There’s the Alfa Pendular that goes Lisbon Madrid direct but there’s only one per day. It’s relatively rapid and comfortable, about 50 euro last time I rode. I

There’s the Alfa Pendular that goes Lisbon Madrid direct but there’s only one per day. It’s relatively rapid and comfortable, about 50 euro last time I rode. It’s a night train. Most of the interior lines got shut down when they privatized CP and handed the state railway to one company and not more. The first thing they did was close many train lines. The lamentable decline of the Portuguese railway systems has happened on many levels, including local trains and trams like Coimbra shut down all east side lines and that entire mountain gateway area sits in decline with rotting properties and population flight and business closures etc…