Linha do Leste is a
Portuguese railway line which connects
Abrantes railway station to the border with
Spain
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, near to
Elvas
Elvas (), officially the City of Elvas (), is a Portuguese municipality, former episcopal city and frontier fortress of easternmost central Portugal, located in the district of Portalegre in Alentejo. It is situated about east of Lisbon, and ab ...
. The connection to Spain was opened on 24 September 1863.
[Reis et al, 2006: 12]
See also
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List of railway lines in Portugal
This is a list of railway lines in Portugal.
List
Sources
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{{Railway lines in Portugal
Lists of railway lines by country, Portugal
Portuguese railway-related lists, Lines
Railway lines in Portugal, * ...
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List of Portuguese locomotives and railcars
This list provides an overview of the locomotives and railcars of the Portuguese railways, that is, the traction stock of earlier private railways, the state-owned ''Comboios de Portugal'' (CP) and its predecessor, the municipal ''Metro de Mirandel ...
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History of rail transport in Portugal
The history of rail transport in Portugal dates from 28 October 1856, when Portugal's first railway line was opened between Lisbon and Carregado: the ''Companhia dos Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses''.
The network was gradually expanded both sout ...
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Cross-border railway lines in Portugal
Cross-border railway lines in Spain
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Iberian-gauge railways
Railway lines opened in 1863
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