FUTURE MEMORY | TRANSPORTATION

Double-deck sightseeing bus operated by BlueBus seen on Avenida Ribeira das Naus, Lisboa, in October 2016. This double-deck sightseeing bus is an Irmãos Mota Atomic 9 Cabrio registered in 2015. It has an overall length of 39.4 ft and can accommodate 64 seated passengers, 10 standees and 1 passenger with reduced mobility (64+10+1PRM+1). Fainsa seats. It uses a Volvo B8R LE chassis with the Volvo D8K engine. Based in Porto , BlueBus, originally part of the DouroAzul group, operates regular specialized services and occasional services. Normally associated with sightseeing services in Porto, for a while, and in parallel with the presence of the Trafaria Praia tour boat on the Tejo River, the distinctive blue buses could be seen in Lisboa offering a regular hop-on/hop-off service along the riverside, between Santa Apolónia and Belém. Here, we see this Irmãos Mota Atomic 9 Cabrio heading to Santa Apolónia on a misty autumn morning. In 2018, BlueBus is acquired by the Barraqueiro group and ...

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...