Beira Baixa line interrupted between Santa Margarida and Tramagal

A Beira Baixa railway line is still interrupted between Santa Margarida and Tramagal, due to the fall of a barrier, caused by bad weather, so Thursday the passengers will be transported on buses, according to CP.

In a statement updating the situation on the ground at 9.30 p.m., CP – Comboios de Portugal informs that on the Beira Baixa line the railway service “is still interrupted between Santa Margarida and Tramagal, due to the fall of a barrier caused by bad weather” and says that on Thursday, 12 November, “road transshipment will be ensured” for passengers on trains 5650, 5600, 5621, 541 and 540, “on the route Enthroncamento / Abrantes / Enthroncamento, with direct buses”, as well as for “trains 481 and 482, on the route Entroncamento / Badajoz / Entroncamento”.

The railway line of Beira Baixa was today, at 7:40 p.m., interrupted between Entroncamento and Abrantes, in the district of Santarém, “due to the fall of the barrier” following the bad weather, said at the time CP.

At the time of the situation at 7:40 p.m. of the train traffic constraints due to the adverse weather conditions as a result of the depression Charles, CP also pointed out that the suppression of urban trains in Lisbon was maintained, in which “the Alcântara Terra – Castanheira do Ribatejo railway service was abolished between Campolide and Alcântara Terra”.

At the 9:30 p.m. update, CP states that in the urban trains in Lisbon, “rail service continues to be suspended between Campolide and Alcântara Terra”, family Alcântara Terra – Castanheira do Ribatejo.

However, it ensures that alternatively, customers “have 713 and 751 careers at Carris, with regular service between Campolide and Alcântara Terra Stations”.

The depression Charles, which motivated the activation of the alert situation throughout the territory of mainland Portugal from 00:00 to 11:59 p.m. today, lost power during the morning and divided into two cores of low pressure, one toward 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.