Portuguese commuter transport companies

Last modified: 2005-08-26 by antonio martins
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Portuguese railways
Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses; CP

Portuguese Railway Company: green logo ("CP"-digraph) on white background; two dark grey stripes on the upper and bottom edges. Local observation; other versions already reported.
António Martins, 22 Oct 2002

Lisbon bus company
Companhia dos Carris de Ferro de Lisboa; “Carris”; CCFL

bus rooftop flag

In Lisbon buses and tramways do not usually carry flags, apart from one or two turism street cars. However, recently the Lisbon urban transport company (Companhia dos Carris de Ferro de Lisboa) celebrated its 150th anniversary and all the buses were decorated with a pair of small crossed flags on the front roof. These were: the “civil” municipal flag, white over black gyronny, no arms, and the company’s logo flag, two large rings, white and blue, on yellow.
António Martins, 15 Apr 1998

This flag has been in intermittent usage in some special holidays and seasons, crossed sometimes with the municpal flag (always without the arms) and others with the national flag.
António Martins, 12 Jun 2004

Apparently, the thickness of each ring is identical to the distance beween the flag edge on top and bottom and the logo. The overall ratio seems to be 2:3, matching the national flag.
António Martins, 14 Jun 2004

Official company flag

The official company flag, hoisted at the company facilities, includes the lettering and a much smaller logo, a motive for our vexillological sorrow.
António Martins, 12 Jun 2004

Previous flag (orange)