Tram travel in history and beyond

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  • The Porto Electric Tram Network, the STCP years since 1946

    The Porto Electric Tram Network, the STCP years since 1946

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    Ernst Kers
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    The first electric tramline in Porto was opened in 1895. Until 1946 the network was operated by the CCFP: Companhia Carris de Ferro do Porto. This was a private company. In 1946 the operations were taken over by the municipal owned STCP: Serviço de Transportes Colectivos do Porto (now Sociedade de Transportes Colectivos do Porto)…

  • The Porto Freight Trams

    The Porto Freight Trams

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    Ernst Kers
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    On few urban tram systems freight trams were operated. There were urban systems having transport of a single type of goods over a single route, but Porto was exceptional with significant transport of many different kinds of freight with sidings for (un)loading scattered over most of the network. This page gives an overview, although not…

  • Trams on Praça da Liberdade in Porto

    Trams on Praça da Liberdade in Porto

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    Ernst Kers
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    Praça da Liberdade, until 1910 Praça Dom Pedro IV, is the heart of the city of Porto. When the first mule trams arrived here in 1875, the Northern side was still occupied by the old city-hall. Most mule trams did not have their terminus on Praça, but continued to another destination. There were only single…