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Museu do Carro Eléctrico

Porto, Portugal

Museu do Carro Eléctrico
Wikimedia Commons: Former Massarelos Power Station building, now part of the Museu do Carro Eléctrico in Porto, Portugal. The historic power station supplied electricity for Porto's tramway system.jpg

About Museu do Carro Eléctrico

The Porto Tram Museum (Museu do Carro Eléctrico) is a museum operated by the Sociedade de Transportes Colectivos do Porto. It was inaugurated in 1992 and is installed in a former thermoelectric power station next to the River Douro in Massarelos, Porto, Portugal. It exhibits material related to the history of trams in Porto. The collection contains 16 electric cars, 5 trailers, and two maintenance vehicles as well as the former equipment of the power plant, which provided electricity for the tram lines.

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