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The issue concerns the subconcession of the 'routes with highest demand and positive results', according to the Users' Movement. The movement calls it 'an attack on the public rail service' and 'unacceptable'.
After the Government announced a study into sub‑concessioning CP's urban services in Lisbon and Porto, Cascais City Council is once again signalling an intermunicipal company to manage the railway line that links the municipality to Lisbon. But the mayor says he would not be “shocked” if the operator Carris Metropolitana remained in charge of the Cascais Line.
On Friday, Transdev described the Government's intention to subcontract CP's railway lines to private operators as a “historic opportunity to transform mobility in Portugal”, saying it “will review all processes”. “Transdev sees the announced process as a historic opportunity to transform mobility in Portugal,” said Transdev CEO Sérgio Soares, ...
Grupo Barraqueiro today welcomed the Government's intention to award sub‑concessions for the Cascais, Sintra/Azambuja, Sado and Porto railway lines to private operators, and expressed “an in‑principle interest” in operating these networks.
The dispute concerns the Cascais, Sintra/Azambuja, Sado and Porto sections.
The government has asked CP (the national rail operator) for proposals to sub-concession the Sintra–Azambuja, Cascais, Sado and Porto suburban lines to private operators. The government says it will not strip CP of its responsibilities and that CP will be the high-speed operator.
The Government has instructed CP — Comboios de Portugal to submit, within 90 days, “a proposal containing the specific models for sub‑concessions” to private operators for the Cascais, Sintra/Azambuja, Sado and Porto sections, the Minister for Infrastructure announced.
The first subconcession of CP's urban service will be decided during the first half of the year, announced the Minister of Infrastructure and Housing, Miguel Pinto Luz, at the Cabinet briefing. The minister said the Government has mandated CP to, within 90 days, present technical-legal, financial and scheduling proposals for the subconcession.
