Rail

News

Brisav Sends the RECAPE for Porto-Oiã High-Speed Rail Sections 4 and 5 Out to Public Consultation From 8 June — 15 Working Days on the Participa Portal Test the Gaia Station Move to Vilar do Paraíso and the Twin-Bridge Douro Crossing

Brisav opens public consultation on the Porto-Oiã high-speed rail subsections 4 and 5 via the Participa portal on 8 June, with 15 working days to test APA's December 2025 rejection over the Gaia station relocation to Vilar do Paraíso and the twin-bridge Douro crossing.

8 June 2026

News

Assembleia da República Reaches Cross-Bench Consensus on Reopening the Linha do Corgo — 96-Kilometre Régua-Vila Real-Chaves Trás-os-Montes Spine Last Operated in 2009 Heads Back to the Plano Ferroviário Nacional Pipeline

The Comissão de Infraestruturas, Mobilidade e Habitação closed its 7 June hearing on the Linha do Corgo reopening petition with cross-bench support — left wants an accelerated calendar, right wants viability studies first, and each party now files a resolution project for the plenary vote.

7 June 2026

News

Passe Ferroviário Verde Migrates to the gov.pt App on 7 June — One Million Passes Switch From Plastic to Digital Wallet at the €20/Month Cap on CP's Regional and Intercidades Network

The €20 monthly Passe Ferroviário Verde — CP's flat-fare regional and Intercidades pass that has crossed one million holders since October 2024 — moved into the gov.pt digital wallet on Sunday 7 June 2026, joining the Cartão de Cidadão and Carta de Condução.

7 June 2026

European Commission

Brussels Brands Portugal's Public-Transport Offer "Insufficient" in the 2026 Country-Specific Recommendation — Rail Gap Outside Urban Cores Links Directly to the Housing-Price Trajectory

The European Commission's 2026 Country-Specific Recommendation (CSR) package for Portugal — published on 3 June as part of the European Semester spring exercise — explicitly classifies the country's public-transport offer as "insuficiente"...

4 June 2026

Infraestruturas

Alberto Aroso Refuses the Infraestruturas de Portugal Vogal Seat He Won at the 22 May Assembleia Geral — Pitta Ferraz Chairman and Paulo Carmona CEO Press On With a Diminished Six-Name Administração

Alberto Aroso has refused the IP vogal seat he won at the 22 May Assembleia Geral, citing a 'motivo pessoal'. The Pitta Ferraz-and-Carmona board now operates as a six-name CA pending a replacement nomination.

2 June 2026

Transport

Eurostat's 2024 Rail-Safety Tape Sets Portugal at the Top of the EU Fatalities-Per-Kilometre Ranking at 6.2 Deaths per Thousand Kilometres — Bloc Toll Eases 10.8% to 750 With 65.6% From Track Intrusion

Eurostat's 2024 rail-safety release , picked up in a Público analysis on Monday 25 May 2026 , places Portugal at the top of the European Union's fatalities-per-thousand-kilometres-of-network ranking at 6.2 deaths per 1,000 km — the highest density...

25 May 2026

Transport

Pitta Ferraz Takes the Chair and Paulo Carmona Steps Into the Infraestruturas de Portugal CEO Seat in May — Mandate Frames the Porto-Lisbon TGV, Porto-Vigo, Lisbon-Madrid Lines and the Third Tagus Crossing

IP opens a new mandate in May with Duarte Pitta Ferraz as chairman and Paulo Carmona stepping out of the DGEG to take the CEO seat — replacing Miguel Cruz after his end-2024 term. Porto-Lisbon TGV, Porto-Vigo, Lisbon-Madrid and the Third Tagus Crossing top the pipeline.

23 May 2026