Lá vai o EBORENSE...

Lá vai o EBORENSE que tanto nos faz sonhar nessas ondas esverdeadas do Tejo, na busca do pulsar suave de duas máquinas obviamente cansadas de tantos Tejos atravessar...
O EBORENSE, com o pequeno guindaste abandonado no pontão de descarga do carvão ali à Junqueira, são cada vez mais coisas do passado.
A pequena grua até que os vandalos lhe ditem a destruição gradual; o cacilheiro até que as travessias se acabem num encalhe esquecido lá para o Talaminho, que coisa melhor se não divisa para este veterano dos transportes públicos de Lisboa, que trata por tu as águas do Tejo desde há 54 anos.
54 anos de um reinado logo em que tem sido o maior cacilheiro legítimo deste Tejo ronceiro. Porque os primos do Barreiro eram maiores, embora de outra família até há pouco.
EBORENSE alentejano de nome a perpetuar o sistema de nomencaltura da antiga Parceria dos Vapores Lisbonenses que o mandou construir em Viana do Castelo...
EBORENSE minhoto de coração via das suas origens vianenses.
Foi há pouco lançado um concurso para se proceder à encomenda de dois ferries destinados a substituir o EBORENSE e o seu irmão ALENTEJENSE, que com o primeiro partilha as travessias entre Cacilhas e Belém.
Entretanto em Agosto os velhos ferries deverão voltar ao Cais do Sodré, onde está a ser ampliado o terminal fluvial.
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AROEIRA and CARNIDE in Lisbon

The Transtejo catamarans AROEIRA and CARNIDE leaving Cais do Sodré for Montijo and Seixal in the evening of 2008-04-02.
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TRAFARIA PRAIA off Belém 2008-04-02

The TRAFARIA PRAIA underway on the river Tagus crossing from Porto Brandão to Belém in the evening of 2008-04-02.
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Ferry EBORENSE 2008-03-09

O ferry EBORENSE que assegura actualmente a carreira Cacilhas - Belém com o ALENTEJENSE, é a unidade mais antiga da frota da Transtejo. Foi construíso em 1954 nos Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo para a antiga Parceria dos Vapores Lisbonenses. Foto obtida a 9 de Março de 2008.
The passenger car ferry EBORENSE underway on the Tagus river between Cacilhas and Belém, a service she is associated with running mate ALENTEJENSE. The EBORENSE is now the oldest ship in the fleet of Transtejo. She was built in 1954 by Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo for the Parceria dos Vapores Lisbonenses. Photo taken on 9the March 2008.
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TRAFARIA PRAIA at Belém 2007-05-04

The TRAFARIA PRAIA alongside the Belém ferry terminal in May 2007
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PORTO BRANDÃO at Talaminho 2007-10-27

Photographs of the former Transtejo ferry PORTO BRANDÃO taken on 27 October 2007 in the South Bank of the river Tagus, at Talaminho. The former HADAG ferry was purchased by TRANSTEJO in 1977. She was sold to be converted to a cruise ship to operate in the Algarve but it seems the project never went ahead... May be one of our German reader is willing to rescue her?
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TRAFARIA PRAIA in Lisbon 2007-10-17

Beautiful as always, the TRAFARIA PRAIA has just been drydocked and repainted. She is doing the Belém - Porto Brandão Trafaria service with MOURARIA. Photos taken on 17th October 2007.
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MOURARIA and ALENTEJENSE 2007-10-11

The Transtejo ferries MOURARIA and ALENTEJENSE underway in Lisbon bound for Belém...
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FERNANDO PESSOA in the river Tagus 2007-10-05

The Portuguese fast ferry FERNANDO PESSOA, one of the SOFLUSA ships used on the Lisbon - Barreiro ferry service. This 600 passnegers ferry was constructed in Singapore by Damen.
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Catamaran ALGÉS 2007-09-13

The ALGÉS crossing the river Tagus southbound for Seixal, 13-09-2007. She was the first catamaran to join the Transtejo fleet in 1996. The ALGÉS-class is formed by eight sisters built in two batches of four ships each.

