ROUTE: TORRES VEDRAS-SINTRA via MIRA SINTRA
OPERATOR: COMBOIOS DE PORTUGAL
CLASS: STANDARD
COST: €17.40 return (2 adults)
Hello! It’s time for another Portuguese rail journey. This time taking us from Torres Vedras to Sintra. We’ll be using both CP Regional and Urban trains on a very scenic and pleasant day out,
A little over 200 years ago Torres Vedras was on the frontline of the struggle between European super-powers. With Lisbon looking like it might fall to the advancing French forces of Napoleon a bold plan was hatched by the Portuguese and their British allies. It was Viscount Wellington's plan that would see a series of fortifications stretching from the coast near Torres Vedras all the way to the River Tagius near Vila Franca de Xira. There were three lines of fortification which came to be called the Lines of Torres Vedras. Constructed between November 1809 and September 1810, and used to stop Marshal Masséna's 1810 offensive. The Lines were declared a National Heritage by the Portuguese Government in March 2019.
Leaving Torres Vedras you can see the Aqueduto da Fonte dos Canos, a section of aqueduct completed in 1561.
On our trip we’ll be travelling firstly on a Class 592 DMU which are nicknamed “Camelos” (camel) then hopping on to a pair of CP Urban Services network Class 2300 EMU. These are slightly inferior to the Class 2400s which are equipped with air conditioning.
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