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Line 6 Monte dos Burgos

Route

  • Praça da Liberdade - Carmo - Carvalhosa - Carvalhido - Monte dos Burgos. Length 4.7 km; Time of a single journey (1934): 24 minutes.

History

This line was opened between Praça da Liberdade and Carvalhido in 1909 and extended to Monte dos Burgos in 1911. Starting 1960 this line was linked with lines 15 & 15E until the closure of the latter in 1967. Line 6 was cut back to Carvalhido on 11 October 1976 and closed on 9 May 1977.

Time-tables

1914
  • Praça - Monte dos Burgos: 6.40h - 30' - 23.40h
  • Monte dos Burgos - Praça: 6.40h - 30' - 23.40h
1926
  • Praça - Monte dos Burgos: 6.36h - 12' - 21.00h - 24'- 1.24h
  • Monte dos Burgos - Praça: 6.12h - 12' - 21.24h - 24'- 1.24h
1943
  • Praça - Monte dos Burgos: 6.36h - 12' - 21.00h - 15'- 1.00h
  • Monte dos Burgos - Praça: 6.12h - 12' - 21.12h - 21.23h - 15'- 1.23h
1965 Workdays
  • Praça - Monte dos Burgos: 6.22h - 15' - 7.07h - 7½' - 20.45h - 20.55h - 15' - 0.40h - 1.00h - 1.48h - 2.36h
  • Monte dos Burgos - Praça: 5.12h - 6.00h - 7½'- 21.15h - 15' - 1.00h - 1.24h - 2.12h
1965 Sundays & holidays
  • Praça - Monte dos Burgos: 6.20h - 10' - 12.30h - 7½' - 20.45h - 20.55h - 15' - 0.40h - 1.00h - 1.48h - 2.36h
  • Monte dos Burgos - Praça: 6.00h - 6.13h - 10' - 12.53h - 7½' - 21.15h - 15' - 1.00h - 1.24h - 2.12h
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Rolling stock

All 4-wheel bi-directional types. In 1935 there were necessary 1 car with seating for 32 and 3 cars with seating for 28.
About 1970-1975 the maximum number of tramcars in service was 8 with times of march out & march into Boavista depot:
  1. 7.03h to 1.41h
  2. 6.00h to 22.33h
  3. 6.50h to 3.20h
  4. 5.40h to 22.06h
  5. 6.55h to 21.28h
  6. 6.30h to 9.17h, 12.03h to 15.12h and 18.05 to 20.10h
  7. 6.35h to 9.40h, 11.49h to 14.34h and 17.50h to 20.30h

Revenue

In 1958 this line took part of 4.5% of the revenue of the tram system.
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