Owner/holder of the abandoned railway:
IP Património/REFER
The railway has a 200 Km extension from Porto till Barca de Alva near the border with Spain. The potential greenway it’s the last kilometers between Pocinho and Braca de Alva in a extension of 29 Km. There are only two big stations in the last 29 km; all the other buildings are small train stops.
Total climbing: 3 m
Total descent: 0 m
The railway it’s always near the Douro River, the view is amazing. There is a historic train from Pocinho to Porto. On the Spanish side it has been created the Iron Road for tourist use https://www.caminodehierro.es.
Considering the characteristics, user can currently hike. In the future, if the line were to become a greenway, it will depend on the type of surface that can be installed on the ground.
Potential users are pedestrians, bicycles, mountain bikes, runners and horse riders.
There is no information on a plan for trasforming this railway into a greenway. At this moment the railway it’s abandoned.