Public transport is a necessity for many people who, for professional reasons, can't get around and social distance is imperative, Carris and Metro will not stop during the week, but will rest more at the weekend. CP maintains everything.
In press releaseCarris explains that "will keep the offer on working days unchanged. In this sense, during the week, the routes will continue to operate with the full winter working day service, without any change in supply". At the weekend, the 716, 720, 732 e 797 will not operate, "considering the existence of overlaps with other Carris lines"The electrics will also be in operation 24E and the Neighborhood careers (except for route 40B). The elevators and the Santa Junta elevator will also stop.
Metro de Lisboa informs that "will continue to operate at its maximum available capacity, with no changes to the offer on working days" - this means a "an average interval between trains in the morning rush hours of 3.35 to 4 minutes and 6 minutes in the afternoon rush hours". "On weekends and public holidays, Metropolitano de Lisboa will reduce the number of carriages on each train and will run trains with 3 carriages each instead of 6, maintaining the timetables currently in force."says the company in a press release.
Both Carris and Metro add that they will keep an eye on user demand for their services in order to adjust the offer if necessary.
CP, for its part, guarantees that offer of "urban and regional train services will remain unchanged"Therefore, all timetables and trains will continue to operate on weekdays and weekends.. The only changes will be made to the long-distance trains, i.e. the Alfa Pendular and Intercidades connections. details in this PDF.
