Latest news and stories about high speed rail in government in Porto, Portugal for expats and residents.
The Vila Nova de Gaia City Council has declined to join opposition councillors in a collective effort to lobby the Portuguese Environment Agency regarding the reduction of demolitions and the placement of a high-speed rail station.
The Mota‑Engil‑led consortium plans to submit a revised environmental project to the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) for the two Porto–Lisbon high‑speed (TGV) subsections in Gaia that the APA deemed non‑compliant on 20 December. The new submission is expected by the end of Q1; it must address the APA’s compliance concerns — likely shortcomings in environmental impact assessment, mitigation measures or route design — for the scheme to progress. Approval timing will be decisive for the project’s schedule and costs: if the APA accepts the revisions, the programme can move on to later permitting and procurement stages; further objections or additional information requests would delay construction and raise political and commercial risks for the consortium.
Mayors Pedro Duarte and Luís Filipe Menezes promise to use their influence to stop the construction of the road deck on the dual-purpose bridge over the Douro River for the Porto–Lisbon high-speed rail line, should the plan proceed. The two mayors of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia guarantee that...
The revised project for the high-speed rail line raises the underground station in Gaia by 6 metres, reduces the tunnel length, resulting in more surface impact, and returns to a single gantry-style bridge instead of an arch design.
The changes that the AVAN Norte consortium wanted to make to the high-speed rail project in the municipality contributed to the expiration of the PUC.
Miguel Pinto Luz was heard by the Infrastructure, Mobility and Housing committee following a request from the PS regarding the change in location of the Vila Nova de Gaia station.
Vila Nova de Gaia City Council will vote this Tuesday on a protocol for the high-speed rail line consortium to build the Connecting Road 3 (VL3) between Laborim and Vilar do Paraíso as a 'compensatory measure' granted to the municipality. The design, planning, and execution of the VL3 road section constitutes a...
The consortium is reformulating execution projects for the station in Gaia and the entry into Porto, while maintaining the 2030 completion date. Construction on this section is expected to begin in the third quarter.
Eduardo Souto de Moura has refused to design the architecture for the high-speed train station in Gaia, ECO has learned. The architect, chosen by the AVAN Norte consortium for the first section of the TGV between Porto and Lisbon, has been highly critical of the construction of an underground station in Santo Ovídio, considering...
The Council of Ministers approved on Wednesday the expenditure for the new international public tender for the second public-private partnership (PPP) of the high-speed line Porto - Lisbon, after the first was annulled by the jury. In a press conference, the Minister of the Presidency stated that 'new phases' of the Porto - ... were approved.
