Coa halt
The Coa halt, is a closed interface of the Douro line, which used to serve the town of Vila Nova de Foz Côa, in the Guarda District, in Portugal. The halt started operating on 5 May 1887, and was closed in 2 October 1988.Photo: Adriao, Public domain.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Portugal
- Also known as: “Antigo apeadeiro de Coa” and “Côa railway station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Côa Museum and Pelourinho de Foz Côa.
Côa Museum
Museum
Photo: Aires Almeida, CC BY 2.0.
Côa Museum is situated 740 metres southwest of Coa halt.
Pelourinho de Foz Côa
Photo: Turismo En Portugal, CC BY 2.0.
Pelourinho de Foz Côa is situated 2½ km west of Coa halt.
Igreja matriz de Vila Nova de Foz Côa
Church
Photo: David Perez, CC BY 4.0.
Igreja matriz de Vila Nova de Foz Côa is a church, which is situated 2½ km west of Coa halt.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vila Nova de Foz Côa and Pocinho.
Vila Nova de Foz Côa
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vila Nova de Foz Côa is a town of 7,300 people in Alto Douro wine region of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, northern Portugal. It principal draw for visitors are the sites of prehistoric rock art scattered through the nearby Côa Valley, and the museum in town that serves as a portal for understanding them.
Pocinho
Hamlet
Photo: André Marques, CC BY 2.0.
Pocinho is a village in northern Portugal, located in the Vila Nova de Foz Côa Municipality. The Pocinho Dam and the River Douro are nearby. Pocinho railway station is the eastern terminus of the Douro railway line, so the community developed with the arrival of the railway in 1887. Pocinho is situated 5 km north of Coa halt.
Urrós
Village
Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Urrós is a former parish of the municipality of Torre de Moncorvo, with an area of 57.43 km2 and 265 inhabitants. Urrós is situated 7 km east of Coa halt.
Coa halt
- Categories: building and transportation
- Location: Guarda District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.08379° or 41° 5′ 2″ northLongitude
-7.10532° or 7° 6′ 19″ westOpen location code
8CHJ3VMV+GVOpenStreetMap ID
way 148738471OpenStreetMap feature
building=train_stationWikidata ID
Q2894938
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Venetian—“Coa halt” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Côa”
- French: “Côa”
- German: “Bahnhof Côa”
- Portuguese: “Apeadeiro de Coa”
- Portuguese: “Estação Ferroviária de Côa”
- Spanish: “Estacion de Coa”
- Spanish: “Estación de Coa”
- Spanish: “Estación de Côa”
- Venetian: “Stasion de Côa”
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Highlights include Ponte Ferroviária do Côa and Quinta das Tulhas.
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