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Vehicle transport on the Trafaria-Belém ferry route in Lisbon will resume this Monday following the completion of repairs to the Lisbonense vessel, which had been out of service since early April.
Lisbon’s Marquês de Pombal metro station will undergo around four months of maintenance works aimed at improving user conditions and overall upkeep; authorities stress the station will remain open and train services will be uninterrupted. The intervention is presented as routine maintenance with minimal impact on commuters, with operations and timetables maintained throughout the works.
Most consider the day to be calmer than a typical weekday, pointing to the possibility of holidays and remote work as the main reasons. However, in transport, even minimum services are failing for those trying to get to work on time.
The Arbitration Court has determined minimum services for the CGTP strike at Carris. Bus routes serving hospitals and schools will operate at 100% capacity in the morning and afternoon, and at 50% during the remaining hours.
Extraordinary travel support only covers those placed at least 70 kilometres from home.
The works are expected to last around eight months.
After some suspense in recent weeks, the date was finally revealed: the Pink Line, which will link the existing Casa da Música and São Bento metro stations, will begin operating by March 2027, despite the project being completed in the final quarter of this year, the president of Metro do ... announced on Tuesday.
Passengers on trains linking the Alentejo and Lisbon say it is increasingly difficult to secure a journey to get to work.
The buses reportedly recorded their worst performance in terms of average speed. They are now running at 13.6 kilometres per hour. The company expects speeds to become even slower next year.
