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The company recorded 1,200 hours of train delays in 2025 due to reasons attributed to the infrastructure manager.
The Plan to Reduce Accidents at Level Crossings foresees that by 2030 some 135 level crossings will be removed and 237 reclassified, involving an investment of more than €316 million as part of a broader rail investment programme, with the aim of cutting accidents to fewer than ten per year by the end of the decade.
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.
At least four faults have been recorded since the start of January.
In the historic centre of Abrantes the removal of the level crossing in Coalhos is proceeding, in the Rossio ao Sul do Tejo area on the Linha da Beira Baixa. Infraestruturas de Portugal (IP) has announced the work is scheduled to be completed by the end of this year.