Tibidabo Funicular

The Tibidabo Funicular (Catalan: Funicular del Tibidabo; Spanish: Funicular del Tibidabo) is a funicular railway in the city of Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. The line connects Plaça del Doctor Andreu, the upper terminus of the Tramvia Blau, with the summit of Tibidabo, where there is an amusement park and a church, the Temple Expiatori del Sagrat Cor.[1][2]

Funicular del Tibidabo
The lower station at Plaça Dr. Andreu
Overview
Service typeFunicular
LocaleBarcelona
Route
StartPlaça del Doctor Andreu
(Tramvia Blau)
EndTibidabo
Distance travelled1,130 m (3,710 ft)
Technical
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)

The Tramvia Blau, along with a parallel bus service, provides a connection from Avenida Tibidabo metro station. This is the terminus of line 7 of the Barcelona Metro, operated by the FGC from a city terminus at Plaça de Catalunya.[1][2] As of October 2019, both the Tramvia Blau and the Funicular are out of service. Replacement bus TC2 connects Avinguda de Tibidabo station with the hilltop park.

Like the Tramvia Blau, the funicular is not part of Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM) integrated fare network. Tickets must be separately purchased from ticket offices or machines at the terminal stations prior to travel.[1]

The funicular is one of three in Barcelona, the others being the Funicular de Vallvidrera and the Funicular de Montjuïc.[1]

History
Funicular circa 1900

The line was opened on October 29, 1901 with a length of 1,130 metres (3,710 ft). It has been modernised twice, in 1922 and in 1958. [1][3]

Technical details
Car of the Funicular

The funicular has the following technical parameters:[1][3]

Number of stops 2
Configuration Single track with passing loop
Track length 1,130 metres (3,707 ft)
Rise 275 metres (902 ft)
Maximum gradient 25.7%
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Number of cars 2 2-car trainsets
Capacity 113 passengers per trainset
Maximum speed 4.1 metres per second (13.5 ft/s)
Traction Electricity
gollark: But the Linux `factor` program can do it in less than a second using presumably unoptimized code.
gollark: It's a 14-digit number, or something.
gollark: Is this some sort of joke?
gollark: So I guess I can increase the size now?
gollark: I mean, there are already billions of those and OpenCL is wildly overkill.

References
  1. "Funicular del Tibidabo" (in Catalan). trenscat.com. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  2. "Barcelona's Tibidabo Amusement Park And 'Tramvia Blau' Tram". www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
  3. "Tibidabo". Funiculars.net. Pantograph.se. Retrieved 2013-12-18.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.