“This increase represents an additional 3.5 million passengers, bringing the total to over 100 million people transported through September,” the company stated in a press release.

According to the operator, demand rose across both its bus and tram services, with regular passengers accounting for about 89% of the total people who travelled with Carris during the first nine months of the year.

Carris, managed by the Municipality of Lisbon, notes that the “upward trend” continued into October, with an average of about 500,000 passengers per day—a 4% increase from October last year.

14 October marked the day with the highest demand so far this year, with more than 565,000 passengers travelling on the Carris network.

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