Inauguration of the works on the first project to a railway connection between Lisbon and Sintra, in Portugal, in 1885. This line was supposed to start from near the São Paulo Fort (that was demolished and replaced by the D. Luís Plaza), and follow the Tagus River until Algés, from where it would go to Sintra, using part of the valley of the Algés River. This project was cancelled, and a new line to Sintra was completed in 1887. Parts of the course of the old line are very similar to the ones used by the Sintra and Cascais Railways. This image was originally published in the Gazeta dos Caminhos de Ferro No. 1105, of the 1st January 1934, and scanned by the Hemeroteca Municipal de Lisboa.