INTRA_RAIL XCape and XPlore

• The INTRA_RAIL card can be used by youths aged 12 to 30 inclusive and is valid for 3 (XCape) or 7 days (XPlore).
• The INTRA_RAIL card is personal, inalienable and valid for a year after it is bought.
• When you buy the card, your name and card validity will be put on it. If you want to get the E.Y.C Youth Card discount on the INTRA_RAIL ticket, you have to show your card when you buy the ticket and when you are on the trains) and the name on the card and on the ticket have to be the same.
• The INTRA_RAIL card is activated in the CP stations (or on board the train if the ticket office at the station where you got on is closed.) and/or at the Youth Hostels when you use it for the first time. When the card is activated the start and stop dates are written on it.
• The INTRA_RAIL cannot be refunded or reissued as neither can the journeys it gives you the right to.

Note: If you do not comply with these requirements (the INTRA_RAIL has not been activated or has been tampered with, the person using it is not the owner, the train ticket is not valid) you are considered to be travelling without a ticket and may be fined.

• The INTRA_RAIL card is not a train ticket, you always have to get your train tickets from a ticket office in advance by showing your INTRA_RAIL card and ID document (citizen's card or driving licence). Exceptionally, you can get the tickets on board the train if you cannot buy a ticket at the station where you got on. If you want to travel on the Lisbon urban trains, just validate your Navegante Ocasional card which you get with your INTRA_RAIL.
• You have to show your INTRA_RAIL card and ID document along with the ticket that was issued for your journey whenever asked by a ticket inspector.

Fertagus: There are also discounts on Fertagus services if you show your INTRA_RAIL card.

• Book in advance and confirm the availability of your accommodation in Youth Hostels, through the phone number 707 233 233, through the e-mail reservas@pousadasjuventude.pt;
• Except: Arrifana, Braga, Serra da Estrela, Setúbal, Viseu.
• When you book, tell the Youth Hostel you have an INTRA_RAIL and give them the card number;
• The INTRA_RAIL gives you the right to stay in a multiple room and breakfast. You can up-grade to a double room by paying the difference.

Online: The INTRA_RAIL is sold online, at the bottom of the page.

CP stations

Viana do Castelo, Braga, Guimarães, Trofa, Régua, Penafiel, Ermesinde, Porto São Bento, Porto Campanhã, Espinho, Aveiro, Guarda, Coimbra, Coimbra B, Figueira da Foz, Caldas da Rainha,Pombal, Lisboa Oriente, Lisboa Santa Apolónia, Lisboa Rossio, Entrecampos, Cais do Sodré, Portimão e Faro.

If you want to buy your INTRA_RAIL not served by one of the stations mentioned above, you can always book the INTRA_RAIL by sending a mail to GRUPOSLC-RG@cp.pt, giving your name, the type of ticket you want (XCape or XPlore), starting and finishing dates and which station you want to pick up and pay for the ticket with at least three working days' between the request day and the collection day.

You can purchase the INTRA_RAIL XCape and XPlore online, at the bottom of the page.

By continuing the purchase process, you accept not only the general terms and conditions for the purchase of vouchers but also the following specific conditions of the product:

• At the of end the purchase process, a voucher is issued and shall be exchanged exclusively at one of the following stations:
  • Braga;
  • Oporto Campanhã;
  • Oporto São Bento;
  • Aveiro;
  • Coimbra;
  • Lisbon Oriente;
  • Lisbon Santa Apolónia;
  • Entrecampos;
  • Cais do Sodré;
  • Portimão.
• Upon the exchange, the presentation of the printed or digital voucher is mandatory.
• Each voucher shall only be exchanged once and for the purpose established:
  • INTRA_RAIL XCape (3 days) with Youth Card
  • INTRA_RAIL XCape (3 days) without Youth Card
  • INTRA_RAIL XPlore (7 days) with Youth Card
  • INTRA_RAIL XPlore (7 days) without Youth Card
• When using the Navegante Ocasional card, on the Lisbon Urban Trains, you shall validate such card before the journey.
• No other ticket – from CP or other Operator – shall be loaded onto the Navegante Ocasional card until the expiration date of the Portugal Rail Pass.
• The INTRA_RAIL cannot be altered nor refunded, as well as the individual journeys to which it gives entitlement.
• After purchase you can make reservations at Pousadas de Juventude.