(17/05/2021) 


The contract, which also includes tram maintenance servicing for a period of five years, amounts to an excess of €43 million. The new vehicles will operate on Carreira 15 (line 15), which runs parallel to the mouth of the River Tajo, connecting the main tourist monument areas in the Portuguese capital, such as Commerce Square, Belém and the Jerónimos Monastery, as well as the city’s main stations of the various means of transport such as metro, railway and ferries.

The proposed Urbos tram for Lisbon is a one-way, 5-module articulated unit, designed to run at a maximum speed of 70 km/h. It spans a total length of 28.5 metres and will be equipped with one driver cab and low floor. These new units are prepared for future retrofit of on-board energy storage solutions similar to those already fitted on units supplied by CAF to other cities such as Birmingham, Luxembourg, Kaohsiung or Seville. This technology allows for catenary-free tram operation and improves energy efficiency.