(Portugal )OPORTO

Images kindly supplied by Metro do Porto. (Thanks)
Aeroporto stop	Casa da Musica stop	Combatentes stop
Jardim de Morro stop	Eurotram car	Ponte Luiz section (1)
Ponte Luiz section (2) Trinidade stop Flexity Swift cars

Oporto
In the years '90s Oporto local authority decided to reduce the heavy traffic congestion by the introduction of a new public transport network, based on an underground section through the city center (7 km, with an important interchange point at Sao Bento railway station) and on other ground level segments (63 km) obtained by the conversion of some tracks of elder metric gauge local railways.
The first section opened in 2002 (Blue Line, along city center-Matosinhos-coast route), while the many extensions followed in the next years (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011), with some other expected in middle-long term.
Metro do Porto (official site)

CHRONOLOGY
07-12-2002	Senhor de Matosinhos-Trindade
06-06-2004	Trinidade-Estadio do Dragao
13-03-2005	Senhora da Hora-Pedras Rubras
30-07-2005	Fonte do Cuco-Forum Maia
17-09-2005	Polo Universitario-Camara de Gaia
10-12-2005	Camara de Gaia-Joao de Deus
18-03-2006	Pedras Rubras-Povoa de Varzim
31-03-2006	Polo Universitario-Hospital Sao Joao
31-03-2006	Forum Maia-ISMAI
27-05-2006	Verdes-Aeroporto
27-05-2008	Joao de Deus-D. Joao II
02-01-2011	Estadio do Dragao-Fanzeres

Country	Portugal
Line	Metro do Porto
Inhabitants	City 220.000, District 1.700.000
Date opening	2002
Future development:	possible extensions: Casa da Musica-Matosinhos Sul
Length (km)	70
Track sections	mostly ground level in reserved lanes, 7 km underground (Fonto de cuco-Trinidade-Campanha)
Stops	~70 average distance m 1000
Platforms	--
Platform doors	--
General characteristics	--
n. of vehicles	Eurotram: 72; Flexity Swift: 30
n. of cars per vehicle	Eurotram: 7; Flexity Swift: 3
Type	steel wheels bi-directional
Vehicle dimensions (m)	Eurotram: length 35, width 2.65; Flexity Swift: length 37, width 2.65
Vehicle capacity (pax)	Eurotram: 211 (80 seated); Flexity Swift: 248 (100 seated)
Frequency	3'/5'
Current/Voltage	750 V DC overhead
Type of guide/gauge	standard gauge rails (1435 mm)
Speed Km/h	Comm. 27, Max 80 (Eurotram)-100 (Flexity Swift)
Accel./Decel. (m/sec2)	1.1/1.2
System capacity	9.000 pphpd
Ridership	51.5 millions pax/year
Total cost	20 M Euro/km
Staff	--
System builder	BOMBARDIER
Model	Eurotram, Flexity Swift
NOTE	full low floor rolling stock; 50 km over 70 km derive from elder metric gauge local railways