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Cineteatro São João

Make this your first check for an evening of film, music, theatre or comedy in town. The municipal cinema and performance venue publishes its programme online, with ticket links for individual shows. Check the event…

Centro Cultural do Entroncamento

Follow the Centro Cultural programme for performances and community productions, including dance. Its main hall and multipurpose room also accommodate workshops, meetings and exhibitions. Choose a listed event, check…

Galeria Municipal

Drop into the municipal gallery to see the city's changing exhibition programme, from painting and photography to work by local groups. It is a useful short cultural stop and a way to encounter local creative…

Biblioteca Municipal

Use the municipal library for reading, discovering new books and following literary activities in town. Its official site links the catalogue and reader forms. Registered readers can also investigate BiblioLED, the…

Arquivo Municipal

Explore the city through its institutional records and photographic archive. This is a practical starting point for researching local buildings, family connections or the development of Entroncamento. Contact the…

Municipal events calendar

Check the municipal calendar when deciding what to do on a particular day. Its categories cover outdoor activities, cinema, exhibitions, music, theatre, fairs and workshops, including family events. Open the…

CLAC — Clube de Lazer, Aventura e Competição

CLAC brings together several ways to stay active, including tennis, athletics, swimming, artistic gymnastics and orienteering. Its tennis school uses the municipal courts and groups players by age and experience.…

CADE — Clube Amador de Desportos do Entroncamento

CADE is a local starting point for families interested in football and futsal. The club emphasizes youth development, sporting education and fair play alongside training. Its municipal profile outlines its football…

ANAMMDA — Martial Arts and Combat Sports

Explore Brazilian jiu-jitsu, boxing, karate, MMA, wrestling and other combat sports through ANAMMDA. Training takes place at the municipal pavilion, with activities organized for different age groups. The association…

União Futebol do Entroncamento — Roller Sports

Despite its name, União Futebol do Entroncamento is a useful local contact for roller hockey and artistic skating. The regional skating association lists both disciplines and identifies Pavilhão Albano Mateus as its…

Piscinas Municipais do Entroncamento

The municipal swimming facilities include a teaching pool and a 25-metre competition pool. Local clubs use them for swimming lessons, baby swimming, water aerobics and other aquatic activities. The municipality also…

Municipal Tennis Courts

For a straightforward tennis session, the municipal sports complex has three courts and a practice wall. The municipality provides a booking link and telephone contact on its sports page. This is a practical option…

ESER — Road Safety Education School

Children learn road safety through an educational visit combining a classroom introduction with practice on a miniature traffic circuit using bicycles or pedal karts. The municipal programme is designed for preschool…

À Roda com Estórias — Baby reading sessions

Introduce very young children to books through shared stories, music and discovery in the library's children's room. The municipal programme is aimed at babies aged six to thirty-six months and their families. Watch…

Férias Desportivas — School-holiday activities

Families can follow the municipality's school-holiday activity programme for organised sport, cultural activities and outings. The 2026 summer edition included swimming, games, traffic-school activities and visits,…

Universidade Sénior do Entroncamento

The senior university offers learning and social participation through subjects spanning humanities, arts, health, science and sport, alongside musical groups. Participants choose subjects according to their…

Centro Qualifica Gustave Eiffel

Adults considering further education or professional development can ask this local centre about suitable qualification routes. Its work includes recognising and certifying skills acquired through life and…

Entroncamento Jovem — Youth volunteering

Young people interested in contributing to local life can investigate the municipal youth-volunteering programme. It covers areas such as culture, sport, social action, environment and community activities, with the…

Mercado Municipal & weekly market

Include the municipal market in an everyday shopping trip, with designated areas for fish, fruit and vegetables, flowers, bread and other goods. Entroncamento also operates a weekly market. Consult the municipal…

Feira de Antiguidades e Velharias

Browse antiques, collectables and second-hand curiosities at the city's recurring antiques fair. Municipal listings place it around Praça Salgueiro Maia and Rua Luís Falcão de Sommer, making it easy to combine with a…

Posto de Turismo

Start at the tourist office for a city map and help turning the municipal programme into a day out. Located at Praça da República by the railway station, it is a convenient arrival stop. It is also an official…

GIP — Employment support office

Residents looking for work can contact the Gabinete de Inserção Profissional for practical job-search support. The municipal service publicises vacancies, helps with CVs and application letters, and points people…

CLAIM — Migrant integration support

The municipal council approved ending the local CLAIM protocol on 19 February 2026. This former migrant-support service should no longer be treated as an active appointment point. Contact the municipality for current…

Banco Local de Voluntariado do Entroncamento

Use the local volunteering bank as a starting point for contributing time and skills to community life. The municipal social-action directory identifies the programme and its partner organisations. Ask which roles…

Recognise the city.

