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William Dalrymple (historian)

Ramal de Vila Viçosa

Estremoz railway station

Overview

Status

Closed

Termini

Technical

Line length

16 km (9.9 mi)

1,668 mm (5 ft 521⁄32 in) Iberian gauge

Route map

					R. Portalegre → Portalegre
					L. Évora → Casa Branca
				175,5	Estremoz
					× R. de São Domingos
					× EN4
				180,8	Arcos

					× A6

					× EN255
				186,8	Borba
					× R. da Quinta da Prata

					× R. Dr. Júlio Estanca
				191,6	Vila Viçosa
					(cancelled proj.)
					L. Leste → Abrantes
					Elvas
					L. Leste → Badajoz

Location on the network

+ Estremoz × V. Viçosa (🔎)

Ramal de Vila Viçosa is a closed railway line which connected the stations of Estremoz and Vila Viçosa, in Portugal. It was opened in 1905, and closed in 1990.^[1]^[2]^[3]

See also

References

^ Martins, et al. p. 12
^ História de Portugal em Datas (in Portuguese). Círculo de Leitores, Lda. 1994. ISBN 972-42-1004-9.
^ Blázquez, José Luís Torres (1992). "El Museo de Ferrocarril de Estremoz". Maquetren (in Spanish). Madrid: Resistor.

Sources

Martins, João; Brion, Madalena; Sousa, Miguel (1996). O Caminho de Ferro Revisitado (in Portuguese). Lisbon: Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses.

Railway lines⁺ in Portugal
including trolleybuses, cable cars and elevators

IP
Iberian-gauge
railwaysᴮ^#

Wyes	Agualva Águas de Moura Bombel Ermidas Funcheira Nine† Norte Setil Poceirão São Gemil Sete Rios Tunes† Verride Xabregas

IP
metre-gauge
railways¹^#

Linha do Douro branch lines	Ave/Basto‡† Côa‡† Corgo† Lamego‡† Sabor† Tâmega† Tua†‡ Metro de Mirandela†° Transversal do Minho‡† Chacim‡† Valpaços‡† Vinhais‡† Crestuma‡†
Porto-Minho network	Alto Minho‡† Braga-Chaves‡† Braga-Guimarães‡† Guimarães↑ Lima‡†° Matosinhos† Póvoa e Famalicão↑ São Pedro da Cova‡† Litoral do Minho‡† Lanhoso‡† Transversal do Minho‡† Famalicão‡† Cávado‡†
Vouga/Viseu network	Aveiro Aveiro-Mar† Dão† Vouga
Other	Chamusca‡† Penafiel† Avis‡† Cacilhas‡† Pedreiras de Caxias†

Other
heavy-rail
lines^#

High-speed linesⁱ	Aveiro-Salamancaⁱ‡† Évora-Faro-Huelvaⁱ‡† Lisboa-Madridⁱ‡† Lisboa-Portoⁱ‡† Porto-Vigoⁱ‡†
Isolated port railways	Horta²†° Lena¹⁶†° Monges⁶†° Pego do Altar⁶†° Pejão⁶†° Ponta Delgada²†° Pomarão¹†° Funchal¹†° Aljustrel (mines)³†° Alfeite† São Pedro da Cova mine† Leixões (port)† Panasqueira† Lousal†

Tourist, urban,
industrial and
military lines

Lisbon Metroⁱ	Blue Yellow Green Red
Porto Metroⁱ	A B C D E F G‡

Braga⁹†
Coimbra¹†
Faro¹‡†
Lisbon⁹
Portoⁱ
Sintra¹††

Beach railways

Caparica⁶
Barril⁶

Other mechanical
non-electric systems

Larmanjat⁴⁺†
Braga⁹↑
Póvoa de Varzim†
Mira†
Torres Novas†
Pinhal de Leiria†
Escola de Engenharia in Tancos†
Ponta Delgada a Furnas e RibeirA Grande‡†
Palácio de Cristal†

Bica⁹
Bom Jesusⁱ
Castelo Branco‡
Freiras†
Glória⁹
Guindais††
Lavra⁹
Nazaré
Ourém‡
Santa Luzia††
São João
Sintra‡†
Tomar‡†
Viseu

Cable cars and
rack railways
(including aerial lifts
and people movers)

Surface	Estrela↑ Graça↑ Monte¹†‡ São Sebastião† SATUOeiras†
Gondola lifts	Achadas da Cruz Aroeira‡† Botânico Cabo Girão Cântaro Covão Expo Fajã dos Padres Funchal-Monte Gaia Garajau Lagoa Guimarães Rocha do Navio Sete Fontes‡ Skiparque Torre Viriato Zoo

Symbols

Track gauges

⁺ names abbreviated whenever possible

° heavy rail

^# not managed by IP (and/or its predecessors)

† closed (completely)

‡ planned

†† reopened

†‡ reopening planned

‡† cancelled project

‡‡ planned using former project

↑ replaced using former trackbed

² 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) Brunel gauge

ᴮ 1,668 mm (5 ft 521⁄32 in) Iberian gauge

ⁱ 1,435 mm (4 ft 81⁄2 in) Standard gauge

¹ 1,000 mm (3 ft 33⁄8 in) Metre gauge

³ 3 ft (914 mm) 3-foot gauge

⁹ 900 mm (2 ft 117⁄16 in) 900 mm gauge

⁶ 600 mm (1 ft 115⁄8 in) 2-foot/600 mm gauge

⁴⁺ Larmanjat monorail

Source for IP's network: www.refer.pt/Documentos/Directorio_da_Rede_2010.pdf, page. 54

See also: Rolling stock of Portugal

Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramal_de_Vila_Vi%C3%A7osa

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