| CP Urban Services | |
|---|---|
| Info | |
| Locale | Metropolitan Lisbon and Metropolitan Oporto |
| Transit type | Commuter rail |
| Number of lines | 4 with 7 services (Lisbon) and 5 (Oporto)[1] |
| Operation | |
| Operator(s) | Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses |
The CP Urban Services network is the commuter train network of Metropolitan Lisbon and Metropolitan Oporto, Portugal. It connects the city centers with the suburbs.
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The system is complemented in Lisbon by the Lisbon Metro and an extensive bus network.
It comprises four lines,[2]
And a smaller line, the Cintura line, connecting Braço de Prata (Azambuja line) to Alcântara-Mar (Cascais line), which also connects to the Sintra line at Campolide, but has no services of its own, being used by services from Azambuja and Sintra lines.
The Agualva-Cacém–Mira-Sintra-Meleças track, part of the Oeste (West) line, is also used by some urban trains.
Some services use both Azambuja and Sintra lines, and all services from those lines are joined in a single timetable (Azambuja/Lisboa/Sintra)[3]
The CP Urban Services in the great Oporto area consists of 4 main lines, linking Oporto Terminus São Bento Station (Estação de São Bento) in Oporto Downtown with the cities of Braga, Guimarães, Aveiro and Penafiel. The lines are completely electrified and the service is efficient. The Commuter rail service in Oporto is well connected with bus and metro service in the city, linking with lines A (Blue line), B (Red line), C (Green line) and E (Violet Line) of metro service in Campanhã Station and with line D (Yellow line) in São Bento Station.
A fifth line was inaugurated on September 2009, Leixões line, connecting Oporto to Leixões.[4]