Founded | 1946 |
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Headquarters | Av. Fernão de Magalhães, 1862 - 13º, 4350-158 |
Locale | Porto, Portugal |
Service type | bus, heritage tram |
Routes | 83 (including 11 late night-only routes),[1] of which 3 are tram lines |
Fleet | 472 bus 8 tram (in regular use)[1] |
Daily ridership | approx. 370,000 (weekdays) (2009)[1] |
Annual ridership | 107 million (2007)[2] 108 million (2009)[1] |
Chief executive | Cristina Pimentel |
Website | stcp.pt |
STCP (Sociedade de Transportes Colectivos do Porto, E.I.M., S.A., lit. Porto Public Transport Society) is the public transport company that runs the bus and tram service in Greater Porto, Portugal. Created in 1946, it took over the Porto tram system from its privately owned predecessor and continues to operate it today, but the formerly large tram system now has only three lines, which are heritage tram lines, and the STCP network is now mostly bus service. STCP does not operate the city's light rail system, Porto Metro, but owns 25% of it.[2] It is a public company controlled by a board responsible to the central government[2] and had about 1,500 employees in 2009.[1] STCP operates 83 bus routes – of which 11 are late-night-only routes – and the bus service covers 539 km of routes.[1]