Lavra Funicular

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The Lavra Funicular is a historic hillside cable railway in Lisbon, Portugal, known as one of the city’s oldest funiculars connecting lower and upper neighborhoods.

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instanceOf funicular railway
tourist attraction
transport infrastructure
city Lisbon NERFINISHED
cityTransportNetwork Lisbon public transport network NERFINISHED
connects Largo da Anunciada NERFINISHED
Rua Câmara Pestana NERFINISHED
country Portugal
currentTraction electric
designer Raoul Mesnier du Ponsard NERFINISHED
electrificationDate 1915
fareSystem integrated in Lisbon public transport fares
hasPassingLoop yes
hasRollingStockType wooden-bodied funicular cars
hasStation Lavra Funicular lower station
Lavra Funicular upper station NERFINISHED
hasType inclined plane railway
heritageDesignation National Monument of Portugal NERFINISHED
heritageDesignationDate 2002
isOneOf oldest funiculars in Lisbon
languageOfSignage Portuguese
laterTraction steam
lineLength about 188 m
locatedIn Lisbon
Santo António (Lisbon parish) NERFINISHED
locatedOn Calçada do Lavra NERFINISHED
maximumGradient about 22.9%
notableFor connecting lower and upper neighborhoods in Lisbon
historic hillside cable railway
numberOfCars 2
numberOfTracks 1
openingDate 1884-04-19
operator Carris NERFINISHED
originalTraction water counterbalancing
owner Carris NERFINISHED
primaryUse public transport
publicAccess yes
region Lisbon District NERFINISHED
safetyRecord generally safe operation
safetySystem cable haulage with braking system
secondaryUse tourism
status in operation
touristPopularity high
trackGauge 900 mm
traction cable
urbanContext historic center of Lisbon NERFINISHED

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Raoul Mesnier du Ponsard designed Lavra Funicular