Covelinhas railway station
Covelinhas Station Estação Ferroviária de Covelinhas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Main building of the Covelinhas railway station, in 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Covelinhas Portugal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°09′08″N 7°41′18″W / 41.152184°N 7.688292°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Douro line (1880-present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | Régua railway station, Ferrão halt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 4 April 1880 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
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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
- ^ "Covelinhas - Linha do Douro". Infraestruturas de Portugal. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.