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	List of rapid transit systems - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Such systems are commonly called metros, subways, elevated railways, heavy rail, rapid rail, or underground railways; see passenger rail terminology for more information.
		Some systems which provide metro service using light-rail vehicles or in some other way have elements of both may be in both lists.
		Buffalo Metro Rail is mostly underground; there is a non-grade separated passage, but it is located within a pedestrian mall, with no vehicle traffic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_metro_systems (657 words)

	Lisbon : Planning a Trip : Getting Around \| Frommers.com
		Traffic is outrageous; driving is difficult because of the speed and the tendency of the natives to ride 6 inches from your rear bumper.
		The separate ferry fare from the center of Lisbon to Cacilhas is 2€ ($2.30).
		Taxis in Lisbon tend to be inexpensive and are a popular means of transport for all but the most economy-minded tourists.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/lisbon/0054020156.html (1373 words)

	Portugal City Guides :: Lisbon
		Aveiro Braga Cascais Coimbra Estoril Faro-Loulé Guimaraes Leiria Lisbon Belém Porto Nazaré Obidos Sintra Tomar
		Lisbon is a charming, easy-going, southern European city.
		The Metro system (6.30-1am) is convenient for travelling outside the city center which is best covered on foot, tram and elevador.
	www.soccerphile.com /soccerphile/port2004/city_guide/lisbon.html (866 words)

	Lisbon Pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Lisbon has a reputation as being a difficult city to drive in, especially if your not from the area.
		Lisbon was devastated by an earthquake in 1755.
		Lisbon is a diverse city, somewhat encouraged by its location and other historic factors.
	www.worldfromtheweb.com /Parks/Portugal/Lisbon.html (753 words)

	Luso Pages - Lisbon (Portugal) Metro
		Luz is actually the area of Lisbon in which it stands and the word 'luz' happens to mean 'light'.
		Although the Metropolitano de Lisboa is separate from the Lisbon bus and tram operator Carris, it has a common chief executive.
		L to R: A quotation from the Lisbon poet Cesário Verde, (1855-86), on the tile-work walls of Cidade Universitária station; the striking tableau of female figures on the Campo Pequeno platform; another homage to Cesário Verde
	www.luso.u-net.com /metro.htm (2939 words)

	Luso Pages - Lisbon (Portugal) Transport
		The city of Lisbon has an exceptional range of public transport, which includes trams (old and new), funiculars, a street elevator, river ferries (passenger and car), underground Metro, railways (suburban, national and international), buses (city and suburban) and aircraft.
		Suburban Lisbon Buses- with emphasis on the new terminal at Sete Rios, as well as those at Oriente, Campo Grande, Algés, Cascais, Estoril and Cacilhas.
		The Lisbon Metro continues to expand both its network and its rolling stock and soon the city will even boast two Metro/river ferry terminal interchanges.
	www.luso.u-net.com /lisbon.htm (1740 words)

	Metro to Launch in Lisbon With Grupo Media Capital (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Metro will be the majority shareholder in the newly created joint venture with a 65% stake in Metro Lisbon, while Media Capital will control the remaining 35% of the equity.
		Metro Lisbon will be distributed free of charge each morning by hand and from racks at strategic locations in Portugal's capital city including subway stations through an exclusive distribution contract with Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P. which carries approximately 170 million passengers per year.
		Metro has an equal number of male and female readers and 70% are under the age of 45.
	www.primezone.com /newsroom/news_releases.mhtml?d=68331 (593 words)

	BUG - Backpackers Guide to budget travel in Lisbon (Lisboã), Portugal
		Lisbon's transport network is made up of trams, buses and a metro.
		Single trips on the metro cost €0.70 for one zone or €1 for two zones, a return ticket is €1.20, a carnet of ten metro tickets is €6.15 for one zone or €9.25 for two zones.
		The metro is supplemented by five suburban train lines, four operated by Caminhos de Ferros Portugueses (website www.cp.pt/servicos/p_lisboa.html) and the other line run by Fertagus (website www.fertagus.pt).
	www.bugeurope.com /lisbon/ga.html (377 words)

	lisbon.ca - Lisbon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Hoteis Heritage Lisboa are all found in small buildings and historic houses which belong to Lisbon's cultural heritage and offer a special, charming, family environment.
		LISBON - West Point residents could be getting water service as part of the state Route 45 waterline project.
		LISBON - The consultant who helped put together Columbiana County's enhanced 911 system is sticking around to get it off the ground.
	www.lisbon.ca /Lisbon/reference/search (241 words)

	International Travel News: Getting around Lisbon. @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		When in Lisbon, a city made for walking, their new Metro network is a mixed blessing.
		It will be easy to reach when the newest station of the Lisbon Metro system on the blue line is opened this year.
		I thank Rail Europe for arranging my visit to Lisbon where I was guest at the Tivoli Lisboa hotel, which is an excellent 5-star hotel centrally located near Avenida Metro station and participates in Rail Europe's SRS Flexotel voucher program Rail Europe distributes Iberic and Portugal railpasses as well as Eurail-passes and Europasses.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:54773235&refid=holomed_1 (1371 words)

