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Faro railway station

Coordinates: 37°01′07″N 7°56′23″W / 37.018508°N 7.939677°W / 37.018508; -7.939677
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Faro

Estação de Faro
The station in April 2010
General information
LocationLargo da Estação dos Caminhos de Ferro, Faro
Portugal
Coordinates37°01′07″N 7°56′23″W / 37.018508°N 7.939677°W / 37.018508; -7.939677
Operated byComboios de Portugal
Line(s)Linha do Algarve
Platforms6
Construction
Platform levels1
History
Opened1 July 1889 (1889-07-01)
Services
Preceding station Comboios de Portugal Following station
Terminus Alfa Pendular
Loulé
Intercidades Loulé
Regional Parque das Cidades
towards Lagos
Bom João Terminus

Faro station (Portuguese: Estação de Faro) is the main railway station in the city of Faro, Portugal, operated by Comboios de Portugal.[1] It opened on 1 July 1889.

The line to the north-west is electrified, using overhead catenary. The line east, to the terminus at Vila Real de Santo António, is not.

In 1999, following the creation of a rail crossing over the River Tagus at Lisbon, the Alfa Pendular high speed electric tilting train service was introduced on the Braga-Porto-Lisbon-Faro line, with through trains south of Lisbon starting in 2003.

Faro currently receives Alfa Pendular, Intercities and regional trains.[2]

Although Seville is less than 200km away, Faro does not have any railway connection crossing the border to Spain.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Faro". Comboios de Portugal.
  2. ^ Câmara Municipal, ed. (2015), Transporte Ferroviário (in Portuguese), Faro, Portugal: Câmara Municipal de Faro
  3. ^ Travel from Seville to Faro, Travelinho.com, archived from the original on 2018-09-25, retrieved 2018-10-08
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