Carris

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Carris
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Carris tram and bus in Lisbon
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.[1] A total of 234.4 million passenger boardings were recorded in 2008.[2]

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.[2]

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