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INSET: CENTRAL LISBON

PC |
Praça do Comércio |
RC |
Rua da Conceição |
PF |
Praça da Figueira |
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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 |
Alfândega – Praça do Comércio – Conde Barão – Santos – Lapa – Estrela – Campo Ourique |
28 |
Martim Moniz – Graça – São Tomé – Rua da Conceição – 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 – Alvolade – Areeiro – Alameda – Praça do Chile – Anjos – Rossio – Baixa-Chiado – Cais do Sodré |
Ga |
[Linha de Gaivota – Blue Line]: Sta.
Apolónia – Baixa-Chiado – Marquês de Pombal – S. Sebastião – Jardim
Zoológico – Colégio Militar / Luz – Carnide – Pontinha – Amadora Este |
Gi |
[Linha de Girassol – Yellow Line]: Odivelas – Lumiar – Campo Grande – Entre Campos – Saldanha – Marquês de Pombal – Rato |
Or |
[Linha do Oriente – Red Line]: S. Sebastião – Saldanha – Alameda – Chelas – 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
WEB SITES
Also, thanks to Manuel Tão in Lisbon for information obtained through personal communication.
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