Linha do Minho is a railway line which connects the stations of
Porto-São Bento and
Valença
Valença may refer to:
People
* Marquis of Valença, a Portuguese title of nobility
*Count of Valença, a Portuguese title of nobility
* Alceu Valença (born 1946), a Brazilian composer
*Valença (footballer) (born 1982), full name Manoel Cordei ...
, in
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, In recognized minority languages of Portugal:
:* mwl, República Pertuesa is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Macaronesian ...
. It was opened on 6 August 1882, when it reached Valença. The section from Valença to
Monção was opened on 15 July 1915 and closed on 31 December 1989.
From its Valença terminal, there is a rail connection to
Tui just across the Spanish border;
RENFE operates through trains between
Vigo
Vigo ( , , , ) is a city and municipality in the province of Pontevedra, within the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. Located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, it sits on the southern shore of an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, the ...
and
Porto-Campanhã.
See also
*
List of railway lines in Portugal
*
List of Portuguese locomotives and railcars
*
History of rail transport in Portugal
References
Minho
Iberian gauge railways
Railway lines opened in 1882
Railway lines closed in 1989
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