The railway is at the heart of Entroncamento’s symbols, just as it is at the heart of its history.

From town to city.

The historic and current versions share the same railway story. The crown and the arrangement of the flag distinguish them.

Municipal presidents (mayors)

The Presidente da Câmara Municipal leads the municipal executive. The office is distinct from the presidency of Portugal.

National Railway Museum

The Museu Nacional Ferroviário occupies a 4.5-hectare railway complex close to the station. Historic engines and carriages sit alongside tools, signs, documents and objects from the working life of the railway. [source]

Railway neighbourhoods

Bairro Camões brings together houses, gardens and a school in a planned railway neighbourhood of the 1920s. Vila Verde, first opened in 1919 and later extended, offers another view of this domestic landscape. [source]

Parks and gardens

Parque Verde do Bonito, in the northern part of the municipality, is its largest green space. It makes a natural outdoor complement to the industrial heritage. [source]

City centre and landmarks

The station area, civic buildings and public gardens offer another way to understand the city: as a place where railway history meets ordinary daily life. Entroncamento’s identity is visible in neighbourhood scale as…

Culture and local events

June brings the city’s principal celebration, with entertainment and community activity. Programmes change each year; follow the council’s calendar for the next edition. [source]

What to eat

Entroncamento’s food reflects the people who came here from different parts of Portugal.

Before the railway

Entroncamento is often described as a city born from the railway. That is a useful description of its modern growth, but the land was not empty beforehand. The area belonged to a wider agricultural landscape…

The railway arrives: 1862–1864

The railway brought a different scale of activity. Following the construction arrangements of 1859, a stopping place developed near the Ponte da Pedra stream. On 7 November 1862, the Santarém–Abrantes railway section…

Workers, homes and a growing community

The arrivals brought regional backgrounds and skills into one growing settlement. Entroncamento’s story is therefore social as well as technical: it is about the families behind the trains, their education, their…

Becoming an independent municipality

For years, the growing settlement occupied land belonging to Torres Novas and Vila Nova da Barquinha. Its administrative identity developed in stages: it became a civil parish on 25 August 1926, then a town, or vila,…

The modern city

Diesel and electric traction changed railway occupations and the labour needed to run the network. From the 1970s, commerce, services and construction became more prominent in Entroncamento’s economy. Its railway…

The “Land of Phenomena”

The “Land of Phenomena” is another part of Entroncamento’s identity. Newspaper stories, unusual natural curiosities and local humour gave the city a reputation that travelled beyond its railway connections.

Preserving railway history

The National Railway Museum did not appear overnight. Ideas for a museum circulated around the railway centenary in 1956. A letter from mayor Eugénio Dias Poitout in September 1965 documents Entroncamento’s interest,…

Historical timeline

Farms, small settlements and routes towards the Tagus predated the railway. The modern city grew within an already inhabited landscape. [source]

EntroncamentoOnline (EOL)

A daily digital news publication based in Entroncamento, with a dedicated city section alongside reports from neighbouring municipalities. Its pages bring together local government, community events, sport, cultural…

Médio Tejo

A regional digital newspaper covering the municipalities of the Médio Tejo, with a dedicated Entroncamento archive. Its reporting spans local politics, society, education, culture, the economy and sport, alongside…

O MIRANTE

A regional newspaper with a daily website and weekly editions, including a Médio Tejo edition. Its coverage of Entroncamento sits within a wider mix of politics, community affairs, business, culture, sport and…

Correio do Ribatejo

A long-established regional weekly newspaper based in Santarém, with an online edition serving the Ribatejo. Entroncamento appears in its coverage of municipal affairs, education, culture, community organisations and…

Rádio Salesiana — 105.7

Rádio Salesiana serves Entroncamento and the Médio Tejo on 105.7 FM, alongside its services in northern Portugal. Formerly Rádio Voz do Entroncamento locally, it offers Christian and Salesian programming aimed…

