Faro station
Faro Estação de Faro | |
|---|---|
 The station in April 2010 | |
| Location |
Largo da Estação dos Caminhos de Ferro, Faro Portugal |
| Coordinates | 37°01′07″N 7°56′23″W / 37.018508°N 7.939677°WCoordinates: 37°01′07″N 7°56′23″W / 37.018508°N 7.939677°W |
| Operated by | Comboios de Portugal |
| Line(s) | Algarve line |
| Platforms | 6 |
| Construction | |
| Platform levels | 1 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 July 1889 |
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.
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-Oporto-Lisbon-Faro line, with through trains south of Lisbon starting in 2003.
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