Linha de Leixões, also known as Linha de Cintura do Porto, is a freight railway line which connects Contumil railway station, on the Linha do Minho, and Leixões, in Matosinhos, Portugal. It was opened in 1938, and electrified in 1998.[1][2] Passenger services ran until 1987 and from 2009 to 2011.
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