Rail transport in Portugal
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Several companies provide rail transport in Portugal.
Portugal | |||||
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Operation | |||||
National railway | CP | ||||
Infrastructure company | Infraestruturas de Portugal | ||||
Major operators | CP, Fertagus, Medway - Transportes e Logística, Takargo Rail | ||||
Statistics | |||||
Ridership | 175.5 million (2019)[1] | ||||
Passenger km | 4.1 billion (2018)[2] | ||||
System length | |||||
Total | 2,786 km (1,731 mi) | ||||
Track gauge | |||||
1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) Iberian gauge | 2,603 km (1,617 mi) | ||||
1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge | 183 km (114 mi) | ||||
Electrification | |||||
25 kV AC | Main network | ||||
1500 V DC | Linha de Cascais 25 km (16 mi) | ||||
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Portugal is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The UIC Country Code for Portugal is 94. There are rail links with Spain, which uses the same Iberian broad gauge.
Infraestruturas de Portugal is the rail network administrating company, taking over control from REFER on 1 June 2015.
The length of Portugal's railway system is as follows:[3]
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