The Cintura line (
Portuguese: Linha de Cintura, formerly called Linha de Circumvalação de Lisboa) is a railway line in
Lisbon
Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...
, Portugal. The half circle route was opened in 1888
[REIS ''et al'', 2006:12] and serves as a connection between all railway lines in Lisbon: The
Cascais
Cascais () is a town and municipality in the Lisbon District of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera, Estoril Coast. The municipality has a total of 214,158 inhabitants in an area of 97.40 km2. Cascais is an important tourism in Port ...
,
Sul,
Sintra
Sintra (, ), officially the Town of Sintra (), is a town and municipality in the Greater Lisbon region of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. The population of the municipality in 2021 was 385,654, in an area of . Sintra is one of the ...
, and
Norte Lines. There are two
railway triangles, one in Sete Rios, and another in Xabregas. It crosses all four
Lisbon Metro
The Lisbon Metro () is a rapid transit system in Lisbon, Portugal. Opened in December 1959, it was the first rapid transit system in Portugal.
, the system's four lines total of route and serve 56 stations.
History
Initial plans
The idea ...
lines, and connects to three of those at four stations.
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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Cin
Iberian-gauge railways
Railway lines opened in 1888
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