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Communications
Country Code: 351
Portugal Telecom operates the public telephones, including pay, Credifone, and
TLP Card telephones. Use 00 before the country code to dial internationally from
Portugal.
Major Mobile Phone Companies: TMN, Vodafone Portugal, Optimus
Rail Travel in Portugal
Portugal's rail system, Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses (CP), offers rail inform-
ation by telephone. Tel: (808) 208 208 from 0700 to 2300 daily. Visit www.cp.pt .
The CP accepts Eurail passes, the Eurail Portugal-Spain Pass/Por-
tugal-Spain Saverpass, and the Eurail Portugal Pass. Supplements are re-
quired on the AVE and Talgo high-speed trains. Children ages 4 through 11 travel
at half the adult fare, and children younger than age 4 travel free on all the afore-
mentioned passes.
Interregional trains commute through the various regions of Portugal, while
CP's InterCity service links about 60 Portuguese cities to Lisbon or Porto. The ex-
press Alfa service connects Lisbon, Porto, and Braga with four trains in each dir-
ection conveying both first- and second-class service. Alfa and InterCity should be
reserved at least 24 hours in advance.
Two other international train connections are available between Porto and Vigo
(Spain) and between Lisbon and Badajoz (Spain).
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