Transport starts to work next Saturday and will have a trial period of one month, when it will be free. Official start is scheduled for April 1st.
This Tuesday morning, Porto’s metrobus opened its doors to the press for an inaugural trip. This new means of transport or next Saturday, with a one-month trial period that will be free.
After o The service will actually move forward on April 1st. For now, transport will do the route between Praça do Império and Casa da Música.
There will be five hydrogen-powered vehicleswhich connect the two points of the city in a journey of around 15 minutes with stops at seven surface stations.
Transport, which generated so much controversy during the construction phase, in management delays and which was criticized by Pedro Duarte, started without the presence of professional figuresa, whether from Porto City Council or Metro do Porto.
On this maiden voyage, the Operations explained to journalists how this transport will work. João Nuno Aleluia, director of exploration of Porto Metroclarified that, during this period, the The company will try to “fine tune the frequency and level of service depending on demand.”
“This period will be used to test and verify everything we are planning”, reported the manager.
After years of ‘starting off’ the metrobus is finally on the streets of Porto.
