FUTURE MEMORY | TRANSPORTATION

Coach operated by Autocares Javier seen at Praça Marquês de Pombal, Lisboa, in May 2012. This coach is an Irizar i6 registered in 2012. It has an overall length of 40 ft and uses the Volvo B13R chassis with the Volvo D13C engine. Established in 1968 and based in El Burgo de Ebro , Autocares Javier, operates regular specialized services and occasional services. Here, we see this Irizar i6 on an occasional service, heading downtown Lisboa. Note, at the front, just above the Irizar emblem, the endearing dedication to " Lucia y Javier" . The Irizar i6 is a versatile coach and we can see it both in tourist services and in regular services. Introduced in 2010, it succeeds the Irizar Century and PB models, although the latter, given its success with operators, will continue in production until 2015. The Irizar i6, combined with different chassis, is available in lengths from 35.4 ft to 49.1 ft. Irizar also proposes the i6 Integral with self-supporting body, equipped with the PAC...

Coach operated by Autobuses Hnos. Arriaga seen at Gare do Oriente, Lisboa, in August 2016. This coach with fleet number 255 is a Van Hool T918 Altano registered in 2010. It has an overall length of 46.1 ft and can accommodate 65 passengers (65+1+1). Based in Vitoria-Gasteiz , Autobuses Hermanos Arriaga, operates regular services, regular specialized services, and occasional services. Regular services include international connections in partnership with Eurolines. Here, we see this Van Hool T918 Altano on a splendid summer day, about to leave Lisboa with the regular international service to Paris. As a note of interest, the Van Hool T918 Altano designation denotes a touring coach ( T , T ouringcar ) of the 9-series ( 9 ), with a maximum of eighteen rows of seats ( 18 ). The name Altano is inspired on the Latin word altus , meaning high , and highlights one of the features of this coach, the generous height of its luggage compartment. The Van Hool T918 Altano is proposed with two e...

Coach operated by Autobuses Hnos. Arriaga seen at Gare do Oriente, Lisboa, in September 2019. This coach with fleet number 377 is a Setra S 417 GT-HD registered in 2006. It has an overall length of 46.1 ft and can accommodate 57 passengers (57+1+1). It features integral construction and uses the 315 kW (428 hp) Mercedes-Benz OM 457 LA engine. Based in Vitoria-Gasteiz , Autobuses Hermanos Arriaga operates regular services, regular specialized services, and occasional services. Regular services include international connections in partnership with Eurolines. Here, we see this Setra S 417 GT-HD in the regular international service Lisboa–Paris. The acronym Setra derives from " Selbsttragende " in reference to the self-supporting body, or " Selbsttragende Karosserie ", a concept applied by Otto Kässbohrer in bus manufacture. The first Setra, the S 8, presented in 1951, combines the self-supported body, comprising a tubular frame covered with sheet metal, with a dies...

Coach operated by TST seen at Gare do Oriente, Lisboa, in May 2019. This coach with fleet number 440 is a Setra S 319 UL first registered in 2000. It has an overall length of 49 ft and can accommodate 71 seated passengers and 30 standees (71+30+1). Fainsa seats. It features integral construction and uses the Mercedes-Benz OM 457 hLA engine. This coach exhibits the Setra S 315 GT sloping windshield. This variant is sometimes described as Setra S 319 UL-GT. GT is the abbreviation for Grand Tourisme . Based in  Laranjeiro , TST, short for  Transportes Sul do Tejo   ¹ , operates until mid-2022 regular services in the municipalities of Alcochete, Almada, Barreiro, Moita, Montijo, Palmela, Seixal, Sesimbra and Setúbal, as well as their respective connections to Lisboa. It also provides regular specialized services and occasional services. From July 2022  ² , Transportes Sul do Tejo gives way to Carris Metropolitana/Transportes Sul do Tejo, which serves the municipaliti...

Tour boat operated by DouroAzul seen on the Tejo River moored to its temporary pier next to Cais do Sodré, Lisboa, in June 2014. This tour boat, named Trafaria Praia and registered LX-3175-TL, is completed by the Hanseatische Werft in 1960, yard number 12. Steel hull and superstructure. It has an overall length of 92.4 ft and can accommodate around 100 passengers. It uses a Deutz RV 6 M 536 main engine  ¹  and a fixed pitch propeller, reaching a top speed of around 10 knots. This tour boat is originally a Typ IIIc ferry operated by HADAG, the Pöseldorf . Delivered in 1960, it is used in Germany for services in the Hamburger Hafen (Port of Hamburg). After arriving in Portugal in 1996, it is renamed Trafaria Praia  and used in the Belém–Porto Brandão–Trafaria regular service. An identical ferry, the Sülldorf , delivered by the Scheel & Jöhnk Schiffswerft to HADAG in 1959 is also acquired, renamed S. Paulus and used in tourist services. Both are added to the Class...