 So here we are in Elmarva, we came over on that ferry over there, we're going to go and find the trams now, go for a tram and explore this side of the togas. There's the bridge over there, that's how we're going to come back as I've already said, so I will finish over there but now let's go and see the trams. So I think I've worked out where they are, as I said there's a free tram route so the line starts off and then in the centre one route goes left, the other route goes right. And then from half way along one of the other routes you've got another one so you've kind of got this shape system, if you know what I mean. So this is the ferry terminal, I just came out the ferry, there's people in that waiting room there waiting to get the ferry over to Lisbon. It certainly has a different feel to Lisbon over here, it's less touristy which in a way I quite like it, I mean Lisbon is really nice but it's just so touristy. I kind of like to, when I go somewhere I might see the real country, not the illusion they create for tourists, so that's what I'm hoping to see more of here. And of course I've come here anyway just because there's trams. And the trams are just here, there's a ticket office there for the trams, they call it the Metro, I can show you a map. So we're here, you've got one route that goes down there, another route that goes down there and then there's a route rule so it goes down there. So the plan is to go to all three termini and just see what we can see, I think I'm just going to get the first tram that comes along. So there's four tram platforms here, that's quite a lot. There's one, so these are route one, that's one route three, that goes to the university. So it's a Siemens Convino, it's got the numbers nice and big down there and up there which is what I like. So it makes it easy to get the numbers, some trams, places like Edinburgh, the numbers are so small you can't see them from much of a distance. There are four car units, each set has two wheels. They're quite similar to the ones I've got in Budapest except those ones have six segments. I'll just notice something over here, let's leave the tram stuff for a moment and let's do some marine history cause I don't know anything about it. But I've noticed a submarine and a sailing ship, there's another tram coming in as well, we'll see that. Tram just pulling in now. I think these are possibly looking at the track standard gauge. In Lisbon they're 900 millimetres which is quite a rare gauge, only links in Austria. But here they look to be standard gauge, they might even be larger, I'll find that one out. It's a bit like in Dublin because the railways are five foot three inches but the trams in Dublin are the usual standard gauge. And here in Portugal the railways, most of the railways are five foot six inches so I might actually let the standard gauge track go find out though. Let's have a look at this submarine. Pretty impressive right, I'm going to go and board the tram time to my tram bus. So here we are, we're on the tram roll number C010, so to say tram number 10. I'm still not sure on the gauge of these but I do know that the modern tram metro in Porto, a British standard gauge, so there is actually some standard gauge in Portugal. So I'd guess these are the same but I'm not entirely sure, if anyone knows then please do comment and tell me. I'm just waiting to go, we're going to the university so we're here, so basically we're going to do that. And then I'll bring the tram back to here and go down there and I'll do the whole system. I might finish though here and get the train back across to Lisbon so in a minute we shall depart and explore the Armada Metro network. So here we are at the end of route three, the university stop. A lot of students were travelling on the tram got off and a lot more got on so the tram is now going back to where we started. I always find interesting about these places is to have a look and see what happens beyond here because the track does carry on. So I think my guess is that this probably wasn't intended to be a terminus forever, it obviously has been for a while now but I think at some point in the future they may well extend. I know there are plans to expand this metro system at the terminus of routes one and two which we'll talk about when we get there but the tram we're on it came over into that side. The rails look a bit rusty on this side so I don't know if they use it. You can see there's a piece of wood locking the track up there. Let's just walk up and see where it goes. This must be the university in here. It's very different to Lisbon which I quite like because it's not so touristy here and I feel like I'm seeing the real Portugal. So when I've been to some cities where you have tram systems I went to Oradea and Romania that was really nice because obviously tourists are great as in they bring lots of money in but I just like to see the real country so let's have a wander up here. Looks like the track probably just finishes. We get to top of this hill but for the sake of completeness I like to do the whole network. I haven't seen yet either where the depot is and I no doubt what it obviously is going to be. A depot somewhere on this system is getting windy now. I think the track probably ends. It looks like we have come to the very end of Route 3. It does look like though there's a potential chance. They could extend it further that way if they wish to so time will tell. I'm now going to walk back down and get a tram back to the main part of the town, Stroke City and explore the network further. I'm sitting on a railway line. You can see it's not going very far. It's a bit windy as well. The reason I've come to this railway line