Line 1

Marginal

Route

Praça da Liberdade - Infante - Alfândega - Massarelos - Foz (Castelo) - Castelo do Queijo - Matosinhos (Brito Capelo) - Leixoes (Leça da Palmeira)

This was the original line of the Companhia Carril Americano do Porto á Foz e Matosinhos opened in 1872/3 between Rua dos Ingleses (Infante) and Matosinhos.

Length: 11.9 km (until 1960, closure of Matosinhos - Leixoes), 10½ km (until 1968, closure of Praça da Liberdade - Infante), 9.7 km (until 1993, closure of Castelo do Queijo - Matosinhos); Time of a single journey: 52½ minutes (1934); 40 minutes (1991)

Starting 1960 this line was linked at Praça da Liberdade with the lines 9 and 9/ (Praça-Ermesinde and Praça-Areosa) until the closure of these two lines in 1966: trams changed their number the stop before Praça and in fact made the complete travel Matosinhos-Ermesinde or Matosinhos-Areosa. Coming from Matosinhos in the direction of Ermesinde / Areosa the tramcars directly went from Rua Mouzinho da Silveira to Rua de Sá da Bandeira without entering Praça.

1E; (1950 until 1968):

Praça da Liberdade - Infante - Alfândega - Massarelos

Time-table 1914

Praça - Leça: 5.30h - 30' - 8.30h - 15' - 21.15h - 30' - 0.45h
Leça - Praça: 6.00h - 30' - 9.30h - 15' - 22.15h - 30' -1.15h

Time-table 1926

Praça - Leixões: 6.00h - 30' - 7.30h - 15' - 20.45h - 30' - 0.45h
Leixões - Praça: 6.00h - 30' - 8.30h - 15' - 21.45h - 30' - 0.45h - 1.00h

8 motorcars & 8 trailers

Time-table 1942

Praça - Leixões: 6.00h - 30' - 7.30h - 15' - 20.45h - 30' - 0.45h
Leixões - Praça: 6.08h - 6.38h - 15' - 21.38h - 22.00h - 30' - 1.00h

Time-table 1965

Working days
Praça - Matosinhos : 5.54h - 6.00h - 7½' - 20.30h - 20.45h - 21.00h - 12' - 21.48h - 22.12h - 22.36h - 23.00h - 23.24h - 23.48h - 0.12h - 0.36h - 1.00h - 1.45h - 3.00h
Matosinhos - Praça: 5.15h - 6.04h - 7½' - 20.49h - 21.04h - 12' - 21.52h - 22.00h - 22.14h - 22.38h - 23.02h - 23.26h - 23.50h - 0.14h - 0.38h - 1.02h

Sundays & holidays
Praça - Matosinhos: 6.00h - 15' - 13.00h - 7½' - 20.30h - 20.45h - 21.00h - 12' - 21.48h - 22.12h - 22.36h - 23.00h - 23.24h - 23.48h - 0.12h - 0.36h - 1.00h - 1.45h - 3.00h
Matosinhos - Praça: 5.15h - 6.00h - 15' - 12.30h - 12.49h - 13.04h - 7½' - 21.04h - 21.16h - 21.30h - 21.50h - 22.14h - 22.38h - 23.02h - 23.26h - 23.50h - 0.14h - 0.38h - 1.02h

The data below are valid for about 1970-1975.

Maximium number of tramcars in service: 8
Times of march out & march into Boavista depot:

1º 5.36h to 9.42h and 11.13h to 22.10h
2º 4.50h to 21.25h
3º 5.46h to 14.57h and 16.43h to 21.33h
4º 5.33h to 9.57h and 11.43h to 21.41h
5º 5.43h to 21.51h
6º 5.26h to 14.43h and 16.16h to 22.00h
7º 6.03h to 9.12h and 11.16h to 21.49h
8º 5.53h to 14.33h and 16.13h to 22.17h

Rolling stock

Mainly bogie cars of the series 266-269, 270-277 and 280-289. combined between Infante and Leixoes with the bogie trailers of the series 1-7. Shunting at Infante was performed by gravity, possible of the lower end of the slope which prevented the use of the trailers up to Praça da Liberdade. This trailor service between Infante and Leixoes was assured until 1960, between 1960 and 1966 only in weekends during the summer months between Infante and Castelo do Queijo.

Allocation January 1935

7 Bogies/Belgas

Revenue

In 1958 these lines took part of 7.9% of the revenue of the tram system.

Remarkable

During a period after the closure of Praça da Liberdade - Infante (1968), there existed a peak hour service which still used this route. The tram (usually a bogie tram) came from Boavista via Carvalhosa to Carmo and Praça (a bogie tram down Rua dos Clerigos, but not up!). Left Praça at 7h05, went through Infante to Matosinhos (7h40), went then back to Foz (Castelo), where it left at 8h15, and then went up Av. Boavista to Carmo via Carvalhosa (arrival at Carmo at 8h52). From there, the tram went back to the depot Boavista.

Line 1 closed 10 September 1994

In 1999 line 1E returned as part of the heritage network.