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Linha de Sintra is a railway line that connects the stations of
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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 ...
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History

The railway, one of the first to be planned in Portugal, was opened on 2 April 1887. The southern terminus was changed from to , after the station was inaugurated in June 1891. The
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works were completed on 20 January 1949, and during the 1950s, the line was
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. New rolling stock was introduced in the 1990s. Quadruple-tracking between and had been completed by September 1999.


See also

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List of railway lines in Portugal This is a list of railway lines in Portugal. List Sources

* {{Railway lines in Portugal Lists of railway lines by country, Portugal Portuguese railway-related lists, Lines Railway lines in Portugal, * ...
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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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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 ...
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