Portugal reactivates Mangualde–Celorico da Beira rail section
- Location
- Mangualde–Celorico da Beira (Viseu/Guarda districts), through to Vilar Formoso on the Spanish border, Portugal · 🇵🇹 Portugal
- Project
- Beira Alta Line Reactivation – Mangualde–Celorico da Beira Section
- Investment
- EUR 103 million for the 34 km Mangualde–Celorico da Beira section (85% EU co-financing via the Connecting Europe Facility); overall Beira Alta Line modernisation estimated at over EUR 430 million
- Status
- Reactivated / in service (section); full line through to Pampilhosa fully restored only since September 2025
On 6 April 2025, Comboios de Portugal (CP) resumed passenger services between Mangualde and Celorico da Beira after the roughly 34 km section had been modernised for EUR 103 million (new concrete sleepers, 60 E1 rail, remodelled Gouveia and Fornos de Algodres stations for 750 m trains). This restored through passenger service between Mangualde and Vilar Formoso on the Spanish border, while the remaining stretch to Pampilhosa continued to run replacement buses until it fully reopened in September 2025. The 202 km, electrified Linha da Beira Alta is part of the international Northern Corridor to Spain and is being modernised partly through the EU's Connecting Europe Facility (85% co-financing).
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