Antena Livre

Based in Abrantes, Antena Livre covers the Médio Tejo through regional reporting, interviews, sport and music. It broadcasts on 96.7 FM and provides an online listening page. Its website also offers news bulletins…

Rádio Hertz

Rádio Hertz is a Tomar radio station with reporting from across the surrounding region. Its website combines local and regional news, sport and video reports, and advertises online radio listening. For Entroncamento…

O MIRANTE TV

The online video section of O MIRANTE offers recorded reports, interviews and coverage of regional events, including stories filmed in Entroncamento. Subjects range from civic ceremonies and local institutions to…

TTV / Tomar TV

TTV, also presented as Tomar TV, is a regional digital outlet combining news, programmes, podcasts and video. Its coverage includes Entroncamento alongside Tomar and other Médio Tejo municipalities. The dedicated…

Entroncamento Comunica — municipal publications

The council’s publications page brings together its municipal bulletin, archived newsletters and a link to the cultural agenda. These publications offer a collected view of municipal projects, community activities…

Município do Entroncamento — news and notices

The municipality’s own website publishes council announcements, public-service notices, project updates and details of local initiatives. It is a direct source for municipal information and links to useful services,…

CM Entroncamento — official video

The municipality’s official YouTube channel provides institutional video from Entroncamento. Council meeting recordings are also embedded on the municipal website, allowing residents to follow local decision-making…

Entroncamento railway station

National Railway Museum

Parque Verde do Bonito

Pereira Caldas garden

Town hall

Cineteatro São João

Centro Cultural do Entroncamento

Largo José Duarte Coelho

Pedro Cabeleira

Born in Entroncamento · 1992

António Avelar de Pinho

Born in Entroncamento · 1947

Virgílio Mendes

Born in Entroncamento · 1926–2009

Cottinelli Telmo

Designed railway buildings in Entroncamento · 1897–1948

Luís da Cunha

Co-designed Bairro Camões and its school

Joshua Benoliel

Documented Entroncamento in January 1914 · 1873–1932

Deserted station during the strike

Railway heritage · Joshua Benoliel

Repairing telegraph poles

Railway heritage · Joshua Benoliel

Military train at the station

Railway heritage · Joshua Benoliel

Sabotaged locomotive turntable

Railway heritage · Joshua Benoliel

Engineering troops departing

Railway heritage · Joshua Benoliel

Station building, published in 1937

Railway heritage · Unknown

Tunnel entrance

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

Bairro da Liberdade

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

Cycle path and exercise area

Parks & gardens · Protectportugal

Steam locomotive monument

Railway heritage · Protectportugal

Steam locomotive monument in 2006

Streets & city life · Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL

Steam locomotive monument in 2006

Streets & city life · Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL

Bonito primary school

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

Entroncamento secondary school

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

April fair

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

City festivities

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

Fountain beneath the bandstand

Parks & gardens · Protectportugal

Rua dos Ferroviários cycle path

Parks & gardens · Protectportugal

Casal Vidigal playground

Parks & gardens · Protectportugal

Pereira Caldas garden

Parks & gardens · Protectportugal

Nossa Senhora de Fátima parish offices

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

Largo 24 de Novembro

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

National Railway Worker Monument

Railway heritage · Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL

Bridge near the sports grounds

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

Pedestrian bridge over the railway

Railway heritage · Protectportugal

Largo das Comunidades

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

Festival grounds at Bonito

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

Ponte da Pedra stream

Parks & gardens · Protectportugal

Eugénio Dias Poitout viaduct

Railway heritage · Protectportugal

Panorama from the northern bridge

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

Jorge Ferreira recreation park

Parks & gardens · Protectportugal

Bonito sports grounds

Parks & gardens · Protectportugal

Industrial zone entrance

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

Station building in 2025

Railway heritage · RAIL P ( RAIL.PHOTOGRAPHY )

