Porto Tram Museum, Tramway museum in Massarelos, Portugal
The Porto Tram Museum occupies a former thermoelectric power station on the banks of the Douro River and houses a collection of 16 electric trams, 5 trailers, and maintenance vehicles. The vehicles fill the entire building and demonstrate how urban transport evolved over many decades.
The building began as a power station in 1915 and supplied electricity to the city's tram network until the 1960s. It later became a museum in 1992 to preserve the history of urban transport.
The museum displays uniforms and photographs of tram workers that show how they lived and worked across different periods in Porto's history. These objects tell the story of people who shaped the city through their daily labor.
The museum is located on Alameda de Basílio Teles and is open Tuesday through Sunday. Your entrance ticket includes a transport pass that lets you ride the city's modern trams for 4 hours.
The collection includes a horse-drawn tram from 1872 and a specialized wagon that once carried fish from Matosinhos market to Porto's distribution centers. These rare vehicles reveal how trams moved goods as well as people throughout the city.
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