LAV
Published 5 November 2026, 22:39
LAV — Linha de Alta Velocidade (high-speed rail line)
This is what official documents and the news call the high-speed line being built between Porto and Lisbon; in the north it is meant to continue to Galicia in Spain. It is being built in sections, the first being Porto–Oiã. Each section has its own concessionaire, which builds it and then maintains it. For residents, it means above all land being expropriated for the route and years of works near their homes.
Where you come across it. News about the railway works, the concessionaire's meetings with residents of the freguesias, expropriation papers for a plot of land.
The route and schedule for each section have changed more than once, and general news is of little help here: if it concerns your own plot, ask the concessionaire responsible for that section.