Covelinhas Station

Estação Ferroviária de Covelinhas
Main building of the Covelinhas railway station, in 2009
General information
LocationCovelinhas
Portugal
Coordinates 41°09′08″N 7°41′18″W / 41.152184°N 7.688292°W / 41.152184; -7.688292
Line(s)Douro line (1880-present)
Platforms2
Tracks2
ConnectionsRégua railway station, Ferrão halt
Other information
Website
History
Opened4 April 1880 (1880-04-04)
Services
Preceding station Comboios de Portugal Following station
Régua
towards Porto-Campanhã
 InterRegional Ferrão
towards Pocinho
Régua
towards Porto-São Bento
Régua
Terminus
 Regional
Régua
towards Porto-São Bento
 InterRegional Ferrão
towards Pinhão
Régua
towards Marco de Canaveses
 Regional
Location
Covelinhas Station is located in Portugal
Covelinhas Station
Covelinhas Station
Location within Portugal

The Covelinhas Railway Station is an interface on the Douro line, which serves the now extinct parish of Covelinhas, in the municipality of Peso da Régua, Portugal.[1]

History

Covelinhas railway station in the 1880s

This interface is located on the section between Régua station and Ferrão halt on the Douro Line, which was inaugurated on 4 April 1880.[2]

In 1901, a road was under construction, linking this station to the city of Vila Real, and it was planned to install another road between Armamar and the opposite bank of the Douro, in front of the station, in order to better serve the region south of the river.[3]

On 28 October 1903, the government authorised the financing of several station access roads, including a 413 m long road between Covelinhas and the quay on the River Douro.[4] However, in 1932 access to the station was still very primitive, with only paths for ox carts.[5]

In 28 January 2013, Covelinhas parish was extinct and replaced by the Galafura and Covelinhas parish.

References

  1. ↑ "Covelinhas - Linha do Douro". Infraestruturas de Portugal. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Troços de linhas férreas portuguesas abertas à exploração desde 1856, e a sua extensão" (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro. Vol. Ano 69, no. 1652. 16 October 1956. pp. 528–530. Retrieved 8 May 2013 – via Hemeroteca Digital de Lisboa.
  3. ↑ "Parte Official" (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro. Vol. Ano 16, no. 368. 16 April 1903. pp. 119–130. Retrieved 8 May 2013 – via Hemeroteca Digital de Lisboa.
  4. ↑ "Parte Official" (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro. Vol. Ano 16, no. 382. 16 November 1903. pp. 377–378. Retrieved 11 January 2018 – via Hemeroteca Digital de Lisboa.
  5. ↑ ALCOBAÇA, Visconde de (1 December 1932). "Estradas Afluentes à Linha do Douro: Troço da Régua a Barca D'Alva" (PDF). Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro. Vol. Ano 45, no. 1079. pp. 559–561. Retrieved 11 January 2019 – via Hemeroteca Digital de Lisboa.


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