Ian Fuller2006
Articulado
Lisbon's tram network, in its rather reduced form, consisted of five routes. The 12, an incredibly steep one-way loop from Praca Martim Moniz up to Sao Tome then back down again by a different route, the 15 route linking Lisbon city centre with Belem and Alges along the river to the west, the 18, which shared much of its length with the 15 before branching off and heading uphill to Ajuda, and the 25 and 28 routes which climbed some of the most fearsome gradients in this hilly city. The 28 was particularly noteworthy for some of the tight streets which it traversed, with interlaced track and buildings within touching distance of the cars. Stiff gradients and tight corners were features of all but the 15, which was the main reason why rebuilt traditional four-wheelers were the order of the day. However the 15, which was relatively flat and straight, had as part of the modernisation of the system acquired ten modern low-floor articulated cars, designed by Siemens-Duwag and built either in Spain or Portugal.
On the 15, the artics rubbed shoulders rather incongruously with the Remodelados, which used their pantographs on this route but their trolley poles on the hilly routes. The artics, which only frequented the 15, only had pantographs. Here 510, decked out in a vinyl advert for Vodafone, pauses at Comercio on its way west. As these trams are single ended, they only have doors on one side.
Articulado
Lisbon's tram network, in its rather reduced form, consisted of five routes. The 12, an incredibly steep one-way loop from Praca Martim Moniz up to Sao Tome then back down again by a different route, the 15 route linking Lisbon city centre with Belem and Alges along the river to the west, the 18, which shared much of its length with the 15 before branching off and heading uphill to Ajuda, and the 25 and 28 routes which climbed some of the most fearsome gradients in this hilly city. The 28 was particularly noteworthy for some of the tight streets which it traversed, with interlaced track and buildings within touching distance of the cars. Stiff gradients and tight corners were features of all but the 15, which was the main reason why rebuilt traditional four-wheelers were the order of the day. However the 15, which was relatively flat and straight, had as part of the modernisation of the system acquired ten modern low-floor articulated cars, designed by Siemens-Duwag and built either in Spain or Portugal.
On the 15, the artics rubbed shoulders rather incongruously with the Remodelados, which used their pantographs on this route but their trolley poles on the hilly routes. The artics, which only frequented the 15, only had pantographs. Here 510, decked out in a vinyl advert for Vodafone, pauses at Comercio on its way west. As these trams are single ended, they only have doors on one side.