Hello all ;
Tourism is provocating some 'miracle' here in Lisbon. And in this case the miracle is the reopening of a dormant trolley line that has been out of use for almost 20 years. In this case only a sort section having a little more than a mile long was opened, but there are already some plans to extend the service further, at least to other parts of the city, sort of creating a new network (next year it is expected that this new line will reach Carmo, but a connecting track will have to be built, besides other minor modifications, at an expected cost of 360.000 €). And this reopening was possible in a quick manner due because all track and contact wire has been in place since the line lost its regular sevice. It's a tourist line, with tickets costing €6.00 for adults and € 3.00 for chilren, and these allow hop on-hop off type ridings, besides being valid for the whole time of operation of the line. Also the cars used in the line are worthy of note ; vintage trolleys dating from the late 1930s. Just to show you how it was the official inaugural run I'll add a link to one of our online newspapers with an accelerated video showing it. Hope you enjoy it. Here it is ; http://observador.pt/2015/05/29/e-o-24-que-esta-a-passar-nao-e-um-eletrico-de-cortica-so-para-turistas/
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