Linha de Sines

{{Distinguish|Ramal de Sines}}

{{short description|Portuguese railway line}}

{{Infobox rail line

| name = Linha de Sines

| image = PortofSinesAccess.jpg

| image_width = 300px

| caption = Port of Sines

|status = Operational

| start = Ermidas-Sado

| end = Port of Sines

| linelength = {{convert|50|km|abbr=on}}

| gauge = {{Track gauge|1668mm|allk=on}}

| electrification =

| map =

{{routemap|inline=yes|map=

\exLCONTg\~~{{0|000.000}}~~L. Alentejo → Beja (cancelled pj.)

CONTgq\exLSTR!~STR+r\~~ ~~L. Sul~~→ Campolide A

\BHF\~~129,631~~Ermidas-Sado

\ABZgl!~STRc2\ABZ1+3r!~lCONTf1~~{{0|000.000}}~~L. Sul → Tunes

\ABZg+1\STRc4~~131,025~~C. Ermidas

eHST~~143,607~~Abela~~(formerly Abela-São Domingos; dem.)

eBHF~~151,121~~São Bartolomeu da Serra

SBRÜCKE

eHST~~158,504~~Cumeadas~~(dem.)

DST~~S. C. substation

\eBHF\~~160,770~~Santiago do Cacém~~(closed)

\exLABZgl!~STR\exLCONTfq~~ ~~L. Aljezur~~(cancelled pj.) → L. Alg.

eHST~~165,856~~Ortiga

exCONTgq\eABZg+r\~~165,3{{0|00}}~~→ L. Sul~~Grândola (proj. 2009){{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/vYuZJ7H.jpg|title=Image: vYuZJ7H.jpg, (1853 × 2799 px): Three variants on IGeoE M888 maps|website=i.imgur.com|access-date=3 February 2019}}

exCONTgq\eABZg+r\~~168,100~~{{tooltip|2=Nova Linha de Sines|N. L. Sines}}→ Pinheiro~~(proj. 1970, canc.)

\KRWgl\KRW+r~~{{sfrac|{{0|000.000}}0,000|168,113}}~~Bif. de Sines (R. Sines)

\BUE\BUE

\SPLa\LSTR~~{{0|000.000}}~~{{pad|60px}}

\vBUE\LSTR

\vDST-STR\LSTR~~Metalsines

\SPLe\LSTR

\xSPLa\LSTR~~{{0|000.000}}~~{{pad|80px}}

\xvSBRÜCKE\LSTR

STR+l\xvSTRr-SHI1r\LSTR

SBRÜCKE\exSTR\LSTR

KDSTe\exSTR\LSTR~~Repsol

\exHST\LSTR~~{{sfrac|{{0|00}}0,7{{0|00}}|169,23{{0}}}}~~Dalda

\exSTRo\LSTR

\exSTRo\LSTR

\exSBRÜCKE\LSTR

exKBHFaq\exSTRr!~STRc2\STR3~~{{sfrac|{{0}}11,4{{0|00}}|179,93{{0}}}}~~Sines

\STR+1\STRc4

STRc2\ABZg3\~~169,230~~R. Raquete

STR+1\DST!~STRc4\~~170,047~~Raquete

BUE\BUE\

BUE\STR\

ENDExe\STR\

d!~exSTRl\d!~lENDEq\ABZgr\

KRW+l\KRWgr\~~170,669~~R. Petrogal-Asfaltos

SPLa\SBRÜCKE\

vBUE\SBRÜCKE\

vKDSTe\STR\~~Oil refinery Galp

\KRWgl\KRW+r~~174,713~~R. EDP-Cinzas

\STR\SBRÜCKE

\BUE\KDSTe~~thermal power station EDP

\KRWgl\KRW+r~~177,905~~R. Terminal XXI

\STR\SPLa

\SBRÜCKE\vKDSTe~~Terminal XXI / PSA

\SHI2gl\BS2c3~~180,170~~{{pad|80px}}

d\vDST~~ ~~Porto de Sines~~(station)

d\vSBRÜCKE

\c\vSTR-KDSTe\cd~~{{0|000.000}}~~Coal terminal Portsines

BUE

BUE

\KDSTe\~~{{0|000.000}}~~Port of Sines~~(cargo term.)

| map2-title = Location on the network

| map2 =

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| border =

| collapse =

| base = Pt ferv.png

| base_style =

| base_width = 190px

| base_alt = Railway map Portugal

| base_caption = Railway map Portugal

| base_link =

| float = PlusCM128_(009900).svg

| float_width = 17px

| float_alt =

| float_caption = Ermidas-Sado

| link = Ermidas-Sado railway station

| x = 64

| y = 281

| float2 = MarkeKreuzBlau.svg

| float2_width = 13px

| float2_alt =

| float2_caption = Port

| link2 = Port of Sines

| x2 = 39

| y2 = 287

}}

+ Ermidas-Sado × Port (🔎)

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| map2-collapsible = yes

| map2-collapse = yes

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Linha de Sines is a railway line which connects the station of Ermidas-Sado, on the Linha do Sul, to the Port of Sines, in Portugal. It used to be connected to the station of Sines via a branch line. The first section, from Ermidas-Sado to São Bartolomeu da Serra was opened on 9 April 1927. The line reached Cumeadas on 1 July 1929, Santiago do Cacém on 20 June 1934, and Sines on 14 September 1936.{{cite news |last=Torres |first=Carlos Manitto |date=1 February 1958 |title=A evolução das linhas portuguesas e o seu significado ferroviário |url=http://hemerotecadigital.cm-lisboa.pt/OBRAS/GazetaCF/1958/N1683/N1683_master/GazetaCFN1683.pdf |work=Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro |access-date=3 February 2019}}Martins et al., p. 257