European Railways in the 1990s Lisboa (Lisbon) Santa Apolonia (Portugal CP) on 23rd March 1998

EUROPEAN RAILWAYS of the 1990s
Lisboa (Lisbon) Santa Apolonia (Portugal CP) on 23rd March 1998
Estação Ferroviária Lisboa Santa Apolonia
Finally we arrived in the Portuguise capital of Lisbon. A very busy and vibrant city and a very busy station. A lot of frequent arrivals and departures to the North to Oporto and long haul trains to Spain also much local traffic too. A lot of trains on this route had a single motorail car and always seemed to have one or more vehicles on board. At the time of filming there was no rail crossing over the River Tagus connecting to the Southern part of the country, instead it was a long journey round heading North East via Setil and Vendas Novos if you chose to do by rail, a little impractical. The more obvious choice was to cross by boat to Barriero, where the majority of trains to Faro and the Algarve departed and arrived from (Visited the following day). Nowadays one can use the Ponte 25 de Abril bridge and the Fertagus train service to Setubal (Visited the following day also) which takes around 25 minutes, a vast improvement.
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[@panoramix3192]

This is how I remember Sta. Apolonia station as a child. Some of my very first child adventures alone was to gather change and purchase a train ticket from my hometown of Amadora to Rossio station, and then walk from Rossio to Sta. Apolonia and spend as much time as possible there seeing precisely what you captured on this video. I was 11, 12 years old. It will always be a very special place to me. I was there in July of this year, but it's just not the same. Thank you! PS - The dude sneezing at 26:10 was priceless :)

[@spompey]

Yes he almost sneezed over the camera.....what a dude......Lovely memories and your interest is much appreciated.....my very best wishes to you.....Mark

[@TheSabugosa]

Wonderful video. I used to be at that sation in 1998.

[@spompey]

Many thanks and are you in the video ?.....my best wishes to you....Mark