In fact, there are numerous easy day trips from Lisbon that are less than 2-3 hours from the city center. This guide to the best Lisbon day trips includes 15 places to visit from Lisbon, how to ...

An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale struck Lisbon on Monday, the Portuguese Sea and Atmosphere Institute (IPMA) has reported. The earthquake's epicentre was recorded around 14 ...

It's dated 30 July 2005 and quotes Pinto da Costa as saying: "Some people think the country is just Lisbon, but they're wrong. For those fools who wish me dead, I smile but I won't forget." ...

train leadThe world's oldest railway is the Tanfield Railway in Country Durham, England, which opened in 1725 and was originally used to transport coal. 200 years later, rail journeys are an ...

Hitachi Rail has been secured two contracts from state-owned company Infraestruturas de Portugal to modernise the ...

The hugely popular train route connecting Paris and Milan is reopening after a 19-month closure. The train journey, which takes between six and seven hours, runs between the Gare de Lyon train ...

China will launch a fleet of special “silver trains” specially built for the comfort and safety of elderly people to encourage its rapidly ageing population to travel – and spend – more ...

The Tróia Peninsula, 25 miles south of Lisbon, is one of Europe’s most ... of Tróia on the left bank of the River Sad, opposite Setubal. Here, you can see the remains of first to sixth-century ...

To manage the massive influx of devotees traveling to Prayagraj for Mahakumbh, Northern Railway has introduced four special trains to manage the surge in passenger traffic. The announcement came a ...

PORTUGAL: National infrastructure manager IP has commissioned a cost-benefit analysis and an interoperability study to assess ...

Owing to the massive influx of devotees reaching Prayagraj to participate in Mahakumbh, Northern Railways on Sunday announced four special trains. A day after the deadly stampede at the New Delhi ...