Ramal de Matosinhos | |
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Destination indicator at Senhora da Hora
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Overview | |
Status | Closed |
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Technical | |
Line length | 6 km (3.7 mi) |
Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge |
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Ramal de Matosinhos, originally called Ramal de Leixões, was a metre-gauge railway line which connected the stations of Senhora da Hora, on the Linha do Porto à Póvoa e Famalicão, to the Port of Leixões, in Portugal. It was built in 1884 to connect the port to the São Gens quarry. Later, it was adapted to passenger and freight transport.[1] Commercial service began on the 6 May 1893.[2] The line was closed on 1 July 1965.[3] In the 2000s, part of the trackbed was used for the construction of Porto Metro Line A.[4]
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