Ian Fuller2006
Route 15
Route 15 is flat, mostly following the line of the Tagus river on its way out to Belem and Alges. Quite a bit of it is on reserved track (or at least is shared only with buses). Ten modern articulated cars provide the core service, but traditional cars help out at peak times. Here, 561, hotly pursued by another of the same type, loads on its way towards Alges. On this route, the remodelados used their pantographs rather than their trolley poles, presumably as this was more conducive to the higher average speeds possible when compared with the twisty, hilly routes found elsewhere.
Prior to the modernisation programme, many of Lisbon's cars had carried overall adverts. Since the rebuilding programme, most of the remodelados had returned to yellow fleet livery although several carried dedicated advertising for Coca Cola like this one. A number of the articulated cars carried overall vinyl adverts for a variety of clients.
Route 15
Route 15 is flat, mostly following the line of the Tagus river on its way out to Belem and Alges. Quite a bit of it is on reserved track (or at least is shared only with buses). Ten modern articulated cars provide the core service, but traditional cars help out at peak times. Here, 561, hotly pursued by another of the same type, loads on its way towards Alges. On this route, the remodelados used their pantographs rather than their trolley poles, presumably as this was more conducive to the higher average speeds possible when compared with the twisty, hilly routes found elsewhere.
Prior to the modernisation programme, many of Lisbon's cars had carried overall adverts. Since the rebuilding programme, most of the remodelados had returned to yellow fleet livery although several carried dedicated advertising for Coca Cola like this one. A number of the articulated cars carried overall vinyl adverts for a variety of clients.