List of town tramway systems in Portugal

This is a list of town tramway systems in Portugal. It includes all tram systems in Portugal, past and present; cities with currently operating systems, and those systems themselves, are indicated in bold and blue background colored rows. The use of the diamond (♦) symbol indicates where there were (or are) two or more independent tram systems operating concurrently within a single metropolitan area. Those tram systems that operated on other than standard gauge track (where known) are indicated in the 'Notes' column.

Location	Relevant Wikipedia Article	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Braga		Mule	20 May 1877	1914
		Steam	25 Mar 1882	1914
		Electric	19 Oct 1914	20 May 1963
Coimbra		Mule	17 Sep 1874 1 Jan 1904	1883 1910	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
		Electric	1 Jan 1911	9 Feb 1980	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Reintroduction planned (LRT)
Figueira da Foz		Mule	Aug 1876	1930	(goods from Dec 1875)
		Steam	1883	1926
↘ Lisbon
♦ Lisbon	Trams in Lisbon	Mule	17 Nov 1873	10 Aug 1902
		Steam	1889	1892
		Cable	14 Aug 1890	3 Jul 1913	Gauge: 900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in)
		Electric	31 Aug 1901		Gauge: 900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in)
♦ Almada – Seixal	Metro Transportes do Sul	Electric	30 Apr 2007		Light rail.
♦ Sintra	Trams in Sintra	Electric	31 Mar 1904		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in). Operation suspended 15 Sep 1974 – 15 May 1980; now mainly a tourist service, operates five days a week and with a reduced winter timetable. King and Price (1995), page 63, state that the reasons for the 1974–1980 suspension are not clear, but mention financial difficulties, management changes, labor unrest, and the political turmoil which followed the Carnation Revolution of 25 Apr 1974.
↘ Porto
♦ Porto	Trams in Porto	Mule	19 Mar 1872	1903
		Steam	1878	9 Nov 1914
		Electric	12 Sep 1895		First electric tramway on Iberian Peninsula. Tram system reached its maximum in 1949, but the tramway continually shrank through the 1990s; remaining system operated as a heritage tramway.
♦ Metro do Porto	Porto Metro	Electric	7 Dec 2002		Light rail.
Povoa de Varzim - Vila do Conde		Mule/Steam	15 Oct 1874	Oct 1934	Steam powered during later years.

See also

• Trams in Portugal
• List of town tramway systems in Europe
• List of tram and light rail transit systems
• List of metro systems

References

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