CP Urban Services

{{Short description|Commuter train network in Portugal}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox Public transit |name = CP Urban Services |image = File:Logo-Comboios-de-Portugal.svg |image2 = File:Automotora da Série 2300, a 2302 na estação de Braço de Prata, em 2021.jpg |imagesize = 220px |locale = Metropolitan Lisbon and Metropolitan Porto |transit_type = Commuter rail |began_operation =  |lines = 4 with 7 services (Lisbon) and 5 (Porto)<ref>CP, "Mapa das Linhas dos Comboios Urbanos do Porto" (Porto Urban Trains Lines Map) {{cite web |url=http://www.cp.pt/StaticFiles/Imagens/PDF/Passageiros/mapas/mapa_porto.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=31 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030075734/http://cp.pt/StaticFiles/Imagens/PDF/Passageiros/mapas/mapa_porto.pdf |archive-date=30 October 2010 }} (Portuguese) Retrieved 31 August 2010.</ref> |stations = |annual_ridership = 103 million (Lisbon, 2019) 24 million (Porto, 2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cp.pt/institucional/pt/empresa|title=A Empresa | CP - Comboios de Portugal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sol.sapo.pt/artigo/688404/passageiros-e-receitas-da-cp-aumentam-em-2019|title=Passageiros e receitas da CP aumentam em 2019|last=|first=|date=2020-03-08|website=Sol|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608000427/https://sol.sapo.pt/artigo/688404/passageiros-e-receitas-da-cp-aumentam-em-2019 |archive-date=8 June 2021 |access-date=2020-03-09}}</ref> |track_gauge = |operator = Comboios de Portugal }}

The '''CP Urban Services''' network is the commuter train network of Metropolitan Lisbon, Metropolitan Coimbra, and Metropolitan Porto, Portugal. It is a Comboios de Portugal subdivision, with the objective of connecting city centers with suburbs and nearby towns. Its divided in: CP Lisbon, CP Porto, and CP Coimbra.

==Metropolitan Lisbon network== {{CPLisbon}} alt=|left|thumb|267x267px|Commuter rail lines in Lisbon The system is complemented in Lisbon by the Lisbon Metro and an extensive bus network.

[[Image:Lisboa railway junction.png|thumb|alt=Lisbon rail network map|Lisbon rail lines overview, with CP, Fertagus and Lisbon Metro (filled light gray) lines]]

It comprises four lines<ref>CP, Lisbon Urban Service network map [http://www.cp.pt/cp/displayPage.do?vgnextoid=3836d5abe2a74010VgnVCM1000007b01a8c0RCRD]. Retrieved 31 August 2010.</ref> which served 103 million passengers in 2019.

* Azambuja line: connects Azambuja and Castanheira do Ribatejo to Alcântara-Terra and {{rws|Santa Apolónia}} * Cascais line: connects Cascais to {{rws|Cais do Sodré}} * Sado line: connects {{rws|Barreiro}} to Praias do Sado * Sintra line: connects {{rws|Sintra}} and Mira-Sintra-Meleças to {{rws|Rossio}}, Alverca and Oriente

Although the Cintura line connects the Azambuja line (at {{rws|Braço de Prata}}) to the Cascais line (at {{rws|Alcântara-Mar}}), the stretch between Alcântara-Terra and Alcântara-Mar is only used for freight services, and passengers transferring between both stations have to do so on foot.

Nowadays, the services from the Azambuja and Sintra lines are joined in a single timetable, as "Azambuja/Lisboa/Sintra".<ref>CP, "Azambuja / Lisboa / Sintra – summary [timetable]" {{cite web |url=http://www.cp.pt/StaticFiles/CP/Imagens/PDF/Passageiros/horarios/lisboa/cartazresumo_str_az.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=31 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011012316/http://www.cp.pt/StaticFiles/CP/Imagens/PDF/Passageiros/horarios/lisboa/cartazresumo_str_az.pdf |archive-date=11 October 2010 }} (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 August 2010.</ref>

