CP Urban Services

The CP Urban Services network is the commuter train network of Metropolitan Lisbon and Metropolitan Porto, Portugal. It is a Comboios de Portugal company. It connects the city centers with the suburbs.

CP Urban Services
Overview
LocaleMetropolitan Lisbon and Metropolitan Porto
Transit typeCommuter rail
Number of lines4 with 7 services (Lisbon) and 5 (Porto)[1]
Annual ridership103 million (Lisbon, 2019)
24 million (Porto, 2019)[2][3]
Operation
Operator(s)Comboios de Portugal

Metropolitan Lisbon Network
Commuter rail lines in Lisbon

The system is complemented in Lisbon by the Lisbon Metro and an extensive bus network.

Lisbon rail network map
Lisbon rail lines overview, with CP, Fertagus and Lisbon Metro (filled light gray) lines

It comprises four lines[4] which served 103 million passengers in 2019.

Although the Cintura line connects the Azambuja line (at Braço de Prata) to the Cascais line (at Alcântara-Mar), the stretch between Alcântara-Terra and Alcântara-Mar is only used for freight services, and passengers transferring between both stations have to do so on foot.

Nowadays, the services from the Azambuja and Sintra lines are joined in a single timetable, as "Azambuja/Lisboa/Sintra".[5]

Since 2011, the Azambuja line has offered a direct connection between Azambuja and Alcântara-Terra, with an additional Castanheira–Santa Apolónia service during weekdays, a change that will be reversed with the Summer 2015 timetables, that reintroduce the older Azambuja–Santa Apolónia and Castanheira–Alcântara-Terra services.[6]

Map of the Cintura line
The Lisbon Cintura rail line, and its connections to the other North Lisbon urban lines.

Metropolitan Porto network
Porto Commuter rail
 Guimarães
 Covas
 Nespereira
 Caíde
 Pereirinhas
 Cuca
 Vizela
 Lordelo
Braga
Giesteira
Ferreiros
Vila das Aves
Mazagão
Caniços
Aveleda
Santo Tirso
Tadim
Ruilhe
Caíde
Arentim
Meinedo
Couto de
Cambeses
Bustelo
Nine
Penafiel
Louro
Paredes
Mouquim
Oleiros
Famalicão
Irivo
Barrimau
Cête
Esmeriz
Parada
Lousado
Recarei-Sobreira
Trofa
Trancoso
Portela
Terronhas
São Romão
São Martinho
do Campo
São Frutuoso
Valongo
Leandro
Suzão
Travagem
Cabeda
Ermesinde
Águas Santas/
Palmiheira
Rio Tinto
Contumil
Porto-Campanhã
General Torres
Porto-São Bento
Vila Nova de Gaia
 Coimbrões
Aveiro
Madalena
Cacia
Valadares
Canelas
Francelos
Salreu
Miramar
Estarreja
Aguda
Avanca
Granja
Válega
Espinho
Ovar
Silvalde
Carvalheira-
Maceda
Paramos
Cortegaça
Esmoriz
Legend
 Ramal de Braga/Linha do Minho
 Linha do Douro
 Linha de Guimarães
 Linha do Norte
Source: Official site, January 2019
Map of the Porto network with the map of the Porto Metro.

The CP Urban Services in the greater Porto area consists of 4 main lines, linking Porto Terminus São Bento Station (Estação de São Bento) in Porto Downtown with the cities of Braga, Guimarães, Aveiro and Penafiel. The lines are completely electrified and the service is efficient, serving over 24 million passengers in 2019.

The Commuter rail service in Porto is well connected with bus and metro service in the city, linking with lines A (Blue line), B (Red line), C (Green line), E (Violet Line) and F (Orange Line) of metro service in Campanhã Station and with line D (Yellow line) in São Bento Station.

A fifth line was inaugurated in September 2009, Leixões line, connecting Porto to Leixões.[7] This line closed again in 2011.

In 2018, a study was launched into a new 36.5 km rail line branching from Valongo on the Linha de Caide to Felgueiras, with an expectedly cost of €300 million.[8]

Metropolitan Coimbra network
Coimbra suburban rail
Lobazes
Moinhos
Miranda do Corvo
Trémoa
Padrão
Vale de Açor
Meiral
Ceira
Lousã-A
Conraria
Lousã
Carvalhosas
Prilhão-Casais
São José (Calhabé)
Serpins
Coimbra-Parque
 Coimbra
Coimbra-B
Souselas
Pampilhosa
Bencanta
Mala
Espadaneira
Silvã-Feiteira
Casais
Enxofães
Taveiro
Murtede
Vila Pouca
do Campo
Cordinhã
Amial
Cantanhede
Pereira
Limede-Cadima
Formoselha-
Santo Varão
Casal
Alfarelos
Arazede
Montemor
Bebedouro
Marujal
Liceia
Verride
Santana-Ferreira
Reveles
Costeira
Lares Junction
Alhadas
Lares
Carvalhal
Fontela
Maiorca
Fontela-A
Figueira da Foz
Legend
 Ramal de Alfarelos
 Ramal da Figueira da Foz
 Ramal da Lousã
 Linha do Norte
 Linha do Oeste
Source: Official diagram (2001)

Since the closure by Comboios de Portugal of the lines from Coimbra to Lousã – Miranda do Corvo (Ramal da Lousã), in 2004, and Coimbra to Figueira da Foz via Cantanhede (Ramal da Figueira da Foz) in 2011, the Urbanos Coimbra service now only consists of the Baixo Mondego corridor, from Coimbra to Figueira da Foz[9] via Montemor-o-Velho (Ramal de Alfarelos of the Linha do Norte, Linha do Oeste and Ramal da Lousã).

See also

References
  1. CP, "Mapa das Linhas dos Comboios Urbanos do Porto" (Porto Urban Trains Lines Map) "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) (Portuguese) Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  2. "A Empresa | CP - Comboios de Portugal".
  3. "Passageiros e receitas da CP aumentam em 2019". Sol. 8 March 2020. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  4. CP, Lisbon Urban Service network map . Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  5. CP, "Azambuja / Lisboa / Sintra – summary [timetable]" "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  6. CP, "Azambuja / Lisboa / Sintra – summary [timetable]" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  7. Expresso, "Transportes: Linha ferroviária de Leixões recebe comboios de passageiros a partir de Setembro" (Portuguese) Retrieved on 31 August 2010.
  8. "Municípios estudam ferrovia que liga a linha do Douro a Paços de Ferreira e Felgueiras". Publico.pt. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  9. "Coimbra Urban Trains". CP.pt. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
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