Carris Metropolitana has a government contract for a new bus fleet and a new passenger road transport service in the Lisbon metropolitan area (AML) of over 1.2 billion euros. promotes “Dinheiro Vivo” based on official government data on the core portal.…
The project, which involves 18 AML municipalities, was signed at the end of March this year and is divided into four areas of intervention. For this project, it is planned to purchase 600 modern and less environmentally friendly buses.
According to the publication, the largest lot in the contract was won by Viação Alvorada, the new company created for this public contract, resulting in the merger of Vimeca and Scotturb. 397.2 million euros will be allocated to this company for seven years, which will explore the northwest of Lisbon, namely the municipalities of Amador, Oeiras, Sintra and links with Lisbon and Cascais. 35 new routes will be created in addition to 98 existing routes, a total of 133 routes.
Rodoviária de Lisboa, serving the Western Region, has donated 365 million euros, and Transportes Sul do Tejo (TST) will receive 260 million euros. The fourth and final batch was signed by Nex Continental Holdings – Transportes Luísa Todi and Transvia – worth 185 million euros to strengthen services in the Setubal Peninsula.
Buses to Lisbon, which are celebrated in March 2021, account for almost 20% of the total ordered in the first half of the year.
