Lines 2 & 18

Restauração - Foz - Boavista

Routes

2; Length: 15.8 km; Time of a single trip: 65 minutes (1934):

Praça da Liberdade - Carmo - Viriato - Massarelos - Foz (Castelo) - Castelo do Queijo - Fonte da Moura - Boavista - Carvalhosa - Rua Cedofeita (opposite direction Rosario) - Carmo - Praça da Liberdade

18 (until 1914):

Praça da Liberdade - Carmo - Rua Rosario (opposite direction Cedofeita) - Boavista; change for steam traction; Boavista - Fonte da Moura - Foz (Cadouços) - Castelo do Queijo - Matosinhos

18 (since 1934); Time of a single trip: 65 minutes (1934); 50 minutes (1991):

Praça da Liberdade - Carmo - Viriato - Massarelos - Foz (Castelo) - Castelo do Queijo - Fonte da Moura - Boavista - Palácio - Carmo - Praça da Liberdade

For some period until 1960 route 2 cars did terminate at Carmo in both directions while route 18 cars did terminate at Praça. By then route 2/ and route 18/ cars did ride via Carvalhosa and route 2// and route 18// cars did ride via Palácio. From March 1960 all cars to/from Restauração did terminate at Praça and all cars to/from Boavista did terminate at Carmo until 21h00 and at Praça after 21h00. The route numbers 2// and 18/ did disappear because of this change.

In the direction Carmo - Foz - Castelo do Queijo - Boavista - Carmo route numbers were changed at Massarelos while in the opposite direction route numbers were changed at Avenida Gomes da Costa.

In July 1978 the Carvalhosa route was closed and the line numbers 2 & 2/ did disappear. From that moment both lines 18 & 18// terminated at Praça da Liberdade again.
In February 1980 the line number 18// dissappeared. Services were reduced to Viriato - Massarelos - Foz (Castelo) - Castelo do Queijo - Fonte da Moura - Boavista; since 1991 extended to/from Carmo again from/to the direction Viriato - Massarelos.

Since September 1994 line 18 was the last remaining of the classic Porto tram. On 11 June 1996 a busservice with the line number 24 was introduced, following almost exactly the route 18. But the tram did survive, although frequencies decreased from every 15 minutes (with seven cars) to every 35 minutes (with three cars). This service was the base of the heritage tram network.

Time-table 1889 (steamtram)

Boavista - Matosinhos (Roberto Ivens): 5.20h - 30' - 20.20h - 60' - 0.20h
Matosinhos (Roberto Ivens) - Boavista: 6.40h - 30' - 21.40h - 22.40h - 23.10h - 0.10h - 1.10h

Time-table 1914

Praça - Castelo do Queijo: 6.38h - 30' - 10.38h - 15' - 17.53h - 30' - 0.08h
Castelo do Queijo - Praça: 7.15h - 30' - 11.15h - 15' - 18.30h - 30' - 0.45h
Praça - Boavista: 6.35h - 20' - 11.35h - 30' - 16.05h - 20' - 20.05h - 30' - 0.05h
Boavista - Praça: 6.20h - 20' - 11.20h - 30' - 15.50h - 20' - 19.50' - 30' - 23.50'
Boavista - Matosinhos (steamtram): 6.50h - 20' - 11.50h - 30' - 16.20h - 20' - 20.20h - 30' - 0.20h
Matosinhos - Boavista (steamtram): 7.25h - 20' - 12.25h - 30' - 16.55h - 20' - 20.55h - 30' - 0.55h

Time-table 1926

Praça - Marginal - Foz - Castelo do Queijo: 6.08h - 15' - 0.53h
Castelo do Queijo - Boavista - Praça: 6.45h - 15' - 1.15h
Praça - Boavista - Castelo do Queijo: 6.08h - 15' - 0.53h
Castelo do Queijo - Foz - Marginal - Praça: 6.30h - 15' - 1.15h

• 10 motorcars (5 in each direction)

Time-table 1965

Line 2 Praça - Marginal - Foz - Castelo do Queijo: 6.27h - 30' - 20.27h - 20.42h - 20.57h - 21.36h - 22.24h - 23.12h - 0.00h - 0.48h
Line 18 Praça - Marginal - Foz - Castelo do Queijo: 6.12h - 30' - 20.12h - 21.12h - 22.00h - 22.48h - 23.36h - 0.24h
Line 2/ Castelo do Queijo - Carvalhosa - Carmo: 5.30h - 6.31h - 30' - 19.31h
Castelo do Queijo - Palácio - Praça: 20.01h - 20.31h - 20.59h - 21.47h - 22.35h - 23.23h - 0.11h - 1.03h
Line 18// Castelo do Queijo - Palácio - Carmo: 5.46h - 30' - 19.46h
Castelo do Queijo - Palácio - Praça: 20.16h - 20.31h - 21.19h - 22.07h - 22.55h - 23.43h - 0.31h - 0.58h
Line 2/ Carmo - Boavista - Castelo do Queijo: 6.27h - 30' - 19.57h
Praça  - Boavista - Castelo do Queijo: 20.36h - 21.00h - 21.48h - 22.36h - 23.24h - 0.12h - 1.00h
Line 18// Carmo - Boavista - Castelo do Queijo: 6.12h - 30' - 20.12h9
Praça  - Boavista - Castelo do Queijo: 20.42h - 21.24h - 22.12h - 23.00h - 23.48h - 0.36h
Line 2 Castelo do Queijo - Foz - Marginal - Praça: 6.23h - 30' - 20.23h - 21.03h - 21.27h - 22.15h - 23.03h - 23.51h - 0.39h
Line 18 Castelo do Queijo - Foz - Marginal - Praça: 6.08h - 30' - 21.08h - 21.51h - 22.39h - 23.27h - 0.15h - 1.03h

The data below are valid for about 1970-1975.

Maximium number of tramcars in service: 11
Times of march out & march into Boavista depot:

1º 6.53h to 1.25h
2º 5.58h to 1.40h
3º 5.32h to 1.30h
4º 6.37h to 2.31h
5º 6.32h to 21.39h
6º 6.18h to 21.53h
7º 5.59h to 21.44h
8º 7.02h to 9.17h, 11.50h to 15.48h and 17.32h to 19.49h
9º 7.19h to 9.35h, 12.07h to 14.23h and 17.50h to 20.07h
10º 6.55h to 8.43h, 12.25h to 14.50h and 18.08h to 20.25h
11º 7.03h to 9.03h and 17.51h to 20.43h

Rolling stock

Unidirectional trams series 350-373, 400-404 and 500 together with all other types except for the bogie trams.

Allocation January 1935

8 cars with seating for 28 and 5 cars with seating for 23.

Revenue

In 1958 these lines took part of 5.6% of the revenue of the tram system.

Line 2 closed 24 July 1978

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