Public transport, infrastructure, and mobility in Portugal.
ACEA data show 137,080 new cars registered in Portugal in H1 2026, up 10.5% against the EU's 5.7%. Battery-electric models took a 25.3% share — above the EU's 20.7% — while diesel collapsed to 3.7%. Some 68% of new Portuguese cars now carry an electric motor.
Porto's Funicular dos Guindais has been idle since 19 July while STCP renews its IMT certification — a precaution shaped by the post-Glória audits. The audit found no safety problems, but the line stays shut until pending recommendations are complete and the regulator signs off.
A Council of Ministers resolution authorises €689.63 million over eight years for the new Metro do Porto subconcession — 59% above the current ViaPorto contract — as the network grows from six lines to ten with Rosa, Rubi, Gondomar and Trofa.
Two Douro river ferry crossings between Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia begin permanent service today, doubling last year's pilot. Folded into the Andante pass, they cost €3 one-way or €5 return and are free for Porto and Gaia residents. The 2025 trial carried nearly 26,000 passengers.
ANA has priced Portugal's new Lisbon airport, Luís de Camões, at €7.9–8.9 billion and released the first renderings of the terminal planned for Alcochete. It targets a 2037 opening — the government wants 2035 — with a 5,000-page environmental study due by month's end.
ANAC has excluded the Iberia-linked Union South consortium from the seven-year ground-handling tender at Lisbon, Porto and Faro, saying it failed to prove it could mobilise the resources it promised, and has called Menzies-owned SPdH to advance instead.
From 19 July, CP replaced diesel railcars with electric units on the Algarve Line, lifting regional supply 18%, raising capacity to 536 places and adding direct Lagos–Vila Real links.
