• Source: Ramal de Matosinhos

The Ramal de Matosinhos or Matosinhos branch railway, originally called the 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. Commercial service began on the 6 May 1893. The line was closed on 1 July 1965. In the 2000s, part of the trackbed was used for the construction of Porto Metro Line A.




See also


List of railway lines in Portugal
List of Portuguese locomotives and railcars
History of rail transport in Portugal




References

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