	BBC - Holiday - Destinations - Lisbon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Apparently the monks at the local monastery were a bit of a whizz in the kitchen and the only place you can sample their sweet concoction is at the Pasties de Belém on the Rua de Belém.
		Make sure you check out Lisbon's 28m-high Cristo Rei statue; it is a replica of Rio’s Christ the Redeemer and was erected in 1959 to thank God for having spared Portugal during World War II.
		Lisbon's club scene is being compared to that of Ibiza.
	www.bbc.co.uk /holiday/destinations/lisbon_flydrive (655 words)

	TNC-2000: Travel Information
		Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal, is built on seven hills along the banks of the estuary of the River Tagus and is situated 10 km from the Atlantic coast.
		Lisbon International Airport is located 7 km north of the city centre.
		The quickest and cheapest way to travel around the city of Lisbon is by Metro.
	www.terena.nl /conferences/archive/tnc2000/travel.html (365 words)

	List of metro systems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Here is an alphabetical listing of cities which have a metro (also called underground or subway) system.
		On the other hand, systems that are called "metro" but are really light rail (mainly those not segregated from other traffic, such as tramways and streetcars) are not included here but in List of light-rail transit systems.
		Many stations are still not built underground because today's metro usage is to connect suburbs with Belgrade city center.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/l/li/list_of_metro_systems.html (282 words)

	Travel to lisbon. Great deals on travel packages to lisbon. Book your vacation to lisbon now! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		of the state of North Dakota, Lisbon is a city of approximately 2...
		An English monk named Gilbert who was with the expedition was chosen Bishop of Lisbon at this time...
		The Town of Lisbon was established in 1836.
	www.the-travel-masters.com /directory/lisbon (665 words)

	Steve's News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The president of the Porto metro is claiming that the delays in approving the doubling of the Maia-Trofa line is costing millions of euros, sufficient to have even funded the construction of the Boavista line.
		The metro company on the other hand claim that delays in approval for line duplication of the route is the reason why serious work has yet to start and that services should still commence in early 2004.
		Other visible signs of metro work are also very evident outside the entrance to Trinidade station and at Senhora da Hora where the sidings to the north of the station most recently used for stabling engineers trains have been lifted and some of the semaphores have also sadly disappeared.
	www.ptg.co.uk /Gen/steve.htm (17923 words)

	UrbanRail.Net > Europe > Portugal > Metropolitano de LISBOA (Lisbon Subway) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1998, coinciding with the Lisbon Expo98, the first stage of the metro extension project was finished.
		Lisbon is famous for its old-style tram lines that serve the hilly neighborhoods of Alfama and Chiado (lines 12 and 28) but only a few lines of the once large tram network are left over.
		The Lisboa Metro operates from 6h30 to 1.00 with a minimum interval of 4 minutes on the Girassol line and 3 minutes on the Gaivota line during rush hours.
	www.urbanrail.net /eu/lis/lisboa.htm (1094 words)

	Rough Guides Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In the labyrinthine Alfama, Lisbon’s most historic district, most of the streets and alleys are too narrow for cars, though the tram squeezes through somehow, at times so close to shop fronts that you could reach out and grab a can of sardines off a shelf.
		Here Lisbon pervades the senses: the smells of garlic, strong coffee and grilling chickens fill the air and bars emit snatches of boppy Latin sounds or melancholy fado.
		The metro is the best way to reach Lisbon’s awesome Oceanarium and the priceless collection of art at the Gulbenkian museum — though Liboetas (Lisbonites) will tell you that the most visited museum in the city is the metro system itself.
	travel.roughguides.com /spotlight_display.html?SpotlightID=330 (703 words)

	SkyscraperCity Forums - «««Lisbon's Subway»»»
		For example, Lisbon's older and historical locations to be served by the metro as early as 2010 are: Estrela, São Bento, Academia das Ciências, Príncipe Real, Avenida, Campo Mártires da Pátria, Gomes Freire, Estefânia, Arroios, Paiva Couceiro, Penha de França, Sapadores, Graça, Cerca Moura e Santa Apolónia.
		Lisbon's metro is full of Art from world known artists, so if you haven't got time to visit an art exposition, then catch the metro in Lisbon.
		Lisbon's subways is one of the most beautiful I've ever seen, even though some of the original stations are of a very questionable taste...but they are being "renovated" and thus joining in the system that even appears in tourist guides for the originality and beauty of its stations.
	www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?p=4259997 (615 words)

	custard tart-ville blues: November 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Lisbon Metro is modifying its access barriers to stop an average of 30 passengers daily getting snared in them, according to Monday's "A Capital".
		Lisbon has always seemed to me to be awash with “droga” – it’s singular in Portuguese.
		She arrived in Lisbon once in the mid-1990s with a whale harpooned to the underwater bulb on her prow.
	olisiponense.blogspot.com /2004_11_01_olisiponense_archive.html (4287 words)

