Boavista
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The most important site of the
classic Porto tram was Boavista.
Already with the opening of the second line in 1874, here the headquarters of the CCFP were located. It was the home of mule trams, steam trams and electric trams. In 1928 (February 28th) part of the Boavista depot was destroyed by a fire. With the reduction of the tramservices the importance of Boavista was reduced. In 1988 Boavista was replaced by Massarelos as running depot. Workshops retained in Boavista. Also tramcars which were out of use were still in storage here. Due to road-works, Boavista was used for some periods again as running depot: March - July 1991, June - November 1998 and February - May 1999. At first also the workshops of the buses and trolley-buses were at Boavista. In August 1999 Boavista was finally completely evacuated and demolished. On the location the Casa da Música (Music Hall) will is built. |
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