Faro railway station
Railway station in Portugal
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Faro station (Portuguese: Estação de Faro) is the main railway station in the city of Faro, Portugal, operated by Comboios de Portugal.[1] It opened on 1 July 1889.
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 The station in April 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Largo da Estação dos Caminhos de Ferro, Faro Portugal | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37.018508°N 7.939677°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Comboios de Portugal | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Linha do Algarve | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 July 1889 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The line to the north-west is electrified, using overhead catenary. The line east, to the terminus at Vila Real de Santo António, is not.
In 1999, following the creation of a rail crossing over the River Tagus at Lisbon, the Alfa Pendular high speed electric tilting train service was introduced on the Braga-Porto-Lisbon-Faro line, with through trains south of Lisbon starting in 2003.
Faro currently receives Alfa Pendular, Intercities and regional trains.[2]
Although Seville is less than 200 km (120 mi) away, Faro does not have any railway connection crossing the border to Spain.[3]
