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 ...

Double-deck sightseeing bus operated by Cityrama / Gray Line seen at Praça dos Restauradores, Lisboa, in July 2020. This double-deck sightseeing bus with fleet number 3102 is an Irmãos Mota Atomic 9 Cabrio registered in 2018. 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 Lisboa , Cityrama/Gray Line operates regular specialized services and occasional services. Here, we see this Irmãos Mota Atomic 9 Cabrio in a regular hop-on/hop-off service. In 2020, Cityrama/Gray Line operates four hop-on/hop-off sightseeing tours in Lisboa – Oriente Line (or Blue Line ), Belém Riverside (or Red Line ) and Cascais Line (or Orange Line ) with double-deck sightseeing buses, and the Castle Line (or Green Line ) discovering the historic city center with agile sightseeing minibuses. Tickets can include the hop-on/hop-off boat...