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- Time of past OR future Camino
- None yet; perhaps the Portugese (2021?)
The regular overnight trains, Lisbon <> Madrid, co-run by CP and Renfe, has been cancelled since the epidemic started.
For the last year or so, travellers have been able to move between the two by train, but in a bit more complicated fashion--any early morning train Lisbon > Entroncamento (getting to Entronc by 10 am or so); the self-propelled diesel short-run train from Entroncamento > Badajoz, just past the Spanish border (10:24, arriving at 2:14 Spanish time--an hour ahead of Portugal), and then a train from Badajoz to Madrid. (Sorry; haven't taken that one; don't know the details.)
But now the two lines have agree to run 2 trains a day on this line, starting on July 30. This is so new that it has not yet been added to the CP online tool. Here are the details, translated:
"From the end of the month, CP will provide new timetables on the East Line, between Entroncamento and Badajoz, which will reduce travel time by train between Lisbon and Madrid from the current 11 to nine hours.
"According to a note released today by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing, “there are now two daily trains per direction on the East Line, between Entroncamento and Badajoz, both with a direct link with Intercidades to Lisbon, and one per direction with a link with the Intercity to Madrid”.
"As he points out, these new timetables for services on the East Line “allow the reduction of travel time by train between Lisbon and Madrid to about nine hours, compared to the current more than 11 hours”.
"According to the ministry, the new schedules "should come into effect on July 31."
The time-saving seems to suggest the second Portugal-side train should be running 2 hours later.
Sorry, I don't have details on the Madrid > Lisbon scheduling (Madrid/Badajoz/Entroncamento/Lisbon but no doubt they can be found on the Renfe page.
Just a note, from Entroncamento, it's equally easy to head north to Porto instead of south to Lisbon, so this creates another way to return through Portugal back to Madrid, and see some different countryside.
Lusa
For the last year or so, travellers have been able to move between the two by train, but in a bit more complicated fashion--any early morning train Lisbon > Entroncamento (getting to Entronc by 10 am or so); the self-propelled diesel short-run train from Entroncamento > Badajoz, just past the Spanish border (10:24, arriving at 2:14 Spanish time--an hour ahead of Portugal), and then a train from Badajoz to Madrid. (Sorry; haven't taken that one; don't know the details.)
But now the two lines have agree to run 2 trains a day on this line, starting on July 30. This is so new that it has not yet been added to the CP online tool. Here are the details, translated:
"From the end of the month, CP will provide new timetables on the East Line, between Entroncamento and Badajoz, which will reduce travel time by train between Lisbon and Madrid from the current 11 to nine hours.
"According to a note released today by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing, “there are now two daily trains per direction on the East Line, between Entroncamento and Badajoz, both with a direct link with Intercidades to Lisbon, and one per direction with a link with the Intercity to Madrid”.
"As he points out, these new timetables for services on the East Line “allow the reduction of travel time by train between Lisbon and Madrid to about nine hours, compared to the current more than 11 hours”.
"According to the ministry, the new schedules "should come into effect on July 31."
Novos horários entre Entroncamento e Badajoz aproximam Lisboa e Madrid
A CP assegura a partir do final do mês novos horários na Linha do Leste, entre o Entroncamento e Badajoz,... - Jornal de Abrantes
jornaldeabrantes.sapo.pt
The time-saving seems to suggest the second Portugal-side train should be running 2 hours later.
Sorry, I don't have details on the Madrid > Lisbon scheduling (Madrid/Badajoz/Entroncamento/Lisbon but no doubt they can be found on the Renfe page.
Just a note, from Entroncamento, it's equally easy to head north to Porto instead of south to Lisbon, so this creates another way to return through Portugal back to Madrid, and see some different countryside.
Lusa