Montevergine Funicular: Seventy Years of Pilgrims and Innovation

Seventy years of honorable service, millions of pilgrims transported to the feet of Mamma Schiavona, and a story spanning over a century of dreams, interruptions, and rebirths. The ...

A Century of the Montevergine Funicular: Bridging Communities and Faith

One hundred years since the blessing of the first stone. Seventy years since the first run of the Montevergine funicular. Yesterday morning at the Loreto Abbey Palace in Mercogliano, the ...
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I took a 90-year-old funicular 10,300 feet above sea level in Bogotá — here’s what it was like

Colombia is flush with cable cars — and they aren't just pretty tourist features either. Bogotá and Medellín both have integrated cable cars into their public transit. So when I visited Bogotá, I was ...
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Historic funicular at Horseshoe Curve Finally returns to service

ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — After years of work, the iconic funicular at Altoona’s Horseshoe Curve is back in service for the first ...
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Costs of keeping funicular going may outweigh its benefits, say MSPs

The costs of keeping the UK's highest railway running could outweigh its economic benefits, MSPs have warned. The Cairngorm funicular opened in 2001 at a cost £19.5m but in recent years it has been ...
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Five Portuguese nationals among the 16 Lisbon funicular victims

All funiculars in Lisbon have been suspended for inspection after a crash on Wednesday killed at least 16 people The victims include five Portuguese nationals, two South Koreans and one Swiss Portugal ...