The CP Urban Services network is the commuter train network of Metropolitan Lisbon and Metropolitan Porto, Portugal. It is a Comboios de Portugal company[citation needed]. It connects the city centers with the suburbs.

CP Urban Services
Overview
LocaleMetropolitan Lisbon and Metropolitan Porto
Transit typeCommuter rail
Number of lines4 with 7 services (Lisbon) and 5 (Porto)[1]
Annual ridership103 million (Lisbon, 2019)
24 million (Porto, 2019)[2][3]
Operation
Operator(s)Comboios de Portugal

Metropolitan Lisbon Network

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Commuter rail lines in Lisbon

The system is complemented in Lisbon by the Lisbon Metro and an extensive bus network.

 
Lisbon rail lines overview, with CP, Fertagus and Lisbon Metro (filled light gray) lines

It comprises four lines[4] which served 103 million passengers in 2019.

Although the Cintura line connects the Azambuja line (at Braço de Prata) to the Cascais line (at Alcântara-Mar), the stretch between Alcântara-Terra and Alcântara-Mar is only used for freight services, and passengers transferring between both stations have to do so on foot.

Nowadays, the services from the Azambuja and Sintra lines are joined in a single timetable, as "Azambuja/Lisboa/Sintra".[5]

Since 2011, the Azambuja line has offered a direct connection between Azambuja and Alcântara-Terra, with an additional Castanheira–Santa Apolónia service during weekdays, a change that will be reversed with the Summer 2015 timetables, that reintroduce the older Azambuja–Santa Apolónia and Castanheira–Alcântara-Terra services.[6]

 
The Lisbon Cintura rail line, and its connections to the other North Lisbon urban lines

Network Map

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Metropolitan Porto network

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Porto Commuter rail
 
Guimarães
 
Covas
 
Nespereira
 
Vizela
 
Pereirinhas
 
Cuca
 
Lordelo
Braga
 
 
Giesteira
Ferreiros
 
 
Vila das Aves
Mazagão
 
 
Caniços
Aveleda
 
 
Santo Tirso
Tadim
 
 
Ruilhe
 
 
 
Caíde
Arentim
 
 
 
Meinedo
Couto de
Cambeses
 
 
 
Bustelo
Nine
 
 
 
Penafiel
Louro
 
 
 
Paredes
Mouquim
 
 
 
Oleiros
Famalicão
 
 
 
Irivo
Barrimau
 
 
 
 
Cête
Esmeriz
 
 
 
 
Parada
Lousado
 
 
 
Recarei-Sobreira
Trofa
 
 
 
Trancoso
Portela
 
 
 
Terronhas
São Romão
 
 
 
São Martinho
do Campo
São Frutuoso
 
 
 
Valongo
Leandro
 
 
 
 
Suzão
Travagem
 
 
 
 
 
Cabeda
Ermesinde
 
 
 
 
 
Águas Santas/
Palmiheira
 
 
 
Rio Tinto
 
 
 
Contumil
 
 
 
 
 
Porto-Campanhã
 
 
 
 
 
General Torres
Porto-São Bento
 
 
 
 
 
Vila Nova de Gaia
 
Coimbrões
Aveiro
 
 
Madalena
Cacia
 
 
Valadares
Canelas
 
 
Francelos
Salreu
 
 
Miramar
Estarreja
 
 
Aguda
Avanca
 
 
Granja
Válega
 
 
Espinho
Ovar
 
 
Silvalde
Carvalheira-
Maceda
 
 
Paramos
Cortegaça
 
 
 
 
 
Esmoriz
Legend
 
Ramal de Braga/Linha do Minho
 
Linha do Douro
 
Linha de Guimarães
 
Linha do Norte
Source: Official site, January 2019
 
Map of the Porto network with the map of the Porto Metro

The CP Urban Services in the greater Porto area consists of 4 main lines, linking Porto Terminus São Bento Station (Estação de São Bento) in Porto Downtown with the cities of Braga, Guimarães, Aveiro and Penafiel. The lines are completely electrified and the service is efficient, serving over 24 million passengers in 2019.

The Commuter rail service in Porto is well connected with bus and metro service in the city, linking with lines A (Blue line), B (Red line), C (Green line), E (Violet Line) and F (Orange Line) of metro service in Campanhã Station and with line D (Yellow line) in São Bento Station.

A fifth line was inaugurated in September 2009, Leixões line, connecting Porto to Leixões.[7] This line closed again in 2011.

In 2018, a study was launched into a new 36.5 km rail line branching from Valongo on the Linha de Caide to Felgueiras, with an expectedly cost of €300 million.[8]

Network Map

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Metropolitan Coimbra network

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Coimbra suburban rail
Lobazes
 
 
 
Moinhos
Miranda do Corvo
 
 
Trémoa
Padrão
 
 
Vale de Açor
Meiral
 
 
Ceira
Lousã-A
 
 
Conraria
Lousã
 
 
Carvalhosas
Prilhão-Casais
 
 
São José (Calhabé)
Serpins
 
 
Coimbra-Parque
 
Coimbra
Coimbra-B
 
 
 
 
 
Souselas
 
 
Pampilhosa
 
 
 
Bencanta
Mala
 
 
Espadaneira
Silvã-Feiteira
 
 
Casais
Enxofães
 
 
Taveiro
Murtede
 
 
Vila Pouca
do Campo
Cordinhã
 
 
Amial
Cantanhede
 
 
Pereira
Limede-Cadima
 
 
Formoselha-
Santo Varão
Casal
 
 
 
Alfarelos
Arazede
 
 
Montemor
Bebedouro
 
 
Marujal
Liceia
 
 
Verride
Santana-Ferreira
 
 
Reveles
Costeira
 
 
 
Lares Junction
Alhadas
 
 
Lares
Carvalhal
 
 
Fontela
Maiorca
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fontela-A
Figueira da Foz
 
 
Legend
 
Ramal de Alfarelos
 
Ramal da Figueira da Foz
 
Ramal da Lousã
 
Linha do Norte
 
Linha do Oeste
Source: Official diagram (2001)

Since the closure by Comboios de Portugal of the lines from Coimbra to LousãMiranda do Corvo (Ramal da Lousã), in 2004, and Coimbra to Figueira da Foz via Cantanhede (Ramal da Figueira da Foz) in 2011, the Urbanos Coimbra service now only consists of the Baixo Mondego corridor, from Coimbra to Figueira da Foz[9] via Montemor-o-Velho (Ramal de Alfarelos of the Linha do Norte, Linha do Oeste and Ramal da Lousã).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ CP, "Mapa das Linhas dos Comboios Urbanos do Porto" (Porto Urban Trains Lines Map) "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) (Portuguese) Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  2. ^ "A Empresa | CP - Comboios de Portugal".
  3. ^ "Passageiros e receitas da CP aumentam em 2019". Sol. 8 March 2020. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  4. ^ CP, Lisbon Urban Service network map [1]. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  5. ^ CP, "Azambuja / Lisboa / Sintra – summary [timetable]" "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  6. ^ CP, "Azambuja / Lisboa / Sintra – summary [timetable]" [2] Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  7. ^ Expresso, "Transportes: Linha ferroviária de Leixões recebe comboios de passageiros a partir de Setembro" [3] (Portuguese) Retrieved on 31 August 2010.
  8. ^ "Municípios estudam ferrovia que liga a linha do Douro a Paços de Ferreira e Felgueiras". Publico.pt. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Coimbra Urban Trains". CP.pt. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
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