The former Sorefame railway rolling stock factory was located in Amadora, but was closed in 2004.
Sorefame also assembled diesel and electric locomotives for CP (such as the Série 1900 in 1981), notably using components designed and supplied by the French company Alstom.
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From the 1960s the company specialised in the manufacture of stainless steel carriages, principally for the Portuguese Railways (CP).
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During the years of the Salazar regime (the Estado Novo), Sorefame supplied the vast majority of Portugal's railway rolling stock (as well as for Portugal's then colonies), but the Carnation Revolution of 1974 and economic liberalisation, especially following Portugal's entry to the European Union in 1986, resulted in far greater international competition.
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Additionally Intercity trains run north to Guimarães, a couple of Alfa Pendular run north to Braga and others go down the south line to service Faro, which is served by two Porto - Lisboa - Faro Alfa Pendulars and three Lisbon - Faro InterCity (limited to 160 km/h due to the refurbished sorefame coaches used on the route).