Wall art - 3; SIGA - Rodoeste, Rua Dr. Pestana Júnior, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
The future of travel perhaps. The lettering "Pico Ruivo" is the highest peak on Madeira Island and the third highest in Portugal, standing at 1,861 metres in the Santana municipality. Accessible only by foot, it can be reached from either Pico do Areeiro or via a shorter, easier trail from Achada do Teixeira. This 'spaceship' has also been given a traditional Portuguese registration number! Just visible in the depot is 07-66-MD, a dual-doored UTIC Fabor bodied Scania K113 LB. New in 1999, it has since been withdrawn. I'm unsure if it has sadly been possibly scrapped.
Rodoeste had a penchant for keeping Volvo B10Ms running until mid-2024 when all bus service companies on the beautiful island of Madeira came under the control of SIGA which resulted in a 106 Iveco Crossway urban buses arriving across two companies in 06/2024. The new public transport administration, SIGA, is an umbrella organization consolidating regional bus services, operated by CAM, SIGA Rodoeste, and Horários do Funchal, with unified fare management. I wish I had visited these premises the previous year but being my first time in Madeira then, I opted to take the cable car up to Monte and looked down on here. I really should have taken a walk up the hill when I had come back down as I did have time, although some of the vehicles were behind the closed doors of the depot that particular day. Many UK enthusiasts will know that there are two former Rodoeste B10Ms in preservation in England.
These and the following murals are by Marcos Milewski, who is a master of Portuguese surrealism on Madeira island.
This photo was taken on 13/11/2024. © Peter Steel 2024.
Wall art - 3; SIGA - Rodoeste, Rua Dr. Pestana Júnior, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
The future of travel perhaps. The lettering "Pico Ruivo" is the highest peak on Madeira Island and the third highest in Portugal, standing at 1,861 metres in the Santana municipality. Accessible only by foot, it can be reached from either Pico do Areeiro or via a shorter, easier trail from Achada do Teixeira. This 'spaceship' has also been given a traditional Portuguese registration number! Just visible in the depot is 07-66-MD, a dual-doored UTIC Fabor bodied Scania K113 LB. New in 1999, it has since been withdrawn. I'm unsure if it has sadly been possibly scrapped.
Rodoeste had a penchant for keeping Volvo B10Ms running until mid-2024 when all bus service companies on the beautiful island of Madeira came under the control of SIGA which resulted in a 106 Iveco Crossway urban buses arriving across two companies in 06/2024. The new public transport administration, SIGA, is an umbrella organization consolidating regional bus services, operated by CAM, SIGA Rodoeste, and Horários do Funchal, with unified fare management. I wish I had visited these premises the previous year but being my first time in Madeira then, I opted to take the cable car up to Monte and looked down on here. I really should have taken a walk up the hill when I had come back down as I did have time, although some of the vehicles were behind the closed doors of the depot that particular day. Many UK enthusiasts will know that there are two former Rodoeste B10Ms in preservation in England.
These and the following murals are by Marcos Milewski, who is a master of Portuguese surrealism on Madeira island.
This photo was taken on 13/11/2024. © Peter Steel 2024.