Since 2011, the Azambuja line has offered a direct connection between Azambuja and Alcântara-Terra, with an additional Castanheira–Santa Apolónia service during weekdays, a change that will be reversed with the Summer 2015 timetables, that reintroduce the older Azambuja–Santa Apolónia and Castanheira–Alcântara-Terra services.<ref>CP, "Azambuja / Lisboa / Sintra – summary [timetable]" [http://www.cp.pt/StaticFiles/Passageiros/1_horarios/avisos/mkt/2015/jun/azambuja_sintra1406.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060641/http://www.cp.pt/StaticFiles/Passageiros/1_horarios/avisos/mkt/2015/jun/azambuja_sintra1406.pdf|date=4 March 2016}}. Retrieved 6 June 2015.</ref>

thumb|alt=Map of the Cintura line|The Lisbon Cintura rail line, and its connections to the other North Lisbon urban linesThis network is also connected to Fertagus services, a private operated line that connects Setúbal to Roma-Areeiro station in Lisbon.

All urban rail in the Lisbon metro area is integrated in the Navegante Card system of tickets.{{clear}}

=== Network Map === {{Rapid transit OSM map | system_qid = Q847651 | frame-lat = 38.69 | frame-long = -9.16 | frame-width = 600 | frame-height = 600 | zoom = 10 | length = yes }}

==Metropolitan Porto network== {{CPPorto}} [[File:Diagrama geral.png|thumb|left|400px|Map of the Porto network with the map of the Porto Metro]] The CP Urban Services in the greater Porto area consists of 4 main lines, linking Porto Terminus São Bento Station (Estação de São Bento) in Porto Downtown with the cities of Braga, Guimarães, Aveiro and Penafiel. The lines are completely electrified and the service is efficient, serving over 24 million passengers in 2019.

The Commuter rail service in Porto is well connected with bus and metro service in the city, linking with lines A (Blue line), B (Red line), C (Green line), E (Violet Line) and F (Orange Line) of metro service in Campanhã Station and with line D (Yellow line) in São Bento Station.

A fifth line was inaugurated in September 2009, Leixões line, connecting Porto to Leixões.<ref>Expresso, "Transportes: Linha ferroviária de Leixões recebe comboios de passageiros a partir de Setembro" [http://aeiou.expresso.pt/transportes-linha-ferroviaria-de-leixoes-recebe-comboios-de-passageiros-a-partir-de-setembro=f516190] (Portuguese) Retrieved on 31 August 2010.</ref> This line closed again in 2011. And reopened again in 2025

In 2018, a study was launched into a new 36.5 km rail line branching from Valongo on the Linha de Caide to Felgueiras, with an expectedly cost of €300 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publico.pt/2018/11/20/local/noticia/municipios-estudam-ferrovia-liga-linha-douro-pacos-ferreira-felgueiras-1851340|title=Municípios estudam ferrovia que liga a linha do Douro a Paços de Ferreira e Felgueiras|access-date=18 March 2019|website=Publico.pt|date=20 November 2018 }}</ref>

All urban rail in the Lisbon metro area is integrated in the Andante Card system of tickets. {{clear}}

=== Network Map === {{Rapid transit OSM map | system_qid = Q2624115 | frame-lat = 41.09 | frame-long = -8.45 | frame-width = 500 | frame-height = 600 | zoom = 9 | length = yes }}

==Metropolitan Coimbra network== {{CPCoimbra}}

Since the closure by Comboios de Portugal of the lines from Coimbra to Lousã – Miranda do Corvo (Ramal da Lousã), in 2004, and Coimbra to Figueira da Foz via Cantanhede (Ramal da Figueira da Foz) in 2011, the '''Urbanos Coimbra''' service now only consists of the Baixo Mondego corridor, from Coimbra to Figueira da Foz<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/en/how-to-travel/coimbra-urban-trains|title=Coimbra Urban Trains|website=CP.pt|access-date=28 April 2019}}</ref> via Montemor-o-Velho (Ramal de Alfarelos of the Linha do Norte, Linha do Oeste and Ramal da Lousã).

The Ramal da Lousã line was converted to a BRT system opened in 2025, called Metro Mondego

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.cp.pt/cp/displayPage.do?vgnextoid=65bdd5abe2a74010VgnVCM1000007b01a8c0RCRD Official Website] (in English)

Category:Comboios de Portugal Category:Public transport in Portugal Category:Transport in Lisbon