is that I found something exciting behind me. A steam crane by Thomas Smith and Sons, Rodley, nearly England. I've got a cool thing to find. I think the display on this roundabout is about ship building. You can see the crane is in a position of lifting some metal and there you have part of a ship constructed. That's where it's going to look where it would roll forward. You've got the big pieces of metal, you've got various chains and a piece of sheet metal being rolled there. It's like a museum on a roundabout except unless you're silly enough like me to risk your life crossing, you're probably not going to come visit it. But I thought it looked too good not to come visit it. The tram line, the Armada Metro is just over there. So that's how I discovered this place. It's also a railway line not far away as in an operational railway line. So this is where the ship would roll forward once it's been constructed. They must have built ships perhaps down by the river side. So I think that's probably why they've decided to put this display here. Let's go back and have a look at the steam crane because that is the train just crossing the bridge double-decker EMU. So I'm going to probably use it to get back to Lisbon. Over there says some propellers. So back through the steam crane which you can see is some metal. I'm pretty sure this track to me looks wider than 4 feet and a half well. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. That's 5 of my feet and that's about 6 inches so I think we can say it's 5 foot 3. Now can I get up onto the crane? It's a good boiler. So I think you can drive it from the other side. I don't know if I'm supposed to be doing this but yes I think the driver of the crane would have stood here. So you're here on all your controls and imagine quite dangerous. If your finger got caught in there you'd lose it and maybe the fireman stood somewhere else. So there's the firebox door just down there. So this whole plate swings round with the crane. I'm not sure if it can propel itself along the track as well or if the steam engine is purely for the lifting it had to be moved about by another form of traction. I'm not sure though that's it. There is also a cylinder on this side so possibly because that to me is that a regulator so possibly it could propel itself. Maybe if I get down and look underneath I might be able to see the firebox door. Firebox door is rusted shut. There's a number here. That must be its number look. 16385 so I can take number of that. We've got to find out how to get down now. It's higher up than it looks. If we have a look underneath and I think looking at that it possibly could propel itself. If anyone wants to comment and confirm you are welcome to do so as a tram coming now. I need to get back across the roundabout not to get that tram because it's going in the wrong direction for what I want. Or shall I walk? Could walk to the next station. I've got an all day ticket but I've got a car and I've put four hours off. I need a gap in the traffic to get off this roundabout but I think I'm going to walk. There won't be trains on the way. I'm going to walk to the next railway station where tram route 2 starts. A bit of a walk that was between those two stops but we are nearly at the railway station where route 2 starts. It's freezing really away. It's supposed to warm up. Trams are coming. Railway lines here. When I was on the tram on my way out I noticed something quite exciting sitting here. It's Big Diesel Locos. I don't know much about Portuguese diesel locos but I'm guessing it's probably quite old. Maybe even 50 years old. Driving short on path 0029. Somewhere from some class 00. A short engineers train. I'm pleased to see that. I don't know how many of them there are. I don't have a Portuguese or Iberian Peninsula spotter's book yet. I really should invest in one. That's really because I haven't done that much travelling on trains in the Iberian Peninsula. Just fell into that hole. Nice old diesel locos. Love to have a trip behind it. I suppose I will. They're reversing slightly. Route 2. Although it doesn't look it, it's quite hot. It's about 20 degrees today. It's for a bit abroad. It's nice and warm. There's the railway station there. There's an EMU. Double the career EMU sitting here for 5 minutes or so ago. So that must be stable. I'm hoping we'll see a train come along. You get plenty of warnings. The railway is a huge curve there. For local train, Kate. Doing quite a good video of it. I did see a local train crossing the bridge yesterday from a distance. There are local trains on this line. Local or passenger trains. As for their diagrams or how frequent they come. I don't know. That tram has now gone. I've missed that one. I'm going to walk in reversing. It's the safest place to walk. Considering I shouldn't actually be walking on the tram line at all. Obviously no trains will come from behind me. So we're just walking back to the stop. I've now got to wait for another tram on Route 2 to come along. Then I'll go to the end of Route 2. Which is also a railway station. Then I need to do Route 1 back to the main centre. Then I'll have done the whole network. Then I'll probably go to the end of Route 2 again. And get the train from there back. I'm all through here on the main line train. So we are now off to get off the train. Again I'm not going to go out and wait to try and pronounce the names. I'm just going to let you see what it says. There we go. So I've now got to wait for the tram to come along. So this is Almada city centre. It's not touristy at all. It's got lots of tall buildings. Lots of older cars. I even spotted a ladder. And I like it. It's different. It's completely different to