Station platforms in 2014

Railway heritage · Protectportugal

Station and pedestrian bridge

Railway heritage · Threeohsix

CTT post office

Streets & city life · Threeohsix

Entroncamento courthouse

Streets & city life · Threeohsix

Electric locomotive in 1990

Railway heritage · Phil Richards from London, UK

Captain Severino de Morais and his company

Railway heritage · Joshua Benoliel

Engineering troops after a meal

Railway heritage · Joshua Benoliel

Avenida José Eduardo Vítor das Neves

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

Jardim Afonso Serrão Lopes

Parks & gardens · Vitor Oliveira

Bairro Camões

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

Steam locomotives at the National Railway Museum

Railway heritage · Miguel Cunha Duarte

Parque Verde do Bonito panorama

Parks & gardens · Protectportugal

Praça do Cais, Parque Verde do Bonito

Parks & gardens · Protectportugal

Entroncamento Rotunda

Railway heritage · Andreas Nagel, München

Praça da República and Entroncamento railway station

Streets & city life · El Pantera

Rua Luís Falcão de Sommer

Streets & city life · Protectportugal; rotation correction by Jan Arkesteijn

Passengers at Entroncamento station

Railway heritage · Unknown photographer; postcard from the publisher’s personal collection

Derailed locomotive near Entroncamento

Railway heritage · Unknown photographer; source credits Arquivo Municipal de Lisboa

