Carris

Carris

Carris tram and bus in Lisbon
Overview
Owner	Publicly owned
Locale	Lisbon, Portugal
Transit type	Bus, tram
Chief executive	José Manuel Silva Rodrigues
Headquarters	Linda-a-Velha, Portugal
Website	www.carris.pt
Operation
Began operation	18 September 1872
Train length	24,020 millimetres (946 in)
Technical
Track gauge	900 mm (2 ft 11 7⁄16 in)
Electrification	Overhead line DC
Top speed	70 km/h (43 mph)

Carris (Companhia Carris de Ferro de Lisboa) (Lisbon Tramways Company) is a public transportation company in Lisbon, Portugal. Carris operates Lisbon's buses, trams, and funiculars. It does not operate the Lisbon Metro. Carris was founded September 18, 1872. A total of 234.4 million passenger boardings were recorded in 2008.

As of December 31, 2009, Carris employed 2761 individuals, of whom 1714 were bus drivers and 152 drove trams. The company operated 752 buses, 57 trams, 3 funiculars (Elevador do Lavra, Elevador da Glória and Elevador da Bica), and an elevator (the Santa Justa lift). The last four were designed by the engineer Raoul Mesnier de Ponsard.

External links

• (Portuguese) Carris website
• Carris website (English version)
• (Portuguese) Personal website about history buses and trams of Carris