Gelida Funicular

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The upper station, in Gelida town.

The Gelida Funicular (Catalan: Funicular de Gelida; Spanish: Funicular de Gelida) is a funicular railway in the municipality of Gelida in Catalonia, Spain. The line connects , on the RENFE (Spanish National Railways), with the centre of the village of Gelida, which is at a higher level. The line was opened in 1924 and modernised in 1984, whilst retaining a heritage ambience.[1][2]

The funicular has the following technical parameters:[1][2]

  • Length: 884 m (2,900 ft)
  • Height: 110 m (361 ft)
  • Maximum Steepness: 22.2 %
  • Cars: 2
  • Capacity: 50 passengers per car; 700 passengers per hour
  • Configuration: Single track with passing loop
  • Maximum speed: 2.5 m/s (8.2 ft/s)
  • Travel time: 8 minutes
  • Track gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
  • Traction: Electricity

Although two cars were in operation, as an economy measure only one was normally staffed and carried passengers, whilst the other simply served as a counterweight. Despite this restriction, the funicular was timed to connect with the main line trains, which operate every half-hour on weekdays and hourly on weekends. Besides the two terminals at Gelida Inferior and Superior, the line served an intermediate request stop at Gelida-Baixador, situated between the passing loop and upper station.[2] In September 2011, the service was suspended due to government's spending cuts, as it was considered too expensive to maintain. Since then the service has been replaced by a shuttle bus, with the funicular operating only at weekends.[3] The service was suspended on 6 March 2016 following a review in which a number of cracks were detected in the rolling elements but is operational again (at weekends) from April 6, 2019.[4]

The line is operated by the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government Railways, FGC), who also operate a significant suburban railway system in and around Barcelona, along with three other funiculars and two rack railways.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Funicular de Gelida". Trens de Catalunya. Retrieved September 30, 2006.
  2. ^ a b c d Green, Richard (September 2010). "The railways of Barcelona". Today's Railways Europe. Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 35.
  3. ^ "Horari Setembre 2014" (PDF). Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  4. ^ https://web.gencat.cat/en/actualitat/detall/201904_tornaafuncionartramviagelida. Retrieved 2019-12-08. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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Coordinates: 41°26′34″N 1°51′53″E / 41.4429°N 1.86463°E / 41.4429; 1.86463


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