CP Urban Services

The CP Urbano de Lisboa, rarely CP Lisboa to German "Railways of Portugal suburban trains from Lisbon ", formerly Unidades de Suburbanos de Grande Lisboa ( USGL ), is a business unit of the Portuguese state railway Comboios de Portugal. It runs almost the entire Lisbon suburban railway network, another line runs under the direction of private FERTAGUS.

History

The CP was founded in 1997 Urbano de Lisboa operates four S -Bahn -like so-called " line families " because driving on different courses each line, for example, do not operate the all the way and sometimes line branches. All features of the CP Urbano de Lisboa belong to the type of train Urbano.

Due to the dramatic budget crisis in Portugal since 2008 planned by the Portuguese Government, from late 2011 to advertise the single line families and thus to leave these may operate through foreign rail companies. Due to the high ridership and high cost coverage ratio of CP Lisboa was calculated using a strong competition for the tender. A tender is not yet done until today (2014).

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Data

CP Urbano de Lisboa is the most successful business units of the CP. In 2007, she carried 97 million passengers in 2008, 96 million; thus promoted CP Urbano de Lisboa 70 percent of all passengers of the Portuguese state railway, which counted a total of 135.5 million passengers in 2008. In 2008, the subsidiary was one of a workforce of 868 employees.

In 2007, the business unit of the state railway a profit of 75 million euros, 78.5 million euros in 2008. Thus, the CP Urbano de Lisboa was the most successful line of business after the long distance division of Comboios de Portugal. The grants from the Portuguese State for suburban services in 2007 amounted to 28.5 million euros and rising to 2010 to EUR 32.3 million.

Apart from the Linha de Azambuja drive more than 90 percent of all features of the CP Urbano de Lisboa on time. On the Linha de Sintra in 2008 93.4 % of all trains were on time (2007: 89%), on the Linha de Cascais 98% ( 2007: 97%), on the Linha de Azambuja 87.2 % (2007: 91%) and on the Linha de Sado 93.4 % (2007: 98%).

Overall, the features of the CP Urbano de Lisboa are primarily used by regular customers, 81.1 percent of all passengers using the trains very frequently, although approximately the same amount ( 79.3 percent) own a car.

Rolling stock

CP Urbano de Lisboa has different, tailored to the Urban rail vehicle types. Until November 2013, there were relatively strict vehicle allocations for each line families. Has since become a new vehicle concept due to track damage to the Linha de Sintra and the resulting frequent maintenance intervals for the Series 2300/2400.

On behalf of the Comboios de Portugal produced in the years 1998 to 2001, a consortium of GEC Alsthom and CAF 30 four-part double-decker trains of the series 3500. Among the 30 vehicles are now used 18 by the private transport companies FERTAGUS. Technically very strongly oriented on the Spanish model of Baureie 450, feature the Railcars a top speed of 140 km / h and 88 seated and 85 standing passengers in the motor vehicle or 150 seated and 120 standing passengers in the sidecar. The trains run at fixed train sets of four cars. By 2013, the trains were laid on the line Castanheira do Ribatejo Alcântara -Terra in use from 2011 to 2013 also on the line Azambuja Santa Apolonia. Since November 2013, this will be used on the Sintra- line family between Rossio and Sintra.

Originally designed for the Linha de Sintra, the series was provided by Siemens in 2300 (and later 2400) developed and produced at Sorefame between 1991 and 1994, the 2400 series followed in 1997 by. The trains have a maximum speed of 120 km / h and 316 seated and 560 standing passengers. Until November 2013 CP Urbano de Lisboa put this one on the track Rossio Sintra. Since these are now on the Azambuja Azambuja line between Alcântara -Terra in use. As before 2013, this also traffics on the routes ( Sintra ) Meleças - Oriente ( - Alverca ) and since the electrification of the Linha do Alentejo in 2008 on the Linha do Sado ( Barreiro - praias do Sado ).

On the Linha de Cascais between Cais do Sodré and Cascais only vehicles specially equipped series 3150/3250 can be used as the almost self-sufficient route will be operated with 1500 volts direct current, instead of alternating voltage with the usual voltage of 25 Kilovolt/50 Hertz. Nevertheless, there is today an electroless track connection at Alcântara -Mar train station, through which the trains can get to the depots at Sete Rios.

Due to the Wagenmangelns November 2013 will also be remembered for the regional trains of the series in 2240 used on the route between Castanheira do Ribajeto and Santa Apolonia.