Portugal test-runs electric train on Algarve Line from Faro
- Location
- Faro, Olhão, Tavira, Castro Marim, Vila Real de Santo António (Algarve, Portugal) · 🇵🇹 Portugal
- Project
- Algarve Line Electrification (Faro–Vila Real de Santo António section)
- Investment
- about EUR 20.45 million for the Faro–Vila Real de Santo António section (85% EU co-financed via COMPETE 2020 – Cohesion Fund); total investment for the 140 km Algarve Line (including the Tunes–Lagos section, EUR 25.4 million) around EUR 80 million
- Status
- Electrification physically completed; test run/certification on 24 June 2025, regular electric passenger service on the full line only from 19 July 2026
On 24 June 2025 an electric train (CP Class 2240) made a test run over the newly electrified roughly 56 km section between Faro and Vila Real de Santo António (via Olhão, Tavira, Castro Marim) as part of overhead-line certification — not yet regular passenger service. Physical electrification of this section (about EUR 20.45m, 85% EU co-financed via COMPETE 2020) had already been completed in 2023. Regular electric passenger service on the full 140 km Algarve Line (Lagos–Faro–Vila Real de Santo António) only began on 19 July 2026, cutting the Lagos–Vila Real de Santo António journey time by about 25 minutes.
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