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The AROEIRA in the Tagus 2007-09-13

The catamaran AROEIRA crossing from Seixal to Lisbon - Cais do Sodré. The AROEIRA is a member of the second batch of the eight ALGÉS-class catamarans.

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CACILHENSE-class ferries 2007-09-13

Two of the CACLHENSE-class sisters still in service, the SEIXALENSE and the CAMPOLIDE, operating on the Cais do Sodré - Cacilhas run, on 13 September 2007.

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S. PAULUS CRUISING IN LISBON

The S. PAULUS ex-St. Pauli cruising in the river Tagus off Lisbon on her daily runs. She is the flagship of TRANSTEJO and their full time cruise ship. One of the four remaining ex-HADAG ferries still in service in Lisbon, the S PAULUS has a slightly different livery as she is all white.
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CACILHEIROS MADRUGADORES

Imagens matinais dos nossos incansáveis Cacilheiros: de cima para baixo, desembarque de bordo do CARNIDE; travessia do CESÁRIO VERDE; vai-vem do MADRAGOA e do PALMELENSE...
Early morning ferry bustle in Lisbon: CARNIDE, CESÁRIO VERDE and MADRAGOA crossing the river against her sister PAMELENSE...
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CAMPOLIDE and NAVITATOR of the SEAS

The river Tagus this afternoon, 2007-08-22, with the ferry CAMPOLIDE crossing from Belém to Porto Brandão and the cruise ship NAVIGATOR of the SEAS leaving Lisbon.
Os navios de passageiros NAVIGATOR of the SEAS e CAMPOLIDE em navegação no rio Tejo, 2007-08-22.
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SEIXALENSE 2007-08-19

Três imagens do cacilheiro SEIXALENSE, uma das unidades da classe CACILHENSE ainda em serviço activo, utilizado nas carreiras Cais do Sodré - Cacilhas e Belém - Porto Brandão - Trafaria. Fotografias de Luís Miguel Correia a 19 de Agosto de 2007.
Three views of the passenger ferry SEIXALENSE, one of the CACILHENSE-class ships still active, in service on the Cais do Sodré - Cacilhas and Belém - Porto Brandão - Trafaria routes. Photos by Luís Miguel Correia at Lisbon 19 August 2007.

CACILHEIROS - INTRODUÇÃO

Os CACILHEIROS são personagens de uma Lisboa marítima de séculos, paisagem do rio e suas cidades, num quadro que a geografia e a história foram desenhando com o tempo.

Hoje são operados pela TRANSTEJO que com a sua associada SOFLUSA assegura a totalidade das ligações fluviais entre as duas margens do Tejo.

Este espaço é dedicado a essas criaturas simpáticas - os CACILHEIROS -, e trata da história e características dos diversos navios.

LISBON FERRIES - THE CACILHEIROS

In Lisbon, the river Tagus ferries are know as CACILHEIROS. Elegant vessels that have been part of the Lisbon maritime scene for a long time. Since 1975 the local cross river ferry services are operated by the TRANSTEJO Group, which includes also the sister company SOFLUSA.
This blog is dedicated to the LISBON FERRIES, dealing with the ferry fleets past and present, their histories, technical data and photographs.

Copyright photos and texts by Luís Miguel Correia - 2006

BELOS CACILHEIROS

Apesar de o seu número e a quantidade de passageiros estar a diminuir, os CACILHEIROS são sempre uma presença movimentada e colorida no rio Tejo. Fotografias do CAMPOLIDE, EBORENSE, MARVILA, SINTRENSE e TRAFARIA PRAIA, tiradas a 22.Dezembro.2006 por Luís Miguel Correia.

Even if the number of passengers carried and the fleet of TRANSTEJO seems to be dwindling these days, the Lisbon ferries affectionately known as the CACILHEIROS are always busy crossing the Tagus showing their graceful forms and colours. Photographs of CAMPOLIDE, EBORENSE, MARVILA, SINTRENSE and TRAFARIA PRAIA, taken 22.December.2006 by Luís Miguel Correia.