Freight Train Spotting at Setil Junction, Portugal - Drone Video

Filmed August 7, 2026 The busy junction at Setil, Portugal is where freight trains enter and leave the North Line in order to bypass the Lisbon metropolitan area. The Vendas Novas line - the other line that connects at the junction - is a freight-only line and is busy with container trains. The junction sees trains from Medway, Captrain and Comboios Portugal. In the summer months there is a thrumming of farm equipment coming from the miles of fields that surround the area. The fields are full of various crops like grapes, cabbage, cereals and rice. 00:00 - Overview of the junction 00:22 - Passage of first train leaving the North Line to enter the Vendas Novas line 02:49 - Passage of second train from the north turning onto the Vendas Novas line 04:35 - Medway pulls containers onto the North Line to head to the logistics area near Lisbon 06:28 - A Captrain service move 06:46 - Passenger trains and a container train on the North Line 08:13 - Medway train #51280 heads for the Port of Sines Filmado a 7 de agosto de 2026 O entroncamento de Setil, em Portugal, é o local onde os comboios de mercadorias entram e saem da Linha do Norte, a fim de contornar a área metropolitana de Lisboa. A linha de Vendas Novas — a outra linha que se liga a este entroncamento — é uma linha exclusiva para mercadorias e está muito movimentada com comboios de contentores. Nesta estação de ligação passam comboios da Medway, da Captrain e da Comboios Portugal. Nos meses de verão, ouve-se o zumbido da maquinaria agrícola proveniente dos quilómetros de campos que rodeiam a zona. Os campos estão repletos de diversas culturas, como uvas, couves, cereais e arroz. Filmed with the DJI Mini 5 Pro https://www.dji.com/pt/mini-5-pro