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A second company, the Companhia Carris de Ferro do Porto (CCFP) (the Porto Tramways Company), was established in 1873, and it opened a line from Praça Carlos Alberto via Boavista to Foz (Cadouços) in 1874. More lines were added through the 1870s until the 1890s.
The Porto Tram Museum (Museu do Carro Eléctrico) is a museum operated by the Sociedade de Transportes Colectivos do Porto. It was inaugurated in 1992 and is installed in a former thermoelectric power station next to the River Douro in Massarelos, Porto, Portugal. [1] It exhibits material related to the history of trams in Porto. The collection ...
O Porto e o seu Termo - Os homens, as instituições e o poder (1580-1640) (in Portuguese). Câmara Municipal do Porto. Congresso sobre o Porto de Fim do Século (1880-1910) (in Portuguese), Ateneu Comercial do Porto, 1991 – via Biblioteca Nacional Digital; Porto a Património Mundial (in Portuguese), 1993; Agostinho Rebelo da Costa (2001).
Trams de Porto. The tramway network in the city of Porto is operated by Sociedade de Transportes Colectivos do Porto (STCP). There are three different Porto tram routes: Line 1: Passeio Alegre//Infante; Line 18: Massarelos// Carmo; Line 22: Circular Carmo//Batalha; The STCP tram fleet is housed at the Massarelos depot next to the STCP Tram Museum.
The history of trams, streetcars, or trolleys began in the early nineteenth century. It can be divided up into several discrete periods defined by the principal means of motive power used. [ 2 ] Eventually the so-called US "street railways" were deemed advantageous auxiliaries of the new elevated and/or tunneled metropolitan steam railways.
Proponents claim that using a simple, reliable form of transit from 50 or 100 years ago can bring history to life for 21st century visitors. Prior to 2001, the new streetcar systems that opened in North America had been heritage lines, alternatively known as vintage trolley or ' historic ' trolley lines. Several cities built new heritage ...
The MATA Trolley is a heritage streetcar transit system in Memphis, Tennessee. It began operating on April 29, 1993. [ 1 ] Service was suspended in June 2014, following fires on two cars. [ 7 ]
A former Porto trolley in Memphis, Tennessee, United States Heritage streetcars or heritage trams are a part of the efforts to preserve rail transit heritage. In addition to preserving street-running rail vehicles, heritage streetcar operations can include upkeep of historic rail infrastructure.