| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braga | Mule | 1877-05-20 | 1914 | ||
| Steam | 1882-03-25 | 1914 | |||
| Electric | 1914-10-19 | 1963-05-20 | |||
| Coimbra | Mule | 1874-09-17
1904-01-01 |
1883
1910 |
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| Electric | 1911-01-01 | 1980-02-09 | Reintroduction planned (LRT). | ||
| Figueira da Foz | Mule | 1876-08 (goods 1875-12) | 1930 | ||
| Steam | 1883 | 1926 | |||
| Lisboa | Mule | 1873-11-17 | 1902-08-10 | ||
| Steam | 1889 | 1892 | |||
| Cable | 1890-08-14 | 1913-07-03 | |||
| Electric | 1901-08-31 | ||||
| ♦ Sintra | Electric | 1904-03-31 | Operates only during summer season (from 1953). Operation suspended 15 Sep 1974 - 15 May 1980. | ||
| Porto | Mule | 1872-03-19 | 1903 | ||
| Steam | 1878 | 1914-11-09 | |||
| Electric | 1895-09-12 | First electric tramway on Iberian Peninsula. Remaining system operated as a heritage tramway (see Trams in Porto). Light rail system (named Metro do Porto, but is LRT) opened its first segment 7 Dec 2002 (see Porto Metro). |
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| Povoa de Varzim - Vila do Conde | Mule | 1874-10-15 | 1934-10 | In the final years: steam |
Note for Sintra: King and Price (1995, page 63) state that the reasons for the 1974-1980 suspension of operation are not clear, but mention financial difficulties, management changes, labor unrest, and the political turmoil which followed the Revolução dos Cravos of 25 Apr 1974.
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