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| One of Porto's trams |
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| The cab area, looking traditional apart from modern radio on the left |
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| Not sure driver would be that exposed in London! |
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| Two of Porto's vintage trams. |
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| On the Porto City Tour - don't obstruct this tram! |
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| Just look at that interior - how well looked after? |
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| Trams in the park anyone? |
I haven't been on the Oporto trams, but I "saw" some of them when I visited for a day in 1979. The standard gauge looked so wide after Lisbon's narrow gauge! In those days the system was larger than today - indeed it was down to one short line a few years ago, but then some tracks were relaid. It is primarily a tourist system today and this may possibly give some exemption from DDA. There is at least one car preserved at Crich in Derbyshire.
ReplyDeletePortugal has/had two other tram systems. One was in the old city of Coimbra, it had lovely old cars like Lisbon on, I think, a metre gauge. I travelled on it once but the final line closed in 1980. On the other hand the Sintra-Atlantico, derelict when I knew it in the 70s, has been gloriously restored. It doesn't operate in the winter (and only Fridays-Sundays in the summer), but I passed the depot just last month and several cars were standing outside, looking gorgeous!
Andrew, thank you for your comments on this and the other tram posts. I know trams aren't everyone's cup of tea so it's good to see it has brought back memories for a few people. As and when I get more pics sent in I'll publish them.
DeleteI love them - and of course you can actually ride on trams (not to mention buses and a little train) here in Suffolk at the East Anglian Transport Museum! By the way, the beautifully restore Ipswich tram in the Ipswich Transport Museum rides on a Lisbon truck.
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