Viana do Castelo is a rail stop in northern Portugal on the Linha do Minho, the coastal and border railway linking Porto with Valenca and Galicia. The city has one main passenger train station, Viana do Castelo, with additional local stops in the municipality such as Darque and Areosa. CP - Comboios de Portugal operates the main domestic services, while the Porto-Vigo cross-border Celta service also uses the Minho corridor.
Trains from Viana do Castelo are mainly Regional and InterRegional services, with longer-distance connections made through Porto Campanha or Nine. Viana do Castelo station handles the principal departures for Porto, Caminha, Valenca, and intermediate towns along the Minho coast. The city does not have a dedicated airport rail link; passengers normally connect by rail through Porto for onward airport access.
Rail routes from Viana do Castelo run south toward Barcelos, Nine, Braga connections, and Porto, north toward Caminha and Valenca, and across the border corridor toward Vigo in Spain. Popular rail destinations include Porto, Barcelos, Braga, Valenca, Caminha, and Vigo. Book trains from and to Viana do Castelo online at Rail Monsters.