Ramal do Seixal

Ramal do Seixal
Ramal do Seixal embankment in 2008
Overview
Status	closed
Termini	Barreiro-A Seixal
Technical
Line length	4.4 km (2.7 mi)
Track gauge	1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) Iberian gauge
Route map Legend 0.0 L. Sintra → Sintra Lisboa-Rossio (Lisboa-Cais do Sodré) bridge (cancelled proj.) × Tagus Cacilhas L. Cap. → Caparica (cancelled proj.) MST → Univ. (Monte da Caparica) L. Oceano → Setúbal (cancelled proj.) Lisbon Naval Base L. Sul → Pinhal Novo (cancelled proj.) bridge (dem.) × Judeu (cancelled proj.) 4,4 Seixal → Siderurgia Nacional (cancelled proj.) 3 0 Azinheira × R. Coina (Lisboa-Sul e Sueste) (Soflusa × Tagus) 0.0 (Barreiro) 1,9 Terrapleno Shell priv. branch ⁠0,0/2 0⁠ 2,0 new route (from 1941.04) [1] 1,3 Barreiro-A 0,8 Barreiro-Terra 0,0 Lavradio 0.0 L. Alentejo → Funcheira Location on the network + Barreiro-A × Seixal (🔎)

Ramal do Seixal is a closed railway branch, which connected the stations of Barreioro-A and Seixal, in Portugal. It was opened on 29 July 1923 and closed in 1969. ^{[2] [3]}

See also

• List of railway lines in Portugal
• History of rail transport in Portugal

References

1. Map fragment
2. Nono, Carlos (1 July 1948). "Efemérides ferroviárias" (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 February 2019.
3. Martins et al., p. 271

Sources

• "2019 Network Statement" (PDF). 7 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
• Martins, João; Brion, Madalena; Sousa, Miguel (1996). O Caminho de Ferro Revisitado (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses.