Faro station

Faro
Estação de Faro
The station in April 2010
Location Largo da Estação dos Caminhos de Ferro, Faro
Portugal
Coordinates 37°01′07″N 7°56′23″W / 37.018508°N 7.939677°W / 37.018508; -7.939677Coordinates: 37°01′07″N 7°56′23″W / 37.018508°N 7.939677°W / 37.018508; -7.939677
Operated by Comboios de Portugal
Line(s) Algarve line
Platforms 6
Construction
Platform levels 1
History
Opened 1 July 1889 (1889-07-01)

Faro station (Portuguese: Estação de Faro) is the main railway station in the city of Faro, Portugal, operated by Comboios de Portugal.[1] It opened on 1 July 1889.

The line to the north-west is electrified, using overhead catenary, the line east, to the terminus at Vila Real de Santo António, is not.

In 1999, following the creation of a rail crossing over the River Tagus at Lisbon, the Alfa Pendular high speed electric tilting train service was introduced on the Braga-Oporto-Lisbon-Faro line, with through trains south of Lisbon starting in 2003.

Faro currently receives Alfa Pendular, Intercities and regional trains.[2]

Although Seville is less than 200km away, Faro does not have any railway connection crossing the border to Spain.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Faro". Comboios de Portugal.
  2. ↑ Câmara Municipal, ed. (2015), Transporte Ferroviário (in Portuguese), Faro, Portugal: Câmara Municipal de Faro
  3. ↑ Travel from Seville to Faro, Travelinho.com
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