Faro railway station

Faro station (Portuguese: Estação de Faro) is the main railway station in the city of Faro, Portugal, operated by Comboios de Portugal.^[1] It opened on 1 July 1889.

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Faro Estação de Faro
The station in April 2010
General information
Location	Largo da Estação dos Caminhos de Ferro, Faro Portugal
Coordinates	37.018508°N 7.939677°W / 37.018508; -7.939677 / 37.018508; -7.939677][[Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas]]"},"html":"Coordinates: </templatestyles>\"}' data-mw='{\"name\":\"templatestyles\",\"attrs\":{\"src\":\"Module:Coordinates/styles.css\"},\"body\":{\"extsrc\":\"\"}}'/>37°01′07″N 7°56′23″W / 37.018508°N 7.939677°W / 37.018508; -7.939677"}">
Operated by	Comboios de Portugal
Line(s)	Linha do Algarve
Platforms	6
Construction
Platform levels	1
History
Opened	1 July 1889 (1889-07-01)
Services
Preceding station Comboios de Portugal Following station Terminus Alfa Pendular Loulé towards Porto-Campanhã Intercidades Loulé towards Lisbon-Oriente Regional Parque das Cidades towards Lagos Bom João towards Vila Real de Santo António Terminus

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The line to the north-west is electrified, using overhead catenary. The line east, to the terminus at Vila Real de Santo António, is not.

In 1999, following the creation of a rail crossing over the River Tagus at Lisbon, the Alfa Pendular high speed electric tilting train service was introduced on the Braga-Porto-Lisbon-Faro line, with through trains south of Lisbon starting in 2003.

Faro currently receives Alfa Pendular, Intercities and regional trains.^[2]

Although Seville is less than 200km away, Faro does not have any railway connection crossing the border to Spain.^[3]