About 40 000 customers used the metro on weekends dawn of … – Reuters

             

                     
                 

             

 
                     

He admitted himself he could give some loss in continuous circulation, at dawn end-of-week and eve of public holidays, Metro do Porto. But according to data collected by the Council of Porto along the Metro, in four week-ends, the pilot Move Port project, which also involves the STCP, generated 40 000 additional validations and an income of 28 000 euros for an estimated cost of 20 000.

                 

                     Speaking to PUBLIC, Rui Moreira was very pleased with the number of customers, essentially goers moved Porto, who have used the service, devaluing the question a bit of revenue. The mayor recalled that these connections that the metro is making use of an already contracted dawn on sublicensing bag kilometers, representing not so, at this stage, an additional cost to the State.

But the mayor Porto is keen to stress that the measure would always be considered positive, even though it resulted a zero profit or even a small loss. The mayor who championed the proposal during the election campaign and negotiated with the State to Metro and STCP, vinca that have to be “accounted for” the social gains of this initiative. What to put 40 000 people use the subway early, takes a considerable amount of cars in the streets of Porto – which have been notorious, and serious problems with unruly parking – and minimizes the risks of driving under the influence of alcohol and consequently the accident.

Presented in early July by the municipality, Metro, STCP and Secretary of State for Transport, this project will be in the experimental stage until October. In its final stage will be possible to realize it, even outside the summer period, the interest of users is sufficient to ensure a minimum of sustainability in the exploitation of this service 24 hours a day, two days per week. In any case, the town recalls that even has rained in the last week-ends, which statistics say normally discourages the use of meters from the population. By the end of the experiment, the county expected to create habits among patrons of bars and nightclubs that changed the face on Low in the last decade.

Move Port service means continuous operation at frequencies of 20 minutes of Yellow Lines between the Hospital of St. John and St. Ovid, and Blue, from Dragon Stadium and the Lady of the Hour on Friday nights and Saturday. The Port is the first in the country to offer a night of uninterrupted subway service, like other European cities hosted big moved night – like Berlin and Barcelona. If confirmed the membership of users can be equated to extend this service to other municipalities served by the underground network, although in this case the number of kilometers to go would cause a greater additional cost. In the pilot phase, the company is operating in the most profitable area of ​​the network.

This project also entailed adjustments in Network Madrugada STCP, ensuring transport in areas not served by Metro. In addition, Metro do Porto went on to open the car park at the Dragao Stadium, offering 850 places at a cost of 95 cents per 12-hour periods, for those who use the Andante to follow subway toward destiny. In areas where the service works Move-Port operation is possible by public transport with a title Z2, which costs 1.20 euros for occasional customers.