28th January 2010
Contract awarded to ViaPORTO consortium
According to an official announcement made today ViaPORTO, a consortium formed by Grupo Barraqueiro, Arriva, Keolis and Manvia, has been awarded a contract for the operation and maintenance of the Oporto subway, worth €170 Million annually. The award has been made as a five year subcontract.
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13th January 2010
Barraqueiro at BTL 2010.
Once again the Barraqueiro Group will be at Portugal’s largest tourism fair, the BTL, which up to 17th January will bring thousands of visitors to the FIL (Feira International de Lisboa).
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26 November 2009
Fertagus recovers 33% of traction energy and contributes to a 13,000 ton reduction in CO2 emissions.
Last year Fertagus, the Barraqueiro Group Company that operates and manages the North/South rail link, recovered 33% of electrical traction energy, through its train braking system.
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9 de Novembro de 2009
In Loures and Lisbon Barraqueiro wins school bus contract.
Barraqueiro Transportes, a company of the Barraqueiro Group and the largest suburban and interurban road passenger transport operator on the Iberian Peninsula, was recently awarded the school bus contract in both Loures and Lisbon.
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28 July 2009
The Bridge Train is ten years old.
Tomorrow Fertagus, a Barraqueiro Group company, will celebrate its tenth birthday and also record ten successful years following the launch of the Bridge Train. Today the company carries daily an average of 85,000 passengers, who report a high degree of satisfaction (4.3 on a scale of 1 to 5).
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18 June 2009
Metro do Porto operations bid.
«Via Porto» was the name chosen by the consortium led by the Barraqueiro Group for the Metro do Porto operation bid, which is currently being assessed.
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23 April 2009
Kéolis, Arriva and Mota Engil as partners - Barraqueiro Group presents consortium to Metro do Porto.
The Barraqueiro Group has today publicly the establishment of the consortium, formed mostly by Portuguese companies, to tender for the operation of Metro do Porto.
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4 March 2009
FERTAGUS survey shows that the Tagus rail crossing helps beat stress.
It contributed to a daily reduction of around 20,000 vehicles on Lisbon’s 25th April Bridge in 2008, which accounts for a drop in CO2 emissions of around 13,000 tons a year.
In terms of overall satisfaction, the Fertagus service scored a very positive 4.34, on a scale of 1 to 5. Read more >>

2 March 2009
Barraqueiro Group applauds award to the city of Almada.
Fertagus and MST worked with Almada Municipal Council on the program of sustainable mobility promoting events that won a European Commission award.
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18 February 2009
3% Growth - FERTAGUS carried 22.6 million passengers in 2008.
In 2008 FERTAGUS, the Barraqueiro Group Company that operates and manages the North/South rail link, including the Tagus crossing through the 25th April Bridge, recorded an Operating Profit of €27.5 million, as compared to €25.9 million in 2007.
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