Latest news and stories about public transport in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal for expats and residents.
The Vila Nova de Gaia City Council has declined to join opposition councillors in a collective effort to lobby the Portuguese Environment Agency regarding the reduction of demolitions and the placement of a high-speed rail station.
The Mota‑Engil‑led consortium plans to submit a revised environmental project to the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) for the two Porto–Lisbon high‑speed (TGV) subsections in Gaia that the APA deemed non‑compliant on 20 December. The new submission is expected by the end of Q1; it must address the APA’s compliance concerns — likely shortcomings in environmental impact assessment, mitigation measures or route design — for the scheme to progress. Approval timing will be decisive for the project’s schedule and costs: if the APA accepts the revisions, the programme can move on to later permitting and procurement stages; further objections or additional information requests would delay construction and raise political and commercial risks for the consortium.
The plan aims to promote 'more sustainable mobility'. It seeks to contribute to the 'humanisation' of the city's territory, as an obligation arising from the Climate Framework Law.
The local authority had announced it expected to transport up to 15,000 per hour, but has now reduced that expectation, acknowledging the “error”.
The Mayor of Gaia congratulates the Mayor of Porto for the free transport measure for its residents. Menezes states that these measures provide quality of life to the residents.
The PSD/CDS-PP/IL executive in Gaia rejected a new expansion of the 'Gaia Amiga' card to seniors earning up to 1,000 euros, promising to re-evaluate the decision in September.
According to the vice-president of the municipality, Firmino Pereira, revealed this Thursday, Metro do Porto has committed to reopening Rua António Rodrigues da Rocha, in Santo Ovídio, by September, and to conclude the intervention in the area surrounding the Edgar Cardoso roundabout by May 2027.
Socialists criticise the inertia of the Gaia executive regarding the Unir network and the missed deadline for presenting mobility solutions, which had been promised for the end of 2025.
Environmentalists advocate for the Gaia station in Santo Ovídio.
The cable car is designed to transport 15,000 people per hour, more people than the Paris cable car transports in an entire day. Socialists say they do not believe the announcement made by Menezes.
Luís Filipe Menezes guarantees that the project will require “zero” investment from the local authority, as it is a design, build, and operate model.
Luís Filipe Menezes announced the intention to expand the Gaia Amiga card from the current 60,000 to 80,000 beneficiaries. The income threshold is expected to rise soon from 750 to 920 euros.
Gaia's new public cable car will connect Pedras Amarelas beach in Canidelo to the future Arrábida metro station, the mayor announced in a video posted on social media. The route will include stops at Pedras Amarelas beach, Lavadores beach, Douro Marina, Segundo Cais da Afurada, Jardins da Arrábida, and Arrábida. The project will be integrated into the Andante intermodal transport system, with the public tender expected by August. Mayor Luís Filipe Menezes noted that the project aims to serve approximately 40,000 people, providing a connection to the metro in under 10 minutes. A second cable car project for the interior of the municipality is also planned for the future.
Francisco Bastos only set up the Arcádia pastry factory in São Caetano, Gaia, after receiving a guarantee from Infraestruturas de Portugal (IP) that the Porto–Lisbon high-speed rail line would not affect the facility, which supplies nearly fifty stores across the country. Today, he manages the business in a state of alarm due to the imminent threat of...
Luís Filipe Menezes maintains his opposition to more kilometres of open-air rail lines and the relocation of the station to Santo Ovídio. The PS says the mayor is contradicting what he promised during the campaign.
The Association of Companies of the São Caetano Industrial Zone praised the decision to restore the high-speed station in Santo Ovídio, but warns that the problems affecting the business area “are far from being resolved”. In a statement released regarding the public consultation of the Environmental Compliance Report for the Execution Project...
The new Environmental Compliance Report for the Execution Project continues to foresee the impact on several companies and industrial warehouses.
The revised project for the high-speed rail line raises the underground station in Gaia by 6 metres, reduces the tunnel length, resulting in more surface impact, and returns to a single gantry-style bridge instead of an arch design.
The Gaia station in Santo Ovídio and the road-rail bridge had been planned since September 2022, when the high-speed line project was presented.
The consortium led by Mota-Engil submitted a new project in May for the sub-sections of the Porto-Lisbon high-speed line that were rejected by the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA), ECO has learned. Construction on the Porto-Oiã section is expected to begin in the final quarter. The new Environmental Compliance Report of the Execution Project (RECAPE) respects the solution...
This pass is aimed at retirees or pensioners residing in the municipality aged over 65 and at beneficiaries of the Solidarity Supplement for the Elderly (CSI) who are also 65 or older.
Traffic on the A1 is flowing only via the hard shoulder, causing long queues for those trying to leave the city of Porto.
Elections held on April 25 and 26 for the Local Coordination Group (GCL) of the newly created Vila Nova de Gaia Municipal Nucleus of Livre had a single candidate list.
A car accident is causing disruptions to the Porto Metro yellow line service near the General Torres station in Gaia.
A light vehicle improperly crossed the metro tracks.
A light vehicle improperly crossed the metro tracks
In Gaia, a tender for the provision of electric scooters was cancelled, citing safety reasons. The Estrada Viva Association contests this.
The removal of the bollards that delimited a cycle lane in the city was completed this week. The Vice-President of Gaia City Council announced a possible end to the use of e-scooters.
The removal of the bollards that delimited the cycle lane was completed this week, at which time the city council also announced the end of a tender for the provision of e-scooters to the public.
Miguel Pinto Luz was heard by the Infrastructure, Mobility and Housing committee following a request from the PS regarding the change in location of the Vila Nova de Gaia station.
