CP Urban Services

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CP Urban Services
Overview
LocaleMetropolitan Lisbon and Metropolitan Porto
Transit type Commuter 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

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

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Metropolitan Lisbon Network

Commuter rail lines in Lisbon Diagrama transporte ferroviario AML zonas e municipios.svg
Commuter rail lines in Lisbon

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

Lisbon rail lines overview, with CP, Fertagus and Lisbon Metro (filled light gray) lines Lisboa railway junction.png
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]

The Lisbon Cintura rail line, and its connections to the other North Lisbon urban lines. Linha de Cintura.png
The Lisbon Cintura rail line, and its connections to the other North Lisbon urban lines.

Metropolitan Porto network

Porto Commuter rail
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Guimarães
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Covas
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Nespereira
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Caíde
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Pereirinhas
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Cuca
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Vizela
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Lordelo
Braga
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BSicon HST.svg
Giesteira
Ferreiros
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BSicon BHF.svg
Vila das Aves
Mazagão
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BSicon BHF.svg
Caniços
Aveleda
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BSicon BHF.svg
Santo Tirso
Tadim
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Ruilhe
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BSicon STR.svg
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Caíde
Arentim
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BSicon STR.svg
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Meinedo
Couto de
Cambeses
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BSicon STR.svg
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Bustelo
Nine
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BSicon STR.svg
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Penafiel
Louro
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BSicon STR.svg
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Paredes
Mouquim
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BSicon STR.svg
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Oleiros
Famalicão
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BSicon STR.svg
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Irivo
Barrimau
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BSicon STRc2.svg
BSicon STR3.svg
BSicon uBHF.svg
Cête
Esmeriz
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Parada
Lousado
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Recarei-Sobreira
Trofa
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Trancoso
Portela
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Terronhas
São Romão
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BSicon uHST.svg
São Martinho
do Campo
São Frutuoso
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BSicon HST-R.svg
BSicon uBHF.svg
Valongo
Leandro
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BSicon HST-R.svg
BSicon uSTRc2.svg
BSicon uHST3.svg
Suzão
Travagem
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BSicon HST-R.svg
BSicon uSTRc2.svg
BSicon uHST3+1.svg
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Cabeda
Ermesinde
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BSicon uSTR+1.svg
BSicon ulBHF-R.svg
BSicon uSTRc4.svg
Águas Santas/
Palmiheira
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BSicon HST-M.svg
BSicon uHST-R.svg
Rio Tinto
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BSicon BHF-M.svg
BSicon uBHF-R.svg
Contumil
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BSicon BHF-M.svg
BSicon uBHF-R.svg
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BSicon STR+r yellow.svg
Porto-Campanhã
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BSicon BHF-M.svg
BSicon uBHF-M.svg
BSicon BHF-R yellow.svg
BSicon BHF yellow.svg
General Torres
Porto-São Bento
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BSicon KBHFe-M.svg
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BSicon KBHFe-R yellow.svg
BSicon BHF yellow.svg
Vila Nova de Gaia
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Coimbrões
Aveiro
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BSicon HST yellow.svg
Madalena
Cacia
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Valadares
Canelas
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Francelos
Salreu
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BSicon HST yellow.svg
Miramar
Estarreja
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Aguda
Avanca
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BSicon BHF yellow.svg
Granja
Válega
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Espinho
Ovar
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BSicon HST yellow.svg
Silvalde
Carvalheira-
Maceda
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BSicon kBHF3 yellow.svg
Paramos
Cortegaça
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BSicon STRq yellow.svg
BSicon kBHFr+1 yellow.svg
BSicon kSTRc4 yellow.svg
Esmoriz
Legend
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Ramal de Braga/Linha do Minho
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Linha do Douro
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Linha de Guimarães
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Linha do Norte
Source: Official site, January 2019
Map of the Porto network with the map of the Porto Metro. Diagrama geral.png
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
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Moinhos
Miranda do Corvo
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Trémoa
Padrão
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Vale de Açor
Meiral
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BSicon BHF.svg
Ceira
Lousã-A
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Conraria
Lousã
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BSicon HST.svg
Carvalhosas
Prilhão-Casais
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BSicon HST.svg
São José (Calhabé)
Serpins
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BSicon HST.svg
Coimbra-Parque
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Coimbra
Coimbra-B
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BSicon fv-BHFq~G.svg
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Souselas
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BSicon fSTR.svg
Pampilhosa
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BSicon fdKBHFe-R.svg
BSicon fHST.svg
Bencanta
Mala
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BSicon fHST.svg
Espadaneira
Silvã-Feiteira
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BSicon fHST.svg
Casais
Enxofães
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BSicon fBHF.svg
Taveiro
Murtede
BSicon HST black.svg
BSicon fHST.svg
Vila Pouca
do Campo
Cordinhã
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BSicon fHST.svg
Amial
Cantanhede
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BSicon fHST.svg
Pereira
Limede-Cadima
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Formoselha-
Santo Varão
Casal
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BSicon fBHF~F-.svg
BSicon KBHFa yellow.svg
Alfarelos
Arazede
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BSicon HST yellow.svg
Montemor
Bebedouro
BSicon HST black.svg
BSicon HST yellow.svg
Marujal
Liceia
BSicon HST black.svg
BSicon BHF yellow.svg
Verride
Santana-Ferreira
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BSicon HST yellow.svg
Reveles
Costeira
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BSicon u-BHF~G.svg
BSicon KBHFe yellow.svg
Lares Junction
Alhadas
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BSicon uHST.svg
Lares
Carvalhal
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BSicon uBHF.svg
Fontela
Maiorca
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Fontela-A
Figueira da Foz
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Legend
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Ramal de Alfarelos
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Ramal da Figueira da Foz
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Ramal da Lousã
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Linha do Norte
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Linha do Oeste
Source: Official diagram (2001)

Since the closure by Comboios de Portugal of the lines from Coimbra to LousãMiranda 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).

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