APAC announces the biggest Portuguese railway tour: The Iberia Express

[Giugiaro]

APAC - Associação Portuguesa dos Amigos dos Caminhos de Ferro, one of the existing Portuguese railway enthusiast clubs, has just announced a five-day tour around the Iberian Peninsula, departing on June 8.

The tour, starting and ending simultaneously in Porto and Lisbon, will stop at Entroncamento, Badajoz, Ciudad Real, Valencia, Tarragona, Mora la Nova, Barcelona, Lleida, Madrid and Salamanca.

The train will be composed of Schindler and Sorefame coaches and tractioned by different Portuguese and Spanish locomotives. It'll also reintroduce the Bord Restaurant service in Portugal, something that's been absent from the country for several years.

More details and pre-registration (in Portuguese) at APAC's website.

 

[37201xoIM]

That sounds really interesting, Giugiaro!

I do hope this comes off, because it sounds very ambitious indeed. Would be great to find out more about traction plans too...

Good luck making this work!

 

[Giugiaro]

Good afternoon everyone,

Unfortunately, due to regulatory issues regarding the use of Portuguese stock in Spain, the Iberia Express had to be postponed.

APAC will announce a new date after CP - Comboios de Portugal certifies their vintage railway vehicles for use in international routes with the European Railway agency.

More information at APAC's website (in Portuguese).

 

[37201xoIM]

Good luck with all this - it will be great if you pull it off!