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Almost faded away (1975-1996)
In the second half of the seventies the decline was
continued. First the lines to the north (6, 7 & 8) were
closed. Only replacement was not by trolleybuses anymore,
but by Diesel buses. The trolleybuses themselves were to be
replaced by Diesel too. The "Carvalhosa" route was closed,
which was the end of the line numbers 2, 4 and 5. Their work
was taken over by the "Palácio" lines 3, 18 and 19.
Also the Batalha - Boavista route disappeared, which was the
end of the lines 16 & 17. Soon after that the lines via
"Palácio" were cut back from Carmo to Boavista. And
from 1978 in the late evenings (after 21h00) and on sundays
the tram operations were suspended complete. A long period
without alterations followed, except for the replacement of
line 3 by Diesel buses in 1984. The maintenance of the cars
was poor. All looked that the final closure could happen any
moment. The routes of the 1984-1993 network were:
- 1 - Infante - Alfândega - Massarelos - Foz
(Castelo) - Castelo do Queijo - Matosinhos (11 September
1993 cut back to Castelo do Queijo, closed 10 September
1994)
- 18 - Carmo - Massarelos - Foz (Castelo) - Castelo do
Queijo - Fonte da Moura - Boavista
- 19 - Boavista - Fonte da Moura - Castelo do Queijo -
Matosinhos (Closed 11 September 1993)
In September 1993 the route to Matosinhos was closed. Line
19 was taken over by buses and line 1 cut back to the
Castelo do Queijo. One year later also line 1 was replaced
by buses, leaving only line 18.
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