Tbilisi funicular
The funicular in Tbilisi ( Georgian თბილისის ფუნიკულიორი ) is a rail-based means of transport in Georgia . It was put into operation on March 27, 1905 and leads to Mtatsminda .
The distance between the valley station at the Tschonkadse Kucha ( 460 m ) and the mountain station ( 727 m ) is 503 meters. The angle of inclination is between 28 and 33 °. The train consists of two cars, each serving the ascent and descent. They offer space for 50 people. The two cars meet at a station halfway up.
The funicular was built between September 1903 and February 1905. The cost of 4,000 rubles was borne by a Belgian consortium. It received the right to operate the cable car for 45 years. The design came from the French engineer A. Blanch. The construction work was in the hands of the Polish architect Aleksander Szimkewicz.
From 1936 to 1938 and 1968 to 1969 the railway was renovated and a new station building was built each time. On June 21, 2000 there was an accident. A rope broke and a train with Japanese tourists crashed into the valley station but without victims. After that, the railway was out of service. On January 30, 2013, she was able to resume the journey. The sponsor was the Georgian-Russian businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili . In the meantime, the lift was closed again for safety reasons, but has resumed operations. A ride costs 2 lari.
On Mtatsminda there is a park, a television tower and a viewing restaurant. Halfway up is the Pantheon , a cemetery where important Georgians and Russians are buried, among them the writers Ilia Chavchavadze , Akaki Tsereteli and the diplomat Alexander Griboyedov .
Web links
Coordinates: 41 ° 41 ′ 42 ″ N , 44 ° 47 ′ 21 ″ E