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Rail

Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses - CP (Portuguese Railways) is the national rail service provider (tel: (21) 343 3748; website: www.cp.pt). Lisbon is served by four railway stations: Santa Apolónia serves long-distance and international routes, as well as suburban routes heading north and west. Rossio serves Sintra and Cais do Sodré serves Cascais and Estoril. The Barreiro station, on the south bank of the River Tagus, serves points south.

Rail services: Intercity trains connect all of Portugal's major cities to either Lisbon or Porto. Both the comfortable Alfa Service from Porto and the InterCity train from Faro take 3 hours 30 minutes to reach Lisbon. There are overnight trains from Madrid (10 hours) and Paris (18 hours 30 minutes).

Transport to the city: Rossio is connected to the Restauradores metro station. Cais do Sodré has its own metro station. Santa Apolónia is linked to the centre by bus. From Barreiro, CP operates a ferry to the Terreiro do Paço port near Praça do Comércio. A new fast rail link to the Algarve is currently under construction.



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