Ramal do Estádio Nacional

Ramal do Estádio Nacional was a Portuguese railway branch line which connected the Cruz Quebrada railway station, on the Linha de Cascais, to the Estádio Nacional. The terminus was located where the Jamor Olympic Swimming Complex is today.

Ramal do Estádio Nacional
Overview
StatusClosed
TerminiCruz Quebrada
Estação Ferroviária do Estádio Nacional
Operation
Opened16 June 1944
Closed1 November 1979 (final service)
Operator(s)Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses
Technical
Track gauge1,668 mm (5 ft 5 21⁄32 in) Iberian gauge
Electrification1500 V DC Overhead line
Location on the network

+ C. Quebrada × Estádio (🔎)

Ramal do Estádio Nacional
L. Cascais
0,0 Cruz Quebrada
L. Cascais
→ Cascais
× Estrada Marginal (EN6)
CCFL
→ C. Qb., C. Santo
E.F. do Estádio Nacional

It was opened on 16 June 1944, six days after the stadium was inaugurated, and was only operated during sporting events, with trains running from Cais do Sodré and back.[1]

This branch was closed in the early-1980s due to the increased costs of maintaining the line when not in use as well as the increase in the use of buses and motor vehicles; the last service was probably operated on 1 November 1979, for the Portugal-Norway game.[2] The line was handed over from Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses to the stadium management on 1 April 1985, and parts of the line were later subsequently redeveloped.[1]

The Lisbon Carris tram service also formerly had a tram station and reversing loop just beside the Estação Ferroviária do Estádio Nacional, which until its closure served as the western terminus of line 15.

See also

References
  1. Decreto-Lei n.º 92/85 de 1 de abril: pdf. Diário da República — I série 76/85: 884. (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 January 2019
  2. CP service announcement (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 January 2019


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