Porto Travel Forum

Hello, my mom and I will spend 4 days in Portugal in May and we'd love to spend 2 of these days in Lisbon. How far is Porto from Lisbon by train? How much is the train? can you make train reservations online?
Thank you in advance

Hi!
Remember to write Lisboa (The Portuguese name for Lisbon) in “the From space”.

The Portuguese Railways: http://www.cp.pt/cp/displayPage.do?vgnextoid=a4f6f9e12a584010VgnVCM1000007b01a8c0RCRD&lang=en
Regards Jesper

I got 24.20 Euro price good on any train with so-called "International" ticket.
The domestic tickets in Portugal are somewhat cheaper than international, no need to buy anything on-line. Just show up at the station 30-40 minutes before the train departure and buy the ticket like you would buy a bus ticket for a city bus. It's only 339 km.

The English language version of Portugal Rail (CP) web site is here:

http://tinyurl.com/g7m4t

Looking at the domestic on-line prices in detail I see them between 19.50 (IC train) and 27.50 (AP 'Alfa pendular', save ca. 15 minutes). I would just go with an IC train, there is plenty of service.

I will say that the last time I travelled from Porto to Lisbon by train it was a Saturday morning and the train was full, so if you can reserve on line I recommend you do so, especially for travel on Fridays and Sundays.! Also, the price is 10% cheaper. Reservations on-line are available a maximum of 30 days before travel.

Journey time by the AP trains is about 2hrs 45 minutes.

On the AP trains standing is not allowed. If you turned up 30 - 40 minutes before departure it is possible that all seats on your train will be fully reserved and you are told to wait an hour for the next one!