Lisbon. It's a real town. It's not trying to put anything on for the tourists. As I said, Lisbon is really pleasant. And it's great. It's got so many tourists playing a good part in the economy. But this feels like I'm walking round a town that's just as it is. There's sort of nothing too special here. But it's pleasant. And it's got trams. So yeah, I like it. I've done most of the network now. I've just got to go from here down to the ends of Route 1. Where there's a railway station and then from there, I will take the train back to Lisbon. I've got to let you see that looking down there gives you an idea how high up we are. This is the route that goes down to the sea where we first got on. So we've come up quite a long way from there. Climbed up quite high on the tram. It's all good fun. If you do come to Lisbon, the boat ride over is quite fun and the tram systems are quite nice ones to explore. So yeah, this is the centre of Almada. So we've completed the Almada Metro. Or have we? Completed what you can do on a tram. What passengers can do on a tram. But it carries on. And I'm assuming that must go to depot because I've not seen a depot anywhere else from doing the whole system. So I've taken that way from city centre and the lines appear to carry on that way. This is the railway station where I shall get my train back to Lisbon. There's three tracks here. There's three terminal platforms. There's that one. I'm a 19th sitting there on route 2. So the lines continue off around there. I'm not entirely sure how far they go to but the depot, I can see the wire right into the distance of the depot. Must be somewhere that way. This appears to be a big car park. A car park and ride. There's a tram going off back to the city centre. Just let you watch that. So the tram is now going on route 2. So I'll go to the other railway station. No doubt a bit of fun thing to do. If you've got on a tram and a train and both went to a railway station I think the train would probably get there quite a bit quicker. So now the tram has disappeared back in that direction. I'm going to follow the tram tracks towards the depot to see how far they go. I hope it's not too far and I hope one day they open them to the public so we can oh god look at that car there. Must have been dumped. Look at the state of it. Poor old Renault. That car has definitely seen better days. Shame really. Anyway it's probably also one of the oldest ones in the car but most of the cars are more modernish cars. Nothing exciting. I did see a Lardarelli which I was pleased about. So let's follow the tram lines and see where they go. I'm not going to keep this recording going all the way because I don't know how far they go but I should certainly show you as far as they go. I hope it's not going to be like 6 miles or something. The tram lines go off over there. I'm going to follow them and let you see what they like when I get to the end. As you can see by the umbrellas it's raining now. I might get wetter than I already am. So it's continuing to rain. I'm continuing to follow this tram line which no passenger trams use but it is used by trams because as we pretty much guessed it was the only way to the depot so I've seen two trams so far coming along here on their way to the depot and as I said it is potentially a future part of the passenger network and to prove it, look what we have here. I found an abandoned but never open tram stop or as far as I'm aware it never opened so it looks like they built this and obviously the site for the depot was selected right out here so they had to build this bit of tram line but yeah here we have a stop where trams pass through but you can't get on or off trams here. I wonder what would happen if I waited here. The tram drive would stop and pick me up or somehow, I think not but yeah it's weird. There are some a bit like this in Dublin on the Lewis there's some abandoned tram stops which have trams passing through just a few stops and an area bit similar like this almost semi-rural which they just decided an abandoned never open tram stop it's nice to think they could perhaps just extend route 2 so trams stop here and have one more stop possibly more at the depot I hope it's not too much further we're going to get wetter and wetter there's the urban area over there that's a tram coming now we can see a tram pass through trams stop and then I'm going to carry on walking in the rain number one the Pioneer Trams the current non-passanger end of the Almada Metro so now if you have a look here there's a siding and it looks as if they intended for the line to carry on in that direction or possibly not entirely sure what's the passenger line intent to go down there where the trams go what I'm going to do now I'm going to walk on this bit of track because it's clear nothing is going to use it I think I'm possibly now walking along the section of the metro they're never opened looking down there there's quite a long way down there almost becomes more railway line like I'm probably better not walk down there for the depot I'm just building here I'm not sure but there's some washing facilities for the trams and not the sort of depot normally you can at least see something it's just like completely devoid of being able to see into the depot at all so it looks like my exploration of the Almada Metro probably ends here maybe one day come back and it'll all be extended to be able to glide down this street further into Portugal that way on a tram but for now this is the end of the Almada Metro hope you enjoyed this video thank you very much for watching please feel free to like and subscribe from the very end of the Almada Metro the very current end of the Almada Metro goodbye