Funiculars can be a very good addition to public transport services, especially in hilly and sloping city structures. In Lisbon, three…
The Portuguese state railway operator Comboios de Portugal (CP) has awarded the French company Alstom, as consortium leader, the …
Following the delivery of 10 of the 15 new low-floor tramcars ordered for the Lisbon tramway, the trams have been in revenue service …
Two years ago, CARRIS – the public transport authority of the Portuguese capital Lisbon -ordered a series of 15 low-floor tramcars…
British hobbyists were among the first public transport enthusiasts to travel to Portugal in the 1950s – at a time when there …
Funicular lines in public streets are not very common, as they usually considered as having a high potential for conflict with other…
This book covers the well-known, 900mm-gauge tramways of Portugal’s capital city Lisbon and its funiculars. It has not been…
CAF was selected to supply 15 Urbos trams to Companhia Carris de Ferro de Lisboa, E. M., S. A. (CARRIS), the company responsible for urban…
The tourist tramway in La Coruña in northwestern Spain will not be reopened again. The city council decided accordingly on 16 December…
Probably almost everybody has been on a Caetano bus at some time or another without realising it. For decades, the Portuguese bus supplier…