Carris news in Portugal

Left Bloc calls for an inquiry and an urgent meeting at Lisbon City Council following a tram derailment

On Monday, November 9, the Left Bloc submitted a request to the Lisbon City Council regarding the derailment of a number 28E tram, which occurred on Sunday afternoon on Rua Angelina Vidal. There were no injuries reported by security forces, although the tram blocked the public road. The party highlights that the 28E route is the busiest in the CARRIS network and notes this is the second tram derailment in less than three months. The Left Bloc is demanding an extraordinary city council meeting with the CARRIS Board of Directors and an independent technical inquiry, raising concerns about fleet safety following a tragic accident involving the Glória funicular in September 2025.

Carris passengers have already exceeded 100 million this year

In the first nine months of the year, Carris transported 3.5 million more people compared to 2023, exceeding 100 million passengers. So far, October maintains an upward trend.

Family torn apart by funicular tragedy demands formal apology from Carris

What has changed at Carris since the accident at the Glória Funicular?

The public transport company has been following the recommendations of the GPIAAF, but is awaiting the final report to decide what to do with the remaining funiculars in Lisbon.

Glória Funicular: to hell with the victims, on with the propaganda

Moedas has declared war on insecurity, but security also means being able to board public transport without fear of dying due to negligence. If they want to talk about perceptions, nothing has caused as much damage to the city. A year later, compensation agreements have only been reached with four families, Carris has not opened a single disciplinary proceeding, and the final report has been postponed until 2027. Yet there were photo ops, an architect, and a press conference about the future. When it depends on others, Moedas promises war. When it depends on him, it is just propaganda.

Luís Neves' arrogance gets him nowhere

Carris (which is going to completely change the Glória Funicular), the President of the Republic (who is pretending), and Luís Neves (who showed arrogance) are the Good, the Bad, and the Villain.

Glória Funicular: Carris has not opened any disciplinary proceedings

The Lisbon municipal company admits it may still do so. However, if disciplinary infractions are found that are not also crimes, there is a risk they may already be time-barred.

Glória Funicular: Union still awaiting answers

The union reports a wait of nearly a year for responses from the city council and Carris, which have yet to arrive, and identifies the 'outsourcing of maintenance' as the cause of the 'tragedy'.

Glória. Carris director and maintenance company named as formal suspects

The investigation points to the crime of violating safety regulations, aggravated by the resulting death. Filipe Fraga, Gustavo Pita Soares, and the maintenance company MNTC have been named as formal suspects.

There is a website about the Glória funicular and the others, but still no reopening dates

Carris says it has invested more than 1.3 million euros in the historic equipment since the accident. The page discloses all steps taken, including audits and procedural changes.

Carris terminates maintenance contracts with MNTC following Elevador da Glória accident

Carris has terminated all contracts with MNTC, the company responsible for the maintenance of the Elevador da Glória when the accident occurred on 3 September 2025, reports Observador. The company had been providing services to Carris since 2017. The contract with the previous maintenance service provider, MNTC – Serviços Técnicos de Engenharia, ...

Only the relatives of one of the 16 fatal victims of the Glória Funicular accident have taken legal action

Fidelidade, the insurer for the Carris funicular, has signed agreements with four families, with seven other cases currently under negotiation.

Gloria accident: compensation agreements reached with four of the 16 families of the deceased

Carris's insurance company has already covered 2.3 million euros in costs

There are new teams but external service is inevitable. Carris launches website about Lisbon's funiculars

Carris guarantees that there have been organisational changes to the Lisbon tram teams, highlighting a new 'funicular and elevator unit'. Even so, external maintenance must be maintained, it states on a webpage it created regarding the stopped funiculars. Almost a year after the Glória funicular derailment, the intention to inaugurate a memorial to honour the victims next month remains in place.

GPIAAF formalised safety recommendations accepted by Carris and IMT

The Office for the Investigation of Aircraft and Railway Accidents issued four safety recommendations to Carris and two to the Institute for Mobility and Transport (IMT), following the Glória funicular accident in Lisbon, all of which have been addressed.

Glória Funicular: three compensation claims concluded, Carris reports

The municipal company highlights the lack of death certificates. Fidelidade reveals that, of the 40 registered victims, there are cases in three different stages of settlement.

Lisbon City Council replaces Carris administrator who complains of marginalisation

The vote was secret, but party sources told Lusa that it was approved with the favourable votes of 10 of the 17 councillors, four votes against and three abstentions.

Dismissed board member reports alleged irregularities in Carris management

The proposed dismissal of Carris non-executive board member Teresa do Passo has sparked a conflict within the municipal transport company. In a communication sent to Lisbon City Council, the administrator accuses the Chairman of the Board, Rui Lopo, and Vice-Chairman, Francisco Pinto Machado, of practices that hindered her duties and compromised the board's operations. The document follows a dismissal proposal by Deputy Mayor Gonçalo Reis. Teresa do Passo claims she was systematically denied access to relevant management information, excluded from institutional initiatives, and that board meeting minutes were not properly approved or recorded. The dismissal proposal is set to be discussed by the city executive this Wednesday.

Carris wants to upgrade Glória and Lavra funiculars to a current, certified system

The information was released this Friday by Livre/Lisboa.

Carris sees 7.2% growth in passenger numbers

March was the best month, with 18.6 million passengers and a growth of 15.4%. May 20th was the busiest day ever, with 785,000 trips.

Glória Funicular: Carris is working to come out on top

Rui Lopo, who took over the presidency of the Board of Directors of the transport company Carris after the previous board resigned, reiterates full cooperation with the authorities.

We are working to come out on top: Carris President reacts to Glória funicular case

The statements come after searches by the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Judiciary Police at the offices of the transport company and the firm responsible for the funicular's maintenance.

"I have no knowledge of who the targets are": Carlos Moedas reacts to searches at Carris

The Mayor of Lisbon congratulated the Public Prosecutor's Office for “taking action,” stating that “it is necessary and very important.”

"I have no knowledge of who the targets are": Carlos Moedas reacts to searches at Carris

The Mayor of Lisbon congratulated the Public Prosecutor's Office for “taking action,” stating that “it is necessary and very important.”

11am Carris confirms searches at the company's headquarters

Carris has confirmed that authorities are conducting searches at its main offices.

What Glória demands of us

There are moments when politics must know how to speak, but there are also moments when it must know how to restrain itself. The accident at the Glória Funicular is one such case. The tragedy that struck Lisbon on September 3, 2025, left deep marks on the city, the victims' families, workers, public transport users, and all who recognise these historic funiculars as part of Lisbon's identity. Faced with a tragedy of this scale, a politician's primary duty is not to seek advantage or media attention, but to respect the victims and ensure the truth is rigorously established. Therefore, creating an ad-hoc committee in the Municipal Assembly, as proposed by the PS, is not the right path. It is not about less scrutiny, but better scrutiny. Investigations by the GPIAAF, Carris, and technical entities are already underway. The Assembly should monitor this work rather than replace it, avoiding the risk of turning the victims' pain into a political battleground. Once the final reports are available, the Assembly should conduct a thorough analysis. There is a fundamental difference between scrutiny and exploitation, and Lisbon deserves better than political posturing.