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Carris (Companhia Carris de Ferro de Lisboa) (Lisbon Tramways Company) is a public transportation company in Lisbon Portugal. Carris operates Lisbon’s buses trams and funiculars. It does not operate the Lisbon Metro. Carris was founded September 18 1872. A total of 234.4 million passenger boardings were recorded in 2008.As of Dec. 31 2008 Carris employs 2766 individuals of whom 1692 are bus drivers and 163 operate trams.