“The train was traveling without passengers, only with the crew, and there are no injuries,” indicated a source from IP.
This section of the Beira Baixa Line has been interrupted since 12:49 PM, according to company information, provided at 4:00 PM.
A source from CP – Comboios de Portugal stated that road transport is being ensured between Fundão (Covilhã) and Guarda for passengers affected by the interruption of train circulation between Covilhã and Tortosendo.
Also on the Beira Baixa Line, circulation was suspended between Abrantes and Alferrarede (in the same municipality), in the district of Santarém, since 12:00 PM, “due to the fall of a lighting post onto the tracks.” According to a source from CP – Comboios de Portugal, service was resumed at 3:50 PM.
The Beira Baixa Line provides railway connections between the stations of Entroncamento (Santarém) and Guarda.
According to IP, on the Alentejo Line, connecting Barreiro (Setúbal) and Beja, circulation is restricted between Poceirão and Pinhal Novo, both stations in the municipality of Palmela, district of Setúbal, since 9:20 AM, as a result of the subsidence of part of the line. Trains are operating on a single line, ensuring alternate directions.
The North Line, linking Lisbon and Porto, continued at 4:00 PM “with severe constraints between Entroncamento and Santarém,” but is operating in both directions, informed the company.
The same source indicated that the West Line was closed between Louriçal (Pombal, district of Leiria) and Amieira (Soure, Coimbra) from noon due to a landslide, but circulation was restored by 3:40 PM, with speed restrictions.
These incidents are associated with adverse weather conditions affecting continental Portugal and the Madeira archipelago, resulting from the depression ‘Cláudia,’ with strong rain, wind, and sea agitation, according to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA).
Continental Portugal recorded, by 1:00 PM today, 1,292 incidents due to bad weather, which resulted in two deaths, one minor injury, and nine displaced people, reported the National Authority for Emergency and Civil Protection (ANEPC).
