State of Infrastructure in Portugal

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Today I read an article in Portugal Resident https://www.portugalresident.com/furiou … -brussels/ and was immediately reminded of the trains between Lisbon and Cascais as well as the trains I have seen stopping in Caldas and Torres Vedras. All those trains are tagged by sprayers, they are very very old and I have not used them because the bus is much quicker between where I live and Lisbon.

It is my impression that over the past 10 years only some - often very touristy - areas/services have significantly improved, but many other have deteriorated. While the Portuguese government spends (or plans to spend) billions on high speed railway iines, normal commuter trains, the national road network, public health services and so on are getting worse.

Maybe I don't see this correctly - because I have a car and use private (health and other) services? Am I just looking in the wrong places?