	Testimonials - 2001. Accommodation in Lisbon-Portugal. Private lodging in Lisbon. Room rental. Self-catering.
		We stayed in Lisbon for a week and there is so much to do we haven't had a chance to do everything.
		The apartment has a convenient location and Lisbon metro is easy to use and very efficient.
		Before arriving in Lisbon we spent 3 days in Fátima, visiting the Shrine tree, with only two nights in Lisbon before returning to the Middle East.
	www.geocities.com /lisbonflat/testimonials01.html (2541 words)

	Computational Models of Scientific Reasoning and Applications (CMSRA-IV), Lisbon
		above offer images of a Lisbon street map, where small shows the hotel location, medium the sector of the city in which the hotel is located, and large a big enough image of the city to match to your own map.
		Another quick way to orient yourself is to use the Lisbon Metro map.
		The hotel is a 5-8 minute walk to Praça de Espanha Metro Station, which itself is situated roughly in the middle of the Blue Line.
	centria.di.fct.unl.pt /~greg/conf/CMSRA-IV_maps.html (102 words)

	IBERIA Chapter I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		She had ridden 6 hours on the midnite bus from Sevilla, navigated the Metro to get to the hotel, and looked (through our sleep-deprived eyes) refreshed and relaxed.
		The Alfama is one of the oldest districts of Lisbon, which was mostly devastated by the 1755 earthquake.
		In the early morning we found the Metro in Praça Rossio, after reading the base of the obelisk in Dos Restauradores, we learned that "Restauradores" means "Restoration" of the Portuguese kingship and departure of the Spanish in 1640.
	ed.schmahl.org /Iberia/Chapter_I/chapter_I.html (1490 words)

	CLIA - Cruise Line International Association
		Lisbon's Metro subway system is by far the most efficient way to get around town.
		Autocarros are Lisbon's city buses that will serve your transportation needs as well.
		All destination content is property of The Destination Group Digital LLC www.dgrp.com and also provided under copyright license.
	www.cruising.org /planyourcruise/wwdest/docking.cfm?recordID=104 (139 words)

	Free Daily Local Newspapers News Archive
		Metro launched a national edition in Spain (17 oct.), expanding to Burgos, Salamanca, Valladolid, Gijón, Oviedo, Santander, Pamplona and Mallorca.
		Metro Portugal (Lisbon and Porto) increases circulation to 150.000.
		Metro is one of the few winners because of launches in June 2004.
	users.fmg.uva.nl /pbakker/freedailies/newsarchive.html (2111 words)

	EC-RTN School in Lisbon (October 2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		I posted on this webpage some photos taken during the Lisbon's EC-RTN school on "Data Mining: Terabytes and MegaCams" which took place at the Observatório Astronómico de Lisboa.
		Most fo the photos are from Lisbon itself and some include the participants of the school.
		A view of Lisbon's main square from the elevator located in the center of the town.
	www.star.le.ac.uk /~nl41/lisbon.html (285 words)

	Portugal Travel Basics \| Transport \| Visas \| Banks
		The Metro trains are fast and frequent and the system easy to use.
		Maps of the Metro system are available free from Tourist offices and the ‘Ask Lisboa’ booths (information booths) in the city centre.
		The Metro system is shown as part of a free ‘map of Lisbon’, which shows the main streets and sights of the city, as well as the public transport network.
	www.soccerphile.com /soccerphile/port2004/culture/travel_basics/travel_basics.html (1483 words)

	Welcome to UITP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		They must ensure that those services are provided, whether by rail, metro, tram or bus, which are in the public interest but which the operators do not provide for commercial reasons." The authorities must determine the level and quality of public services which are required.
		However, "the application of principles drawn from Community practice, such as the introduction of competition and transparency, would allow the authorities to achieve greater profitability, allow the operators to be treated fairly and to obtain compensation for providing public services, and allow citizens to be better informed about the important political decisions affecting their well-being".
		The new metro trains will be virtually identical to the design of the modern class ML97 trains recently completed for Lisbon in June 1999.
	www.uitp.com /Publications/eu/1999/eu199909.htm (2757 words)

	City Transportation in Lisbon : Metro, Bus, Train, Taxis in Lisbon : Budget Travel on euroCHEAPO.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Lisbon and the surrounding area has an efficient public transportation system.
		The 'passe turisticos' are sold in most CARRIS train stations and the busier metro stations.
		Within the city of Lisbon itself, attaining a car might not be worth it.
	www.eurocheapo.com /lisbon/features/transit.asp (478 words)

	LEDA Measure: Park+Ride
		In the mid Nineties a set of measures were taken to improve mobility in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, not only at infrastructure level, but also in every mode of transport.
		For the Park+Ride measure, it was necessary to provide a safe, secure and inexpensive place to park, especially on the outskirts of the city where the frequency of public transport is not so great.
		The fact that the Universal Exhibition took place in Lisbon was also responsible for some of these improvements.
	www.leda.ils.nrw.de /database/measures/meas0223.htm (320 words)

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