{"id":490866,"date":"2026-07-28T23:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=73057"},"modified":"2026-07-28T23:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:04:17","slug":"lisbons-largest-rail-terminal-to-remain-open-until-2032","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=490866","title":{"rendered":"Lisbon\u2019s largest rail terminal to remain open until 2032"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is left of Portugal\u2019s largest rail terminal in Bobadela, north of Lisbon, will remain open until the end of 2032. The government decision delayed the closure of the facility\u2019s North site by six years due to lack of valid alternative locations.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>This terminal, owned by Infraestruturas de Portugal, was supposed to close by the end of this year, following a decision in 2021. When Portugal was chosen to host the 2023 World Youth Day, the site of Bobadela\u2019s logistics complex was selected to host the event. Thus, it had to be converted to a green field, with the capacity to accommodate a million people for almost a week and then be used as a public park.<\/p>\n

From 3 sites to 1<\/h2>\n

At that time, the terminal included three sites, covering around 35 hectares: the South, granted to MSC\u2019s subsidiary Medway, had to be released by the end of 2022; the Central, had to be empty by April 2024, following a temporary vacancy from January to August 2023; the North was supposed to be empty by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n

The South and Central parks were released and all their traffic moved to the North park. while the Portuguese infrastructure manager had to study a new location for containers. The initiative would cost a total of \u20ac100 million. After studying seven alternatives, however, it was decided to keep the terminal as it is today.<\/p>\n