Line 6

Monte dos Burgos

Route

Length: 4.7 km; Time of a single journey (1934): 24 minutes

Praça da Liberdade - Carmo - Rua Rosario (opposite direction Cedofeita) - Carvalhosa - Monte dos Burgos

Starting 1960 this line was linked with lines 15 & 15E until the closure of the latter in 1967

Time-table 1914:

Praça - Monte dos Burgos: 6.40h - 30' - 23.40h
Monte dos Burgos - Praça: 6.40h - 30' - 23.40h

Time-table 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

• 4 motorcars

Time-table 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

Time-table 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

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

The data below are valid for about 1970-1975.

Maximium number of tramcars in service: 7
Times of march out & march into Boavista depot:

1º 7.03h to 1.41h
2º 6.00h to 22.33h
3º 6.50h to 3.20h
4º 5.40h to 22.06h
5º 6.55h to 21.28h
6º 6.30h to 9.17h, 12.03h to 15.12h and 18.05 to 20.10h
7º 6.35h to 9.40h, 11.49h to 14.34h and 17.50h to 20.30h

Rolling stock

All bi-directional types except for the bogie cars

Allocation January 1935

1 car with seating for 32 and 3 cars with seating for 28

Revenue

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

Line 6 closed 11 October 1976; line 6/ (Praça - Carvalhido) closed 9 May 1977

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