More lines, more buses and free travel. This is the strategy of the Mobility Plan that the Municipality of Barcelos designed for the Festa das Cruzes.
This year, in addition to the urban TUBA “special Vai e Vem”, the City Council extends the TUBA offer to the entire municipality, with the TUBA service “special parishes” and provides 26 car parks with capacity for more than five thousand vehicles.
Urban TUBA “Via e Vem special”
This year, the urban TUBA service “Vai e Vem” has seven lines:
- Green Line – Lijó – Barcelos – Lijó
- South Red Line – Barcelinhos – Barcelos – Barcelos
- Orange Line – Rio Covo Santa Eugénia – Barcelos – Rio Covo Santa Eugénia
- Blue line – Tamel São Veríssimo – Barcelos – Tamel São Veríssimo
- Pink Line – Arcozelo – Barcelos – Arcozelo
- Yellow line – Vila Frescainha São Pedro – Barcelos – Vila Frescainha São Pedro.
The urban TUBA service “special Vai e Vem” will operate in addition to the usual urban service, between April 30th and May 5th.
TUBA “special parishes”
In addition to the urban TUBA “special Vai e Vem”, the City Council, for the first time, will implement the TUBA service “special parishes”, with seven lines, also operating between April 30th and May 5th:
- Negreiros LineChavão, Remelhe, Pereira, Alvelos, Barcelos;
- Aldreu LineFragoso, Palme, Feitos, Tamel Santa Leocádia, Vilar do Monte, Abade de Neiva, Barcelos;
- Balugães LineCossourado, Panque, Igreja Nova, Alheira, Alvito São Pedro, Roriz, Lijó, Barcelos;
- Cruto LineUcha, Lama, Pousa, Areias São Vicente, Manhente, Tamel São Veríssimo, Barcelos;
- Bastuço São João LineBastuço Santo Estêvão, Martim, Encourados, Adães, Airó, Gamil, Barcelos;
- Boatmen LineVila Seca, Gilmonde, Barcelos;
- Viatodos LineVárzea, Gamil, Barcelos.
The TUBA “special parishes” service will operate at the following times: April 30th and May 2nd departure from the parishes to Barcelos at 8pm and return to the parishes at 1am. On the 1st, 3rd and 4th of May: departure from the parishes to Barcelos at 1:30 pm and 8:00 pm and departure from Barcelos to the parishes at 7:00 pm and 01:00 am. On May 5th: departure from the parishes to Barcelos at 13:30 and 20:00 and departure from Barcelos to the parishes at 19:00 and 00:00.
In addition to these special lines, the regular municipal TUBA will operate as usual.
Trains with more seats and Celta train stops
CP – Comboios de Portugal is also associated with the Festa das Cruzes and, on the May 1st holiday, it will expand the number of seats available on the Interregional service 853, 830, 831 and 856. On May 3rd, the municipal holiday, there will also be an expanded offer of seats available on the Interregional service 853 and 830. In addition to the greater offer of seats, CP informs that, on these holidays of May 1st and 3rd, the Celta train 420 and 423 will have stops at Barcelos station.
