The Corgo line(Portuguese: Linha do Corgo) was a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge railway line in northern Portugal. It closed in 2009. It ran north from Régua (a junction station on the main Douro railway line running along the Douro Valley) to Vila Real and Chaves. The line was latterly operated by Comboios de Portugal.
A diesel multiple unit train (secondhand from ex-Yugoslavia) of CP's Série 9700 at Vila Real stationVila Real station in 1996
The Corgoline (Portuguese: Linha do Corgo) was a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge railway line in northern Portugal. It closed in 2009. It ran north...
the gorges of the Corgo and Cabril rivers, where the oldest part of town (Vila Velha) is located, framed by the escarpments of the Corgo gorge. The Alvão...
important industries. There was formerly a narrow gauge railway (the Corgoline) which linked the town of Vila Real with Peso da Régua on the Douro River...
of operation The Tâmega line, which closed in 2009 and ran north from a junction with the Douro line at Livração The Corgoline, which closed in 2009 and...
The Vila Real railway station is a closed interface of the Corgoline, which used to serve the city of Vila Real, in Portugal. It was inaugurated on 12...
Sabor line ended in 1988 which consequently led to the closure of the Fornos - Sabor stop. Corgoline - closed 2009 Tâmega line - closed 2009 Tua line - closed...
trace its origins back to October 1856 and the opening of the first railway line in Portugal; the majority of the network has long comprised Iberian gauge...
Mountains" 1983-03-22 Ray Gosling Ray Gosling Douro Valley (including the Corgoline) Portugal 7 "The Good and The Quick" 1983-03-29 Stanley Reynolds Stanley...
(6.5 mi) Iberian 25 kV AC Alcântara-Terra–Braço de Prata Operational Corgoline Chaves–Régua 1906–1921 96.1 km (59.7 mi) Metre Closed in 2009 Ramal de...
the Tua line was submerged in 2016 after the conclusion of Foz Tua Dam. Other narrow gauge railways in northern Portugal included the Corgoline and the...
century the metre-gauge lines on which they operated (such as the Corgoline and the Tua line) have now almost all been closed, resulting in the withdrawal...
Valpaços, about 67 kilometres long, which would connect Mirandela to the Corgoline at the stations of Vila Pouca de Aguiar or Pedras Salgadas, according...
Portuguese Railways (CP) on metre gauge lines, including the Tua line and Corgoline. They were originally built by Đuro Đaković in the 1960s for use...
The other remaining metre gauge lines (the Corgo, Tâmega and Tua lines) all closed in 2009. The Vouga line serves Aveiro, Agueda, Sernada do Vouga, Albergaria-a-Velha...
into the Douro along the canyons; the most important are Côa, Tua, Sabor, Corgo, Tavora, Paiva, Tâmega, and Sousa. None of these small, fast-flowing rivers...
Russia, and even did regular trips from Italy to the Chinese border at Corgos. In the late 1990s he moved to Australia and operated a very successful...
lines, it sublet the Tâmega line to the Companhia dos Caminhos de Ferro do Norte de Portugal, and the Corgo and Sabor line to the Companhia Nacional de...
of the Douro River: Sabor, Tua, Corgo, Tâmega and Guimarães. The Transversal of Chacim was never built. The Sabor line was closed on 1 August 1988, leading...
carried a red livery. With the closure of most of the Tua line in 2008 and the entirety of the Corgo and Tâmega lines in 2009, as of 2012 only two of the nine...
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