Barreiro railway station

Barreiro railway station

Barreiro
Comboios de Portugal (EPE), regional rail
Bus terminal and the old station in 2020
General information
LocationLisbon
Portugal
Coordinates38°39′10″N 9°4′45″W / 38.65278°N 9.07917°W / 38.65278; -9.07917
Elevation10m
Managed byInfraestruturas de Portugal
Line(s)Alentejo line
Other information
Station code95000 BAO
Websitehttps://www.cp.pt/passageiros/pt/consultar-horarios/estacoes/barreiro
History
Opened
  • 1st station: 1861
  • 2nd station: 1884
  • 3rd station: 2008
Services
Preceding station Lisbon CP Following station
Barreiro-A
towards Praias do Sado-A
 Sado Line Terminus
Barreiro-A
towards Setúbal
Location
Map
The third Barreiro station in 2008, on the eve of its inauguration.
Façade in 2020.
Remains of the abandoned building that served as the Barreiro station between 1884 and 2008.

Barreiro is a railway station on the Alentejo Line that serves as a connection between rail services on the South Bank of the Tagus and Soflusa's river transport to Lisbon, Portugal. The first Barreiro station began operating on June 15, 1857,[1] although it was not inaugurated until February 1, 1861.[2] Since it was too far from the river pier, a new station was built and inaugurated in 1884.[3] This station included an important workshop hub, which underwent extension work during the 1900s,[4] but the facilities were becoming insufficient for the demand by the following decade.[5] However, political and social instability, which was reflected in the administration of the railroads, dragged out the process. It was not until the 1930s that the new workshops were completed.[6] Meanwhile, in 1923 the Ramal do Seixal branch line went into service,[7] and in 1935 the railway between Barreiro and Lavradio was duplicated.[8] The Barreiro station was remodeled and expanded in 1943,[3] and in the 1950s the workshops began to house diesel locomotives from other lines that had been electrified.[9] On December 14, 2008, a new Barreiro station was inaugurated, and the old one was closed.[10][11]

  1. ^ Santos (1995, pp. 107–108)
  2. ^ Martins, Brion & Sousa (1996, pp. 242–243)
  3. ^ a b "Estação do Caminho de Ferro Sul e Sueste". Câmara Municipal do Barreiro. Archived from the original on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  4. ^ "Linhas Portuguezas" (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro. Vol. Ano 16, no. 367. 16 February 1903. p. 59. Retrieved 23 February 2017 – via Hemeroteca Digital de Lisboa.
  5. ^ "Resumo histórico das novas oficinas gerais do Sul e Sueste" (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro. Vol. Ano 47, no. 1143. 1 August 1935. pp. 331–334. Retrieved 3 October 2017 – via Hemeroteca Digital de Lisboa.
  6. ^ Corrêa, António de Vasconcelos (1 March 1939). "A vida da C. P. desde o convénio de 1894" (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro. Vol. Ano 51, no. 1229. pp. 148–152. Retrieved 7 October 2017 – via Hemeroteca Digital de Lisboa.
  7. ^ Reis, Gomes & Gomes (2006, p. 69)
  8. ^ "Importantes melhoramentos ferroviários em Barreiro, Lavradio e na Linha do Sado" (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro. Vol. Ano 47, no. 1144. 16 August 1935. p. 350. Retrieved 5 October 2017 – via Hemeroteca Digital de Lisboa.
  9. ^ Reis, Gomes & Gomes (2006, pp. 106–118)
  10. ^ Costa, Júlio (3 April 2008). "REFER iniciou obras na Linha do Sado". Setúbal na Rede. Archived from the original on 2009-06-24. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  11. ^ Ferreira, Leandro (12 December 2008). "Tracção eléctrica chega ao Sado a 14 de Dezembro". Transportes-XXI. Retrieved 5 October 2010.