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A yellow and black articulated electric Metrobus of Metro Mondego stops at the restored Lousã station building under a clear blue sky, with hills behind

Coimbra's Electric Metrobus Will Cost Up to 66.3 Million Euros as Its Depot Overruns by 3.8 Million

A Council of Ministers resolution raises Metro Mondego's spending ceiling by 4.8 million euros, saying last year's sums would not finish the Sobral de Ceira depot or pay for 40 electric buses and their chargers.

The Portugal Brief 03 Oct 2026

Porto's Metro Gets 421 Million Euros for New Lines to Gondomar and Trofa, With Works Running From 2027 to 2031

Porto's Metro Gets 421 Million Euros for New Lines to Gondomar and Trofa, With Works Running From 2027 to 2031

The Council of Ministers approved 237 million euros for a seven-kilometre line from the Estádio do Dragão to Souto and 184 million for a metro and metrobus link from Maia to Trofa. Coimbra's Mondego metrobus rises to 66 million euros and five more vehicles.

The Portugal Brief 24 Sep 2026

A wide view across Coimbra's hillside rooftops, rows of pale apartment blocks and older houses with orange tiled roofs stacked up the slope under a blue sky with scattered cloud.

SRAM Breaks Ground on a Third Coimbra Factory, Betting 57.5 Million Euros That Europe's Bike Parts Should Be Made in Portugal

The American components maker laid the first stone on Thursday. The AICEP contract signed in May carries 527 jobs, 16.9 million euros of state money and a mid-2028 opening. Coimbra's mayor says a parking rule nearly cost the city the plant.

The Portugal Brief 03 Sep 2026

An SMTUC bus and parked cars on Rua da Sofia in Coimbra's Baixa, under trolleybus wires, with the colonnaded Igreja de Santa Justa building on the right

Coimbra Redraws 26 Bus Lines for a Metrobus That Starts Serving Praça da República on 10 September

The city executive approved the package on Monday by six votes to five. Twenty-six SMTUC lines change route on 10 September, through-traffic is squeezed out of Rua da Sofia, and SMTUC expects about 14 percent of daily passengers to be affected.

The Portugal Brief 24 Aug 2026

The city of Coimbra rising above the Mondego river in central Portugal on a clear day

A Ransomware Attack on Coimbra's Metro Mondego May Have Copied Pass-Holders' ID, Address and Tax Data

Metro Mondego, the operator of Coimbra's electric metrobus, says a 6 July ransomware attack may have copied the data of personalised-pass holders — names, addresses, phone numbers, photos, NIF and ID numbers. Ticket-buyers and bank-card data were unaffected. The breach has been reported to the CNCS,

The Portugal Brief 26 Jul 2026

The city of Coimbra rising above the Mondego river at dusk, with the university on the hilltop

Coimbra Prepares to Double Its Tourist Tax to €2 a Night to Cover Visitor Costs

Coimbra's council is set to vote on Monday to double its municipal tourist tax from €1 to €2 per person per night. The city calculates each overnight stay costs it about €3.49 in services and infrastructure, against €726,000 raised by the levy in 2025, and says the higher rate still falls short of t

The Portugal Brief 17 Jul 2026

The Mondego river at Coimbra with a modern cable-stayed bridge and a curved footbridge crossing green riverbanks

University of Coimbra Experts Trace the February Mondego Dike Rupture to Failed Flood Defences and Years of Neglected Maintenance

A University of Coimbra working group has traced February's rupture of the Baixo Mondego flood dikes to protection systems that largely failed, a channel silted by debris trapped under the A1 bridge and years without maintenance — concluding the fix is repair and upkeep, not a new strategy.

The Portugal Brief 04 Jul 2026

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