The Vila Franca de Xira station, on the Northern Line, is characterized by its large building with hand-painted tiles, which depict field work, in Lezíria Ribatejana. It currently has suburban, regional and intercity services.
// Accessibility
The station is accessible via ramps that give access to the main building and the elevator halls. The crossing between the train lines is made by a pedestrian viaduct with elevators. There is no tactile pavement but there are sound and visual announcements.
CP4000
The series, better known as the Alfa Pendular, are high speed trains, with active pendular, built by FIAT Ferroviaria. These trains reach 220 km/h and have 299 seats, two of which are for wheelchair passengers, divided by the Comfort and Tourist class. Between 2017 and 2019, the Alfa Pendular were renovated, with the current paint and interior, in shades of gray, black and light green.
These trains run the Alfa Pendular services from Braga, Guimarães, Porto (Campanhã), to Lisbon (Santa Apolónia) and Faro. This is CP's most successful service transporting more than 8000 people a day.
// Accessibility
These trains have two seats for wheelchair passengers, located in carriage 4, Tourist class. Access is via lift platforms located in this carriage, where there is also an accessible bathroom. Alfa Pendular have audible and visual advertisements. Inside, the walls are white, the lighting is warm, the seats are black with pale green headrests. The floor is black.
CP5600
The 5600 series locomotives were manufactured by Siemens and delivered to CP in 1995. These locomotives belong to the Euro Sprinter platform, predecessor of the Vectron platform.
Currently, they do intercity services throughout the country, and there are some that belong to Medway, providing merchandise services.
Corail CP
Corail carriages are probably the most iconic carriages on the railroad worldwide. These carriages were originally developed for the SNCF in order to renew its fleet of carriages. The name Corail derives from the fusion of the words "Comfort" and "Rail". In Portugal, these carriages began service in 1985, in CP's Alfa service. Later, they started to offer Intercity services.
// Accessibility
In Portugal, no Corail carriage is accessible to passengers in a wheelchair.
CP2300/CP2400
These are the railcars that mainly serve the Sintra Line and started operating in 1993. Initially, a problem was detected with the excessive height of these trains, which led to the addition of a step slightly below the doors. While the 2300 series did not have air conditioning, when the extra 2400 series was purchased, air conditioning was required, which was later also installed on the 2300 series.
// Accessibility
These railcars are accessible to wheelchair passengers via fixed ramps inside the trains. There is 1 seat for wheelchair passengers. There are audible and visual announcements. Sound announcements are often broken or inactive.
CP2240
These electric railcars are spread across the country providing various services, from suburban, regional, inter-regional and have even performed Intercidades and Alfa, when there is no other material available. The “Lilis”, nickname given due to having several plastic parts and having already had four paint versions, were created from the 2100 and 2200 series, also from CP.
// Accessibility
These trains are accessible via a ramp, and have two spaces for people in wheelchairs and an accessible toilet. They have sound and visual announcements on board.
They are in the process of being renovated, with the installation of elevating platforms.