Linha do Leste

{{short description|Portuguese railway line}}

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| image = Flickr - nmorao - PK 142, Linha do Leste, 2009.09.15.jpg

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| caption = Linha do Leste in Bemposta.

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| status = Operational

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| start = Abrantes

| end = Elvas

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| owner = Infraestruturas de Portugal

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| linelength = {{convert|146.2|km|abbr=on}}

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

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role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed floatright" | Location on the network

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Linha do Leste is a Portuguese railway line which connects Abrantes railway station to the border with Spain, near to Elvas. The connection to Spain was opened on 24 September 1863.{{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=22 December 2018}}Reis et al, 2006: 12