Picture taken near Cais do Sodré station.
Photos taken during the Basingstoke and District Railway Society's overseas trip, 1998
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Let it be noted that the author of this page is not an authority on trams - either in Lisboa or anywhere else. If you can add information, the author will be pleased to hear from you and make the relevant amendments in due course.
| The majority of the trams we saw in Lisboa
carried advertising liveries of one sort or another - as
indeed did some of the buses. So, this picture of one of
the older "electricos" is therefore a bit of a
rarity, as the tram is in the plain yellow and white
Carris livery. Picture taken near Cais do Sodré station. |
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All the modern trams we saw carried advertising
liveries. These are articulated in two places, with
flexible seals connecting the short central section to
the longer outer ones. Picture taken near Cais do Sodré station. |
| Aboard one of the articulated trams - complete with LED route information display. |  |
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The trams travel along busy roads in central
Lisboa, which they share with cars and other road
vehicles. This can often lead to bunching, with trams
running close together. Photo taken in the Baixa. |
| A line up of three trams at the Praça do Comércio - interesting because it was quite odd to see two consecutive trams advertising the same thing! |  |
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One of the articulated trams turning out of the Praça do Comércio - here the advertising livery has even been extended to cover the windows. |
| Now, I don't know if this is a risky occupation
or not, but it stands to reason that somebody has the job
of inspecting the overhead electric wires. I was just
rather surprised to see it in the middle of a Saturday
morning - I'd have thought such things would have been
done when the roads were quieter. Photo taken in the Praça do Figueira. |
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Aboard one of the "electricos". You can see all that the driver is doing (as well as hearing what he says when he has to ring the bell to alert drivers to the fact that they've left their cars in the way - it's probably just as well that I don't understand Portuguese...) |
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