Intercidades (Intercity) services

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Intercidades (Intercity) services are long-distance Portuguese train services operated by Comboios de Portugal that connect major cities across the country with faster, limited-stop routes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf intercity train service
passenger rail service
bookingChannel CP mobile app
CP website
onboard purchase with surcharge on some routes
station ticket offices
competesWith Alfa Pendular
complementsService Alfa Pendular
country Portugal
electrification 1.5 kV DC overhead line
25 kV AC overhead line
introducedBy Comboios de Portugal
locomotiveType CP Class 1400 diesel locomotive on non-electrified sections
CP Class 2600 electric locomotive
CP Class 5600 electric locomotive
mainTerminus Beja District
surface form: Beja

Covilhã
Faro
Guarda
Lisboa-Oriente
surface form: Lisboa Oriente

Lisboa-Santa Apolónia
surface form: Lisboa Santa Apolónia

Porto-Campanhã
surface form: Porto Campanhã

Évora
networkRole intercity backbone of Portuguese rail network
onboardService air conditioning
bar car
power outlets on some rolling stock
reserved seating
toilets
operator CP Longo Curso
Comboios de Portugal
primaryFunction connect major Portuguese cities
rollingStock Corail coaches
surface form: Corail-type coaches (ex-SNCF, modernised)

Sorefame stainless-steel coaches (modernised)
locomotive-hauled coaches
route Lisbon–Beja
Lisbon–Covilhã
Lisbon–Faro
Lisbon–Guarda
Lisbon–Porto
Lisbon–Évora
Porto–Guimarães
Linha do Corgo (partly closed)
surface form: Porto–Vila Real (historically via Linha do Corgo, now discontinued)
serviceClass first class
second class
serviceLevelComparedToRegional faster than regional trains
fewer stops than regional trains
servicePattern limited-stop
serviceType long-distance train
ticketing advance purchase discounts available
seat reservation required on most services
trackGauge Iberian gauge
typicalMaximumSpeed 200 km/h on suitable sections

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Lisbon Santa Apolónia railway station isServedByService Intercidades (Intercity) services
Santa Apolónia railway station terminusOf Intercidades (Intercity) services
this entity surface form: Intercidades services to Braga
Santa Apolónia railway station terminusOf Intercidades (Intercity) services
this entity surface form: Intercidades services to Guimarães
CP Regional distinguishedFrom Intercidades (Intercity) services
this entity surface form: CP Intercidades
Braga railway station servedBy Intercidades (Intercity) services
this entity surface form: CP Intercidades