Porto's Oldest Metro Cars Lose Their Air-Conditioning Above 35°C, and the Government Admits a Fix Is Years Away
In a written answer to Parliament, the government has admitted that Metro do Porto's 72 oldest Eurotram carriages lose their air-conditioning above about 35°C. Rather than scrap the fleet, it is fitting new compressors to 20 units and buying 22 new trains — a fix measured in years, not weeks.