.

See also

• List of railway lines in Portugal
• List of Portuguese locomotives and railcars
• History of rail transport in Portugal

References

Sources

• "2019 Network Statement" (PDF). 7 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• Martins, João; Brion, Madalena; Sousa, Miguel (1996). O Caminho de Ferro Revisitado (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses.
• Reis, Francisco; Gomes, Rosa; Gomes, Gilberto (2006). Os Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses 1856-2006 (in Portuguese). Lisbon: CP - Comboios de Portugal e Público-Comunicação Social S. A. ISBN 989-619-078-X.