CP Class 1930

Locomotive 1943 heading an Inter City passenger train at Évora station (before the electrification of the line)

The Série 1930 are a class of diesel-electric locomotives used by Portuguese Railways (CP). They are visually very similar to the Série 1900 locomotives, but have a higher top speed of 120 km/h. They were assembled in Portugal by Sorefame, under licence from the French company Alsthom and entered service in 1981. As of 2012, only eight of the original 17 locomotives remain in operation.^[1]

They are mainly used on passenger train services. When first introduced, they displaced the Série 1800 locomotives from express passenger trains between Barreiro and the Algarve, but their duties have been reduced since the electrification of the main line between Lisbon and Faro, and now also to Évora.

References

↑ Série 1930: CP official website

Rolling stock of Portugal

Comboios de Portugal
(CP)

Diesel locomotives	1150 1200 1300 1320 1400 1500 1550 1800 1900 1930 1960 9020

Electric locomotives	2500 2550 2600 2620 4700 5600

DMUs	0100 0300 0350 0450 0600/0650 9100 9300 9400 9500 9600 9630 9700

EMUs	2000 2100 2240 2300/2400 3100 3150/3250 3400 3500 4000

Other companies

Diesel	Class 6000 (Euro 4000)

see also: Category:Rail transport in Portugal and Rail transport in Portugal and List of Portuguese locomotives and railcars

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