Funicular de Sant Joan
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 Route of the train seen from the monastery
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| Route length: | 0.503 km | ||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 1000 mm ( meter gauge ) | ||||||||||||
| Maximum slope : | 652 ‰ | ||||||||||||
| Top speed: | 5.4 km / h | ||||||||||||
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The Funicular de Sant Joan ( German Funicular Sant Joan ) is a funicular railway on the Montserrat near Barcelona in Catalonia , Spain .
history
The line was built by Von Roll in 1918 and belonged to Ferrocarrils de Muntanya de Grans Pendents (FMGP), a company that also built the Funicular de la Santa Cova . In 1926 a conversion took place in which the track width was widened. For this purpose, new passenger cars with a larger capacity were procured. In 1986 the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya took over the line, which it modernized in 1997 and equipped with new panoramic cars with transparent roofs.
The route connects the Montserrat monastery and the mountain station of the Cremallera de Montserrat with Christian sites, hiking trails and viewpoints higher up on the mountain. With a maximum gradient of 65%, it is the steepest funicular in Spain.
Technical parameters
The funicular has the following technical parameters:
- Length: 503 m
- Difference in altitude: 248 m
- Valley station: 722 m
- Mountain station: 970 m
- Wire rope diameter: 38 mm
- Passenger car: 2
- Capacity: 48 passengers per passenger car
- Routing: single track with a turnout
- Travel time: six minutes
operator
The operator of the route is the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya or FGC for short . It is a Catalan railway company that operates a network of electrified suburban lines in Barcelona and Catalonia . The network consists of 140 km of narrow-gauge lines , 42 km of standard-gauge lines , 89 km of broad-gauge lines and two cog railways .
FGC operates the Cremallera de Montserrat rack railway and the Funicular de la Santa Cova funicular on Montserrat .
Individual evidence
- ^ Sant Joan funicular railway. In: www.cremallerademontserrat.cat. Archived from the original on May 6, 2015 ; accessed on April 23, 2019 (English).
- ^ Sant Joan funicular railway. Technical characteristics. In: www.cremallerademontserrat.cat. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .
Web links
- Funicular de Sant Joan. Retrieved April 23, 2015 (Catalan).
Coordinates: 41 ° 35 ′ 19.3 ″ N , 1 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ E