Public transport, infrastructure, and mobility in Portugal.
Infraestruturas de Portugal has imposed traffic restrictions on the IC2 across Aveiro, Coimbra and Leiria through 12 May 2026 to protect the foot-pilgrim flow to Fátima for the 12-13 May International Anniversary Pilgrimage. Patriarch Rui Valério presides.
Metro de Lisboa suspends the Linha Verde between Cais do Sodré and Martim Moniz from Saturday 2 May to Tuesday 5 May for Linha Circular tunnel works. Trains run only between Martim Moniz and Telheiras; Carris adds capacity on bus 208, 760, 207 and trams 15E and 25E. Service resumes Wednesday 6 May.
EMES sets a €4-up-to-4h tariff at Praia Grande and Praia das Maçãs from 1 June to 30 September. Residents, merchants and PRM exempt; PS, Chega, CDU and IL voted against and a 1,847-signature petition opposed it.
STRUP/Fectrans has filed twelve-hour strike notices at Carristur — Carris's wholly owned tourism arm — for Saturday 2 May and Saturday 9 May, 07:30-19:30. Hop-on hop-off buses, historic-tram rentals and Tagus cruises are exposed; regular Carris city services are not covered.
Comboios de Portugal closed 2025 with a €4.8M profit — up 166% — on 208M passengers, helped by the €20 Passe Ferroviário Verde. INE has now removed CP from the general government institutional sector register, which from 2027 will hand the operator full management and procurement autonomy.
TVDE drivers and operators converged on Lisbon Wednesday for a thousand-strong protest, demanding higher platform tariffs, opposing taxis entering the TVDE regime, and pressing for a fuel-support mechanism as Lei n.º 45/2018 goes through its first revision.
The first full year without tolls on the A22 turned the Algarve’s east-west highway into a busier and more dangerous road. GNR data released on 27 April 2026 and reported by Lusa, RTP, SIC Notícias, Observador and Diário de...
