The extension of the Minho Line from two to four roads between Contumil (Porto) and Ermesinde (Valongo) will require the closure of the parking lot of the Rio Tinto station, in Gondomar, on Wednesday, according to the parish junta.
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09/11/2026
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Lusa
O extension of the Minho Line from two to four roads between Contumil (Porto) and Ermesinde (Valongo) will require the closure of the parking lot of the Rio Tinto station, in Gondomar, on Wednesday, according to the parish junta.
“The Infrastructures of Portugal [IP] informs that, in the framework of the quadrupling of the Line of Minho, will begin, on November 11, 2026 [Wednesday], the renovation works of the station of Rio Tinto”, can be read in a communiqué of the parish junta of Rio Tinto, in the municipality of Gondomar, Porto district.
The municipality informs that “the station’s parking lot will be closed from 08:00 on November 11th [Wednesday], and the users’ access to this space will be conditioned”.
On the site of the current parking lot, two additional railways will be installed, creating a new park and pedestrian crossing between the Rio Tinto railway station and the Campainha metro station.
The new park will have a capacity for 144 places, more 24 than the current one.
Rio Tinto station will also be refurbished.
On October 13, Lusa questioned the IP about the current state of the works in the Minho Line between Contumil and Ermesinde, which they have already started.
Lusa questioned exactly when the work began, whether demolitions of warehouses and residences were already underway, if all residents have already reached an agreement with the IP, what is the deadline for leaving their homes and how many people are concerned, but did not get an answer.
The question is the doubling of two to four tracks of the Minho Line between Contumil and Ermesinde, in the district of Porto, which will allow the separation of traffic from the Douro and Minho lines south of Ermesinde, increasing the railway capacity north of the Douro river and the reliability of the services.
Demolitions of 87 buildings are planned, of which about 15 houses, according to the listing of buildings to be demolished by Lusa.
The project also includes the improvement of the Aguas Santas/Palmilheira station, which will keep the separation of the two busiers (as opposed to the previous project) and the Rio Tinto station, linking it through a pedestrian alley and parking lot to the Campainha do Metro do Porto station.
The construction work was awarded to Mota-Engil for EUR 113.5 million and may take 46 months, but besides the work there are investments of supervision, expropriations, materials and also EUR 25 million for signalling.
The total investment can amount to EUR 226 million.