Decision · DEC-012

Rail link announced

Status: Officially proposed As of

Illustration: Luís de Camões Airport Observatory (original work). Not to scale; not the airport design.

About 20 minutes to central Lisbon via the Third Tagus Crossing; opening target 2034.

Record details

Record ID
DEC-012
As-of date
First seen by the observatory
Last verified
Institution
Portuguese Government
Decision type
Government announcement
Date
Official link
portugal.gov.pt
Conditions / what it does not decide
No approved alignment, environmental decision or construction contract for the airport rail link or the Third Tagus Crossing was identified.
"What is approved?" component
Rail link and Third Tagus Crossing

Sources

  1. Luís de Camões Airport should represent an investment of between 7.9 and 8.9 billionPortuguese Government (XXV Constitutional Government) · · 2 — Official report, plan or statement Original (opens the issuer’s website)
  2. High-speed rail projectInfraestruturas de Portugal · 2 — Official report, plan or statement Original (opens the issuer’s website)

Version history

Earlier versions are never overwritten. Each row is a snapshot recorded when an editor approved a change.

VersionRecordedStatus thenChange note
v1Status: Officially proposedFirst published

Verification

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Source checked
Last verified
How it was checked
Checked against the cited source on 18 Oct 2026.

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