Funicolare di Montecatini Terme

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A funicular vehicle on its way to Montecatini Alto.

The Funicolare di Montecatini connects the core city of Montecatini Terme with the upper district of Montecatini Alto . It is the oldest funicular in Italy still in operation .

history

The idea of ​​a connection from the upper part of the village, then called Castello , to Bagni (lower part, today Montecatini Terme) came about by the engineer Alessandro Ferretti , who came from Genoa . He received city permission on October 8, 1896 to carry out the project. The railway was inaugurated on June 4, 1898. Giuseppe Verdi was present at the inauguration .

From 1977 to August 3, 1982 the cable car was modernized.

Data

The cable car route is approx. 1050 meters long and overcomes a difference in altitude of 202 meters. The average slope is 19.65%, the steepest slope is 38.5%. The journey takes around ten minutes.

photos

  • Valley station of the funicular

  • The Gigio car in the valley station

  • Alternative point on the route

  • View down the valley

  • Mountain station of the funicular

  • In the mountain station

Web links

Commons : Funicolare di Montecatini Terme  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Funicolare Montecatini - web presence of the railway (Italian) accessed on November 22, 2013.
  2. ^ Website of the Pro Loco in Montecatini Alto , accessed on November 22, 2013 (Italian and English).

Coordinates: 43 ° 53 ′ 34 ″  N , 10 ° 47 ′ 1 ″  E