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The Gelida Funicular (Catalan: Funicular de Gelida; Spanish: Funicular de Gelida) is a funicular railway in the municipality of Gelida in Catalonia, Spain. The line connects Gelida station, on the Renfe network, with the centre of the village of Gelida, which is at a higher level. The line was opened in 1924 and modernised in 1984, whilst retaining a heritage ambience.[1][2]
The funicular has the following technical parameters:[1][2]
- Length: 884 m (2,900 ft)
- Height: 110 m (361 ft)
- Maximum Steepness: 22.2 %
- Cars: 2
- Capacity: 50 passengers per car; 700 passengers per hour
- Configuration: Single track with passing loop
- Maximum speed: 2.5 m/s (8.2 ft/s)
- Travel time: 8 minutes
- Track gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
- Traction: Electricity
Although two cars were in operation, as an economy measure only one was normally staffed and carried passengers, whilst the other simply served as a counterweight. Despite this restriction, the funicular was timed to connect with the main line trains, which operate every half-hour on weekdays and hourly on weekends. Besides the two terminals at Gelida Inferior and Superior, the line served an intermediate request stop at Gelida-Baixador, situated between the passing loop and upper station.[2] In September 2011, the service was suspended due to government's spending cuts, as it was considered too expensive to maintain. Since then the service has been replaced by a shuttle bus, with the funicular operating only at weekends.[3] The service was suspended on 6 March 2016 following a review in which a number of cracks were detected in the rolling elements but is operational again (at weekends) from April 6, 2019.[4]
The line is operated by the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government Railways, FGC), who also operate a significant suburban railway system in and around Barcelona, along with three other funiculars and two rack railways.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Funicular de Gelida". Trens de Catalunya. Retrieved September 30, 2006.
- 1 2 3 4 Green, Richard (September 2010). "The railways of Barcelona". Today's Railways Europe. Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 35.
- ↑ "Horari Setembre 2014" (PDF). Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-03-01. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
- ↑ "The Gelida funicular is operational again". Archived from the original on 2019-12-08. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
External links
[edit]- Photographic description and map of the line from Trens de Catalunya (in Catalan)
- Funiculars page from FGC website (in English)
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