Ramal do Seixal

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
Location on the network
	+ Barreiro-A × Seixal (🔎)

Last updated September 08, 2023

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]

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References

↑ Map fragment
↑ Nono, Carlos (1 July 1948). "Efemérides ferroviárias" (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 February 2019.
↑ 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.

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[quail-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

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