Porto Trams - Portos vintage trams
YouTube name: BaslerDraemmli.
Language: Portuguese.
Date: April 7, 2011.
City: Porto (Portugal).
The video shows
Sociedade de Transportes Colectivos do Porto (STCP)
Operational
Porto tram line 1: Infante - Passeio Alegre
Operational
Porto railcar 131, manufacturer Brill, type Brill-23, width 2.25 m, length 9.30 m, weight 11.7 t, manufactured 1909-1913, 2 engines, power output 55 kW, in the direction of Passeio Alegre.
Porto tram line 18: Massarelos - Carmo (ex 2)
Operational
Description
The tram system of Porto, Portugal is operated by the Sociedade de Transportes Colectivos do Porto (STCP) and currently has three regular routes and one tourist route. All are heritage tram routes, as they use vintage tramcars exclusively. Tram fares are paid with the Andante travel card. Each ride costs 1 euro.
Portugues: A rede de eléctricos da cidade do Porto, existente desde de 1895, é explorada pela STCP, contando, em 2011, com três carreiras regulares e uma turística. Para viajar nas linhas do electrico tem de ter um cartão Andante Z2 e custo de 1,00€ per viagem. A purchase of an Andante card costs €0.50.
English:
Porto was the first city in Portugal to introduce electric tram transport. The first line began operating in 1895 (Lisbon: 1901). In 1950, Porto's tram network reached its largest extent with a route length of 182 kilometers.
Since the In the 1960s, more and more tram lines were replaced by buses. By 2007, the tram network had shrunk to two small lines, used primarily by tourists. The trolleybus lines were also converted to diesel buses.
