Porto to Lisbon - Alfa Pendular, the High-Speed Tilt Train of Portugal 

It really is! I’d love to spend some more time there.

yes looks great. @@JoshGoesSlow

Thanks Martim 🙂

When you buy a ticket online, you pick your starting and finish station, and also pick what service you want. In his case, he likely ordered the Urban/regional train from São Bento to Campanhã, and then the AP to Santa Apolónia.

Not particularly, if you aren’t short on time. The comfort level is much higher though.

About 30m less, but the price difference isn't that big either, but AP is much more comfortable. Expect the time to go down in a few years as the LGV will be completed

The problem with the Alfa is that in many places the lines don't allow it to reach full speed, and that's something being worked out. It's also an "express" service that only stops at a couple stations, unlike the InterCities. It is substantially more comfortable than the ICs. And in 2nd class the price difference isn't too much for ICs 1st class. While being more comfortable.

Intercities can reach 140 km/h and The Alfa Pendular is 221km/h

Im from Portugal

220 kmh

You can take the metro/subway/underground. It's a short ride on the red line of Lisbon metro until Oriente train station.

Metro is very cheap and very easy, It's only 3 metro stations. You take the metro in airport station and is 3 stops to reach the train station call Oriente. The stations are Aeroporto ---> Encarnação ---> Moscavide ---> Oriente. You leave the metro in the Oriente station, go up 2 floors of escalators (underground is the metro, one floor above is the bus station with buses into the city and to all cities in Portugal and even Madrid in addition to taxis and finally two floors up is the train station. Do you have elevators if you have a lot of suitcases and escalators.

I would book in advance just to be sure, though there are plenty of trains. I booked through rail.ninja

Yeah it’s the same train. There is also a slower train that does the same route

Nas estações principais: Campanhã, Lisboa - Oriente, Braga, Faro, Aveiro, Coimbra B.....

Here is the full schedule. Look for the columns headed with a green AP. Some trips have more stops than others. www.cp.pt/StaticFiles/timetables/lisbon-north-south-trains.pdf

Gaia, Aveiro, Coimbra B, Lisboa Oriente and Lisboa Santa Apolonia.

Η εμπορική ταχύτητα των ανακλινόμενων τρένων στην Πορτογαλία είναι περίπου 120 χλμ/ώρα, τώρα περίπου 110 χλμ/ώρα, επειδή υπάρχουν έργα εκσυγχρονισμού στο τμήμα μεταξύ Αβέιρο και Πόρτο. Ακόμα κι έτσι, δεν μπορείς να παραπονεθείς, γιατί το ίδιο τρένο στην Ελλάδα και δήθεν σε πλήρως ανακαινισμένο τμήμα είναι λίγο καλύτερο. Έχει εμπορική ταχύτητα 127 χλμ./ώρα.

@@rogeriomonteiro760 Αγαπητέ, δεν ασκώ κάποια κριτική στους πορτογαλικούς σιδηροδρόμους. Απλώς πρέπει να γνωρίζουμε τι ακριβώς προβάλλουμε καιττη σχέση του με το παγκόσμιο γιγνεσθαι...

@@rogeriomonteiro760 Φίλε, χρόνια πολλά και καλή χρονιά! Δεν ασκώ "γενική" κριτική στους πορτογαλικούς σιδηροδρόμους. Αντικειμενικά αναφέρθηκα ότι οι ταχύτητές σας πρέπει να αυξηθούν. Οι ελληνικοί σιδηρόδρομοι και παρά τις "υψηλότερες" ταχύτητες γενικά είναι πολύ μέτριοι και χρήζουν βελτίωσης σε πολλούς τομείς και επίπεδα.

No worries, they all speak english.