Beira Low Line interrupted between Blinking and Abrantes

A railway line of Beira Baixa was today, at 19:40, interrupted between Entroncamento and Abrantes, in the district of Santarém, “due to the fall of barrier” following the bad weather, said CP – Trains of Portugal.

In a situation at 19:40 of the constraints on the circulation of trains due to adverse weather conditions as a result of depression Charles, CP indicated that the suppression of urban trains in Lisbon is maintained, where “the railway service of the Alcântara Terra family – Ribatejo Chestnut was abolished between Campolide and Alcântara Terra”.

“ Alternatively, customers have careers 713 and 751 from Carris, with regular service between the stations of Campolide and Alcântara Terra ", advised the company.

According to CP, the railway service in the Douro Line was already resumed, which had been interrupted since 18:00, between the stations of Tua (Carrazeda de Ansiães, Bragança district) and Pocinho (Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Guarda district).

The depression Charles, which motivated the activation of the alert situation throughout the territory of mainland Portugal from 00:00 to 23:59 today, lost power during the morning and divided into two cores of low pressure, one towards Lisbon and the other to the Algarve, the only region to maintain, in the middle of the afternoon, red weather warnings, due to rain and wind, however disabled.

The National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority recorded more than 1,600 occurrences related to bad weather on the continent, especially floods, falls of trees and collapses, while in Madeira, the first region to suffer the effects of the storm, there were more than 300.

Close to two dozen people had to be relocated due to damage to their homes, but there is no record of victims.

In addition to closing schools and non-essential public services, bad weather motivated the cancellation of a few hundred flights and the cutting of roads.