Portugal Travel, Algarve Line
Algarve Line (Linha do Algarve)
The Algarve Line (Linha do Algarve) is a railway line in the Algarve region, southern Portugal. The line runs 139 km west to east from Lagos Station in Lagos to Vila Real de Santo Antonio Station in Vila Real de Santo Antonio.
At Tunes and Faro Station there are connections for express trains to Lisbon. A regional train to Tunes takes about 55 minutes from Lagos Station. At Tunes you can connect with an Alfa Pendular express or Intercidades (Intercity) train to Sete Rios, Entrecampos and Gare do Oriente.
The line was laid from the end of the 19th century to the early years of the 20th century.
The journey along the whole Linha do Algarve that runs from Lagos via Tunes and Faro Station to Vila Real de Santo Antonio takes around 3 hours with a change at Faro. Trains run from Lagos to Faro and then return and similarly from Vila Real de Santo Antonio Station to Faro and then return.
Trains from Lagos to Faro
There are trains leaving Lagos for Faro at 6.16 am, 6.59 am (except Sundays and public holidays), 7.48 am, 11.14 am, 1.10 pm, 2.18 pm, 5.05 pm 6.13 pm and 8.01 pm. Other departures from Lagos Station go as far as Portimão and Tunes only. Trains from Lagos terminating at Portimão depart at 9.03 am and 3.17 pm (except Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays). The train from Lagos terminating at Tunes departs at 6.13 pm on Sunday or Monday if Sunday is a public holiday from July 3 to September 4.
Journey times from Vila Real de Santo Antonio to Faro are just over one hour.
Trains from Vila Real de Santo Antonio to Faro
There are trains leaving Vila Real de Santo Antonio for Faro at 5.48 am, 6.26 am (except Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays), 7.05 am, 7.22 am, 9.08 am, 11.13 am, 12.39 pm, 1.33 pm, 3.33 pm 4.35 pm, 5.40 pm (Sunday or Monday if Sunday is a public holiday from July 3 to September 4), 6.03 pm (Monday to Saturday, no Monday service if it is a public holiday, in this case there is a Sunday service from July 3 to September 4), 6.03 pm, 7.10 pm (except Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays) and 8.42 pm.
The journey time from Lagos to Faro is just over 90 minutes.
Full information and online booking for all rail passes in Portugal and Spain is available from ACP Rail.
Stations
The complete list of stations on the Algarve Line from Lagos in the west to Vila Real de Santo Antonio in the east is:
Lagos, Meia Praia, Mexilhoeira Grande, Portimão, Ferragudo, Estômbar-Lagoa, Silves, Poço Barreto, Alcantarilha, Algos, Tunes, Albufeira-Ferreiras, Boliqueime, Loulé, Almancil, Parque das Cidades, Faro, Bom João, Olhão, Fuseta-A, Fuseta, Livramento, Luz, Tavira, Porta Nova, Conceicão, Cacela, Castro Marim, Monte Gordo and Vila Real de Santo Antonio.
Full information and schedules on express and local trains in Portugal are available at www.cp.pt
See a pdf file of the full timetable on the Algarve Line.