April fair collage, 2012

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

Scout Group 542 headquarters

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

CP 094 locomotive monument

Railway heritage · Celso Pinto de Carvalho

CP 094 locomotive monument, side view

Railway heritage · Jean-Pierre Vergez-Larrouy

CP 094 locomotive monument, front view

Railway heritage · Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL

National Monument to Railway Workers

Streets & city life · Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL

April fair collage, 2015

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

April fair collage, 2016

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

Inside the April fair, 2018

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

Maná church

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

São João Baptista parish offices and cultural centre

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

CP 094 locomotive monument and fountain

Railway heritage · Protectportugal

CP 094 locomotive monument in profile

Railway heritage · Protectportugal

Playground in the sports district

Parks & gardens · Protectportugal

José Pereira Caldas park

Parks & gardens · Protectportugal

Praça da República and station square

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

Praça da República from above

Streets & city life · El Pantera

Station square and city rooftops

Streets & city life · El Pantera

Panorama above Praça da República

Streets & city life · El Pantera

Entroncamento rooftops from Hotel Gameiro

Streets & city life · El Pantera

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

Social Security offices

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

Bonito reservoir

Parks & gardens · Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL

Lakeside path in Bonito park

Parks & gardens · Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL

Trees beside Bonito reservoir

Parks & gardens · Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL

Bonito reservoir and reed beds

Parks & gardens · Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL

The green shores of Bonito reservoir

Parks & gardens · Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL

Bonito reservoir shoreline

Parks & gardens · Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL

A jetty on Bonito reservoir

Parks & gardens · Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL

Reflections on Bonito reservoir

Parks & gardens · Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL

Permanent scout camp in Bonito park

Parks & gardens · El Pantera

Scout camp in Bonito park, afternoon

Parks & gardens · El Pantera

Scout camp landscape

Parks & gardens · El Pantera

Scout camp landscape, evening

Parks & gardens · El Pantera

Bonito reservoir panorama

Parks & gardens · Protectportugal

The old jetty in Bonito park

Parks & gardens · Protectportugal

Steps in Bonito park

Parks & gardens · Protectportugal

Bonito park steps, another view

Parks & gardens · Protectportugal

Fountain detail in Bonito park

Parks & gardens · Protectportugal

Garden in Bonito park

Parks & gardens · Protectportugal

Observation point in Bonito park

Parks & gardens · Protectportugal

Crossroads in the railway workers’ neighbourhood

Streets & city life · Threeohsix

A railway worker’s house

Streets & city life · Threeohsix

Bairro da Vila Verde

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

A house in the former social-housing neighbourhood

Streets & city life · Threeohsix

Panorama of the former social-housing neighbourhood

Streets & city life · Threeohsix

Town hall and square, 2011

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

Town hall and its surroundings

Streets & city life · Threeohsix

Another view of the town hall

Streets & city life · Threeohsix

Former power station, distant front view

Railway heritage · Threeohsix

Former power station façade

Railway heritage · Threeohsix

Church of Nossa Senhora de Fátima

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

Cine-Teatro São João and its surroundings

Streets & city life · Threeohsix

Cine-Teatro São João, distant view

Streets & city life · Threeohsix

Cine-Teatro São João façade

Streets & city life · Threeohsix

Post office and surroundings

Streets & city life · Threeohsix

Post office streetscape

Streets & city life · Threeohsix

Another view of the post office

Streets & city life · Threeohsix

Camões school façade

Streets & city life · Threeohsix

Camões school, second view

Streets & city life · Threeohsix

Camões school, third view

Streets & city life · Threeohsix

São João Baptista hospital and parish entrance

Streets & city life · Protectportugal

Hospital rear façade

Streets & city life · Threeohsix

Hospital and surrounding streets

Streets & city life · Threeohsix

Maintenance Regiment and surroundings

Streets & city life · Threeohsix

Entrance to the Maintenance Regiment

Streets & city life · Threeohsix

Maintenance Regiment entrance, another view

Streets & city life · Threeohsix

Courthouse façade

Streets & city life · Threeohsix

Courthouse and surroundings

Streets & city life · Threeohsix

Entrance to the National Railway Museum

Railway heritage · Joehawkins

National Railway Museum entrance, another view

Railway heritage · Joehawkins

Locomotive CP 003 in the National Railway Museum

Railway heritage · _morgado

Locomotive CP 027 in the National Railway Museum

Railway heritage · _morgado

Locomotive CP 042 in the National Railway Museum

Railway heritage · _morgado

Locomotive CP 070 in the National Railway Museum

Railway heritage · _morgado

Locomotive CP 553 in the National Railway Museum

Railway heritage · _morgado

Locomotive CP 754 in the National Railway Museum

Railway heritage · _morgado

Locomotive CP 855 in the National Railway Museum

Railway heritage · _morgado

Locomotive CP E163 in the National Railway Museum

Railway heritage · _morgado

Rear of the museum locomotive roundhouse

Railway heritage · Threeohsix

Entroncamento station, 2011

Railway heritage · Protectportugal

View towards the central station platforms

Railway heritage · Threeohsix

Station square, 2011

Railway heritage · Protectportugal

Vaginhas festival committee

Streets & city life · Photographer not identified; scan published by Arquivo Municipal do Entroncamento

Ponte da Pedra in an early publication

Streets & city life · Photographer not identified; scan published by Arquivo Municipal do Entroncamento

Crowds at Jardim Pereira Caldas

Parks & gardens · Photographer not identified; scan published by Arquivo Municipal do Entroncamento

Building the Frederico Ulrich neighbourhood

Streets & city life · Photographer not identified; scan published by Arquivo Municipal do Entroncamento

Hospital inauguration volunteers

Streets & city life · Photographer not identified; scan published by Arquivo Municipal do Entroncamento

Jacinto Marques Agostinho

1945/1946–1947 · Biography · Photos, documents & recordings

José Duarte Coelho

1947–1959 · Biography · Photos, documents & recordings

Manuel Pedrosa Gonçalves

1959/1960–1961 · Biography · Photos, documents & recordings

Eugénio Dias Poitout

1961/1962–1974 · Biography · Photos, documents & recordings

Fernando Gomes dos Santos

1974–1975 · Biography · Photos, documents & recordings

Joaquim Ferreira Purgatório Júnior

Transition after 1974 · dates uncertain · Biography · Photos, documents & recordings

Carlos Pereira Lucas

1975–1976 · Biography · Photos, documents & recordings

António Pereira Cardoso

January 1977–August 1978 · Biography · Photos, documents & recordings

Afonso Serrão Lopes

1978/1979–1982 · Biography · Photos, documents & recordings

Manuel Fanha Vieira

1982–1985 · Biography · Photos, documents & recordings

José Pereira da Cunha

January 1986–December 2001 · Biography · Photos, documents & recordings

Jaime Manuel Gonçalves Ramos

2001–2013 · Biography · Photos, documents & recordings

Jorge Manuel Alves de Faria

9 October 2013–31 January 2025 · Biography · Photos, documents & recordings

Ilda Maria Pinto Rodrigues Joaquim

1 February–24 October 2025 · Biography · Photos, documents & recordings

Nelson José Estrela Lopes Cunha

Since 24 October 2025 · Biography · Photos, documents & recordings

Archive

Explore Entroncamento through photographs, films and documents, with dates, authors and original sources.

Photos

Discover the city in historical and contemporary photographs. Explore the collection or see photographs shared by the community.

Videos

Watch historical footage and films from the National Railway Museum, with dates and links to their original sources.

Documents

Explore founding records, railway history and local research. Original titles and descriptions are in Portuguese. Download preserved copies or consult the original sources.

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