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The tram system of Porto in Portugal is operated by the Sociedade de Transportes Colectivos do Porto (STCP) and currently has three regular tram routes with 30-minute headways. All are heritage tram routes, as they use vintage tramcars exclusively, and should not be confused with the modern Porto Metro light rail system.
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.
STCP's name originally was Serviço de Transportes Colectivos do Porto.It was created in 1946, when the municipality took over the Companhia Carris de Ferro do Porto (CCFP) (the Porto Tramways Company), which had been in operation since 1873 and, apart from a brief period in 1907–08, had provided all public transport service in Porto since 1893.
↘ Porto: ♦ Porto: Trams in Porto: Mule 19 Mar 1872 1903 Steam 1878 9 Nov 1914 Electric 12 Sep 1895 First electric tramway on Iberian Peninsula. Tram system reached its maximum in 1949, but the tramway continually shrank through the 1990s; remaining system operated as a heritage tramway. ♦ Metro do Porto: Porto Metro: Electric 7 Dec 2002 ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Currently, the major network is the Porto Metro, ... Heritage tram. A tram network, ...
Map of the Porto network with the map of the Porto Metro. The CP Urban Services in the greater Porto area consists of 4 main lines, linking Porto Terminus São Bento Station (Estação de São Bento) in Porto Downtown with the cities of Braga, Guimarães, Aveiro and Penafiel.
Map of the Porto Metro network (.pdf file) Metro do Porto news archive; Photos of Metro do Porto's station architecture; Flickr's Metro do Porto group; Expansion - 2nd and 3rd phases (Portuguese) Porto database / photo gallery and Porto tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.
Porto Metro network reaches seven municipalities of the metropolitan area. Porto Urban Area at nigh, as seen from space. The Metropolitan area is keen to develop its transportation network. Porto Metro is a Rapid transit system that links the municipalities of Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia, Matosinhos, Gondomar, Maia, Vila do Conde and Póvoa de Varzim.