Funicolare di Chiaia
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 Via Cimarosa mountain station
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| Route length: | 0.536 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum slope : | 290 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top speed: | 27 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Funicolare di Chiaia is a funicular in Naples that is part of the city's public transport network and is operated by Azienda Napoletana Mobilità (ANM). It connects the Vantivelli station on subway line 1 in Vomero with the Amedeo station on S-Bahn line 2 in the Chiaia district and has two intermediate stations. The railway opened in 1889.
history
Towards the end of the 19th century, new residential quarters emerged on the Vomero hill, northwest of the city center of Naples. Because of the steep slopes, it was opened up with two funiculars: the Funicolare di Chiaia and the Funicolare di Montesanto . The slightly shorter Funicolare di Chiaia was the first of the two lifts to open on October 17, 1889. The operator was SA Ferrovie del Vomero.
The technical equipment of the railway was created by the Società Nazionale Officine di Savigliano - a company that today belongs to Alstom . The system was originally double-lane throughout. There were two trains running on it, which consisted of two connected cars. One of the cars also had 1st class compartments, but most of the compartments were assigned to 2nd class. Each car carried 60 passengers. If necessary, an additional platform trolley could be attached to transport carts. The wagons were exchanged in the mountain station.
The drive was initially carried out by two composite steam engines from Escher Wyss, each with an output of 75 hp, but they did not prove themselves. For this reason, Von Roll decided to operate the railway with electric motors from Brown, Boveri & Cie as early as 1900 . converted, which had an output of 135 hp and were operated with 600 V direct current. This increased the speed of the cars from 2 m / s to 3 m / s.
After the opening years, the double-track system was reduced to one track below the point where the cars cross.
In 1914 the platform trucks were converted into passenger cars and the drive power increased to 350 hp. Except during the Second World War, only trains ran with one car.
The railway originally only had the intermediate station Corso Vittorio Emanuele . In 1926 the second intermediate station Palazzolo was put into operation. This station is very deep under the road surface and therefore had to be accessed with an elevator from the start.
In 1975 the line was renewed under the direction of Agudio , fitted with new cars and put back into operation in 1977, with trains with two cars being introduced again. The tracks were converted from 1445 mm to standard gauge and the layout was designed to be single-track except for the siding.
Another major overhaul took place in 1998.
technology
The 536 m long funicular runs in a straight line in a tunnel from the Parco Margherita valley station on Via del Parco Regina Margherita to the Cimarosa mountain station, 161 m higher, on Via Domenico Cimarosa. The railway has two symmetrically located intermediate stations - one is called Corso Vittorio Emanuele and is at the level of Parco Margherita, the other is called Palazzolo and is located at Parco Marcolini. The drive is located in the mountain station. The tracks are equipped with a brake rack according to the Abt system.
The cars cover the 29% incline in 3 minutes and 8 seconds and reach a speed of 7.5 m / s (27 km / h). Each train can hold up to 300 people, so that the train can carry 9500 people per hour in each direction.
literature
- Walter Hefti : Cable cars all over the world. Inclined cable levels, funiculars, cable cars . Birkhäuser, Basel 1975, ISBN 3-7643-0726-9 . System reference: 204.07
- Antonio La Gala: L'antica funicolare da Chiaia al Vomero . Guida Editori, 2004, ISBN 978-88-7188-840-8 ( Google Books ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Walter Hefti: Cable cars all over the world. Inclined cable levels, funiculars, cable cars . Birkhäuser, Basel 1975, ISBN 3-7643-0726-9 (Appendix reference number: 204.07).
- ↑ a b c Andrea Cozzolino: La mia funicolare. Retrieved July 12, 2014 (Italian).
- ^ Funicolare di Chiaia - Storia. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 2, 2012 ; accessed on June 14, 2014 .
- ↑ Metronapoli
Web links
- Funicolare Chiaia. Metronapoli, archived from the original on May 28, 2013 ; accessed on June 14, 2014 .
- La Funicolare di Chiaia. In: Napoli On-Line. Retrieved September 29, 2018 .