The upper station of the Santa Cova funicular. The lower station of the Sant Joan funicular can be seen in the background, and the rack railway upper terminus is below the car park.Lower station of the funicular.Cars at the passing loop.
The funicular has the following technical parameters:[1][2]
Although the line operates two cars, in normal service only one carries passengers, whilst the other simply acts as a counterweight.[1]
The line is operated by the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government Railways, FGC), who also operate the Montserrat Rack Railway and the Funicular de Sant Joan funicular railway on Montserrat Mountain, together with two other funicular railways and a significant suburban railway system in and around Barcelona.[1]
The line originally opened in 1929 and was passed to the FGC in 1986. It was renovated in 1991 with the retention of its original stepped and wooden bodied cars. Unfortunately one of these was damaged by floods in 2000, as was the lower station. When the line reopened in 2001, new panoramic cars, similar to those already in use on the nearby Funicular de Sant Joan, were provided.[1]
Referencesedit
^ abcdeGreen, Richard (September 2010). "The railways of Barcelona". Today's Railways Europe. Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. pp. 32–33.
^"Lift-Database : Montserrat : Santa Cova". Lift-World.info. Retrieved March 5, 2007.
External linksedit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Funicular de la Santa Cova.
Official website of the Montserrat Rack Railway and associated funicular railways (in Catalan, Spanish, English and French)
Photographic description and map of the line from Trens de Catalunya (in Catalan)
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