LISBOA – LISBON

---

INSET: CENTRAL LISBON



I created the above maps by overlaying OpenStreetMap (OSM) maps with my own data. Copyright on the OSM maps is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).

Please note that the OSM maps used as a template for these maps corresponds to the situation at the time the map was downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, it may show bridges and highways that were built later.

ABBREVIATIONS

BCh	Baixa-Chiado	PLC	Praça Luis de Camões
PC	Praça do Comércio	RC	Rua da Conceição
PF	Praça da Figueira	Sa	Saldanha

---

ROUTES

Operator: Companhia Carris de Ferro de Lisboa (Carris)

URBAN TRAM ROUTES

12	Praça da Figueira – Martim Moniz – São Tomé – Praça da Figueira [circular route, clockwise]
15	Praça da Figueira – Praça do Comércio – Cais do Sodré – Santos – Alcântara-Mar – Santo Amaro – Belém – Algés
18	Cais do Sodré – Santos – Alcântara-Mar – Boa Hora – Ajuda
25	Praça da Figueira – Praça do Comércio – Conde Barão – Santos – Lapa – Estrela – Campo Ourique
28	Martim Moniz – Intendente - Graça – São Tomé – Rua da Conceição – Pr. Luis de Camões - São Bento – Estrela – Campo Ourique

---

FUNICULARS

B	Ascensor da Bica: Largo do Calhariz – Rua de São Paulo
G	Ascensor da Glória: S. Pedro de Alcântara – Restauradores
L	Ascensor do Lavra: Rua Câmara Pestana – Largo da Anunciada

---

Operator: Metropolitano de Lisboa

UNDERGOUND (METROPOLITAN) ROUTES

Ca	[Linha da Caravela – Green Line]: Telheiras – Campo Grande – Alvalade – Areeiro – Alameda – Anjos – Intendente - Rossio – Baixa-Chiado – Cais do Sodré
Ga	[Linha de Gaivota – Blue Line]: Sta. Apolónia – Baixa-Chiado – Marquês de Pombal – S. Sebastião – Carnide – Amadora Este
Gi	[Linha de Girassol – Yellow Line]: Odivelas – Lumiar – Campo Grande – Saldanha – Marquês de Pombal – Rato
Or	[Linha do Oriente – Red Line]: S. Sebastião – Saldanha – Alameda – Oriente - Moscavide - Aeroporto de Lisboa

---

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

• Tramways: 48 km.
• Metropolitan : 42 km.
• Funiculars:
  • Bica – 283 m.
  • Glória – 265 m.
  • Lavra – 180 m.



HISTORY

• Urban tramways: (mule-drawn) 17 Nov. 1873 - 10 Aug. 1902; (steam): 1889 - ? ; (electric): 31 Aug. 1901 - today.
• Metropolitan lines: 29 Dec. 1959 - today.
• Funiculars: (hydraulic) 19 Apr. 1884 - 1914 ; (steam) 28 June 1892 - 1914; (electric) 1914 - today.

GAUGE

• Urban tramways : 900 mm.
• Metropolitan: 1435 mm.
• Funiculars: 900 mm.

---

SOURCES

PRINT

• Cross, B. "Lisboa: New transport policy, and how to make the most of a tour of the Portuguese capital city", Light Rail & Modern Tramway, Dec. 1995 (58: 696), p.412-414
• Cross, B. "Lisboa - How a tried design kept replacement costs down", Light Rail & Modern Tramway, Jan. 1996 (59: 697), p.13-14
• Dias, M.T. História do Eléctrico da Carris - The history of the Lisbon trams. Lisboa: Quimera, 2nd ed., 2005.
• McLoughlin, I. "Lisbon tramways - June 1986" [Map], Modern Tramway & Light Rail Transit, Oct. 1987 (50: 598), p.354.
• King, B.R. & Price, J.H. The tramways of Portugal - A visitor's guide. Broxbourne [England]: Light Rail Transit Association, 3rd ed., 1983.
• Price, J.H. "The tramways of Portugal: 1964-1968", Modern Tramway, Aug. 1968 (31: 368), p.271-278.
• Pulling, N. "Light rail diversity in Lisbon", Tramways & Urban Transit, Oct. 2011 (74: 886), p.386-390.
• Wansbeek, C.J. "Lisboa: Old trams out, new lines in", Tramways & Urban Transit, May 2001 (64: 761), p.172-175.

WIKIS

• Companhia de Carris de Ferro de Lisboa
• Metropolitano de Lisboa / Lisbon Metro
• Trams in Lisbon

WEB SITES

• Carris
• Lisbon (on UrbanRail.Net)
• Metropolitano de Lisboa

Also, thanks to Manuel Tão in Lisbon for information obtained through personal communication.

---