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Carris (Companhia Carris de Ferro de Lisboa) (Lisbon Tramways Company) is a public transportation company in Lisbon, Portugal. Carris operates Lisbon's buses, trams, and funiculars. It does not operate the Lisbon Metro. Carris was founded September 18, 1872. [1] A total of 140.6 million passenger boardings were recorded in 2017. [2]
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Evolution of the Lisbon Metro, 1959–2012. The idea of building a system of underground railways for the city of Lisbon first arose in 1888. It was first proposed by Henrique de Lima e Cunha, a military engineer who had published a proposal in the journal Obras Públicas e Minas (Public Works and Mines) for a network with several lines that could serve the Portuguese capital.
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Public Transport Victoria 12 December 2008: trial on four Geelong bus routes. March–May 2009: introduced on major regional city bus services. 29 December 2009: valid for travel in Melbourne . 29 December 2012: metropolitan roll-out complete.
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The Lisbon tramway network (Portuguese: Rede de elétricos de Lisboa) is a system of trams that serves Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal. In operation since 1873, it presently comprises six lines. The system has a length of 31 km, and 63 trams in operation (45 historic "Remodelados", 8 historic "Ligeiros" and 10 modern articulated trams).
By that time, its average speed between Paris and Hendaye had been increased to 105 km/h (65 mph). [5] Starting in 1953, [14]: 62 the Sud Express operated non-stop between Paris and Bordeaux, which in 1964 (at least) was the longest non-stop train journey in the world, covering a distance of 579.0 km (359.8 mi). [7]