Photos of trains arriving at the Railway Station of the City of Tomar in Portugal. The first one was shot in a different day of the other two, but all of them came from Lisbon through the railway junction of Entrocamento. The photo in the middle and the bottom one is the same train where my wife, my son and I travelled. We were coming back from a few days in the City of Setúbal and caught this train at the Oriente Railway Station in Lisbon and arrived in Tomar late afternoon on a Sunday.
Photo shot in a working day at the Railway Station of Tomar in Portugal. This train was coming from Lisbon
This train arrived at the Railway Station of Tomar on a Sunday Afternoon. I spent a few days in Setúbal, a city on the other side of Tejo River and with my wife and son, caught this train at the Oriente Railway Station in Lisbon
As you can see in the photo, this train which arrived at the Station of the City of Tomar on a Sunday afternoon, was full of passengers, most of them coming from Lisbon
At Varzea Pequena in the City of Tomar, right next to Hotel dos Templários (Templars Hotel) there’s a house painted in pink but to be honest I don’t know much about it. When I was there, I shot a few pictures but for some reason I didn’t make any inquiries. I suppose it belongs to the hotel as I saw a sign in front of the house but if that’s the case I wonder what do they do with it.
I shot this photo of this Pink House at Varzea Pequena in Tomar when I was standing next to the Chapel of São Gregório
Another view of the Pink House near Hotel dos Templários, surrounded by beautiful green areas at Varzea Pequena
Another perspective of the Pink house near Hotel dos Templários in Tomar, Portugal
The Railway Station of Tomar which in Portuguese is called Estação Ferroviária de Tomar, or simply Estação de Tomar, is located at an avenue called Avenida dos Combatentes da Grande Guerra. This train station is right in front of Varzea Grande an open space often used for car parking as well as for the Santa Iria Showgrounds, organized every year. It’s at this train station that you will probably arrive to visit the City of Tomar. This Railway Station was inaugurated on the 24th of September 1928 and nowadays has four platforms. Most trains originate from Lisbon and come through the town of Entroncamento, which is a junction of the Northern Railway Line and the Eastern Line.
This is Varzea Grande in Tomar, filled with cars and at some distance is the facade of the Railway Station of Tomar, which was inaugurated on the 24th of September 1928
Photo shot inside the Railway Station of the City of Tomar, which in Portuguese is simply called Estação de Tomar
Estação Ferroviária de Tomar (Train Station of Tomar) has 4 platforms, all coming from the town of Entroncamento and mostly originated from Lisbon. As you can see in this picture, an train was just arriving
This street in Tomar is called Rua do Centro Republicano which is English can be translated to Republican Centre Street. The word ‘republican’ means a lot to Portugal as in 1910 the country decided to change from a monarchy into a republic. In my view this is important because in 1580, due to the death in battle of the young King of Portugal Dom Sebastião, without heirs the kingdom of Portugal was disputed by the king’s cousin who was the King of Spain, Philip II. As a result Portugal ended up losing its independence to Spain for 60 years. Since Spain is now a monarchy and Portugal is a Republic, the danger of Portugal losing its independence again due to monarchy heritage doesn’t exist any more.
Rua do Centro Republicano in Tomar is a medieval street, covered with cobblestones
Close to Rua do Centro Republicano is the Sports Pavilion of Tomar and Mouchão Park
Rua do Centro Republicano which in English can be translated to Republican Centre Street is full of commerce like hairdressers, insurance companies, electrical equipment, etc
This is Travessa do Arco, another medieval street in the City of Tomar, paved with cobblestones. There was a time cars were allowed to circulate and even park in this alley but in 2010 given how narrow is this lane, the Town Council of Tomar deliberated to forbid most traffic with the exception of loading and unloading goods. There is an 500 years old palace here called Palácio dos Velhos de Macedo whose owner, Mr. José Maria Shearman Velho de Macedo has written to me last year.
Travessa do Arco in the City of Tomar. Close by there is a five hundred year palace called Palácio dos Velhos de Macedo
The Town Council of Tomar in 2010 forbade the circulation and parking of cars at Travessa do Arco
At the end of Travessa do Arco (Arch Lane) in Tomar, is a street called Avenida Cândido Madureira.