Horários do Funchal
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Horários do Funchal is a bus
operator based in Funchal
, Madeira
. They operate Urban and Inter-urban services on the south, central, and north of the island.
In 1996, the company acquired Companhia dos Carros de São Gonçalo S.A., Emílio de Castro e Companhia Lda, Empresa Automobilística de São Martinho Lda, Companhia dos Automóveis de Santo António Lda.
In recent years, the company have been looking at accessibility on their buses. In 2006, a small fleet of 4 electric buses arrived for a city centre circular, which had space for a wheelchair, to create the "Linha Eco".
In 2007 a contactless smart card
, called GIRO, was introduced for fare payment.
In late 2008, the first low floor buses for urban services arrived
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
operator based in Funchal
Funchal
Funchal is the largest city, the municipal seat and the capital of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira. The city has a population of 112,015 and has been the capital of Madeira for more than five centuries.-Etymology:...
, Madeira
Madeira
Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...
. They operate Urban and Inter-urban services on the south, central, and north of the island.
History
On 11 April 1985, the Committee for the Study of Urban Transportation (CETU) was created by the government to study the island and its public transport. As a result, on 12 August 1986 the first bus arrived with services beginning on 1 January 1987, with the company being chaired by Sr. Coronel Ramiro Morna do Nascimento.In 1996, the company acquired Companhia dos Carros de São Gonçalo S.A., Emílio de Castro e Companhia Lda, Empresa Automobilística de São Martinho Lda, Companhia dos Automóveis de Santo António Lda.
In recent years, the company have been looking at accessibility on their buses. In 2006, a small fleet of 4 electric buses arrived for a city centre circular, which had space for a wheelchair, to create the "Linha Eco".
In 2007 a contactless smart card
Contactless smart card
A contactless smart card is any pocket-sized card with embedded integrated circuits that can process and store data, and communicate with a terminal via radio waves. There are two broad categories of contactless smart cards. Memory cards contain non-volatile memory storage components, and perhaps...
, called GIRO, was introduced for fare payment.
In late 2008, the first low floor buses for urban services arrived
Urban
A fleet of 174 buses make up the vehicles used for the Urban services. The fleet consists of:- VolvoVolvo BusesVolvo Buses is a subsidiary and a business area of the Swedish vehicle maker Volvo, which became an independent division in 1968. It is based in Göteborg....
B10MVolvo B10MThe Volvo B10M is a popular mid-engined bus and coach chassis built by Volvo between 1978 and 2001. It was built as the successor of the B58 and was equipped with a 9.6-litre horizontally-mounted Volvo THD100/THD101/THD102/THD103/THD104/DH10A diesel engine mounted under the floor, near the middle...
(various body types) - DAF MB230
- VolvoVolvo BusesVolvo Buses is a subsidiary and a business area of the Swedish vehicle maker Volvo, which became an independent division in 1968. It is based in Göteborg....
B9M - VolvoVolvo BusesVolvo Buses is a subsidiary and a business area of the Swedish vehicle maker Volvo, which became an independent division in 1968. It is based in Göteborg....
B12BVolvo B12BThe Volvo B12B was a rear-engined coach and intercity bus chassis built by Volvo. It is built as a direct replacement of Volvo B12 in the European market and the Volvo B10B.... - VolvoVolvo BusesVolvo Buses is a subsidiary and a business area of the Swedish vehicle maker Volvo, which became an independent division in 1968. It is based in Göteborg....
B12MVolvo B12MThe Volvo B12M is an underfloor-engined bus/coach chassis introduced by Volvo Buses in 2001 as a replacement for the Volvo B10M. It is available with a variety of bodies such as Van Hool, Sunsundegui Sideral and Plaxton Panther/Paragon. Large British users of the B12M include Wallace Arnold, Park's... - Scania 114c-340Scania 4-seriesThe Scania 4-series was truck model range introduced in 1995 by Swedish truck manufacturer Scania. It was the successor of the 3-series and it came in five engine combinations and four chassis types...
- They have 2 of these, fleet numbers 101 and 102. Originally a truck, converted & rebodied to become a bus. This bus runs only on the 90-series routes.
Inter-urban
A fleet of 51 buses make up the vehicles used for the Interurban services. The fleet consists of:- Scania K112
- Scania K113