Infraestruturas de Portugal

Published 5 November 2026, 15:07

Infraestruturas de Portugal, S. A. (IP) — the state road and rail company

Its sole owner is the state. It was created in 2015, when the road company EP – Estradas de Portugal was merged into the rail company REFER and the resulting company was renamed (Decreto-Lei n.º 91/2015). It runs the national road network, under a concession from the state, and the railway: by its own figures, 13,781 km of roads it manages directly plus another 1,019 km of sub-concessions, 2,525 km of track, and 546 stations and halts. It is also the body that announces repairs and closures.

Where you come across it. News about lane closures and roadworks, road conditions, toll sections.

The letters "IP" also denote a road class — itinerário principal (IP2, IP4) — while "I. P." after the name of a public body means instituto público and has nothing to do with the company. Roads handed to other concessionaires are not maintained by it, so a complaint about the state of a motorway does not always go to IP.

Official website: infraestruturasdeportugal.pt

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