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Funicular de Vallvidrera

Vallvidrera Funicular
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A funicular car with the line's passing loop in the foreground.
Overview
Native name Funicular de Vallvidrera
Status Operational
Locale Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, Barcelona
Termini Vallvidrera Inferior
Vallvidrera Superior
Stations 3 (list)
Ridership 760,261 passenger journeys (2013)
Operation
Opened 24 October 1906 (1906-10-24)
Owner Generalitat of Catalonia
Operator(s) Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC)
Character At-grade
Rolling stock 2 Gangloff funicular cars
Technical
Line length 736.6 m (2,417 ft)
Number of tracks 1 (with an intermediate passing loop)
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in) metre gauge
Electrification 220 V DC third rail
Operating speed 5 m/s (16 ft/s)
Route map
Barcelona–Vallès Line
to Pl. Catalunya
Peu del Funicular
Vallvidrera Inferior
Barcelona–Vallès Line
to Terrassa or Sabadell
Carretera de les Aigües
Carretera de les Aigües
Vallvidrera Superior

The Vallvidrera Funicular (Catalan: Funicular de Vallvidrera) is a 736.6-metre-long (2,417 ft) funicular railway in the Barcelona district of Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, in Catalonia, Spain. It connects Peu del Funicular station on the Barcelona–Vallès Line with the residential neighborhood of Vallvidrera, in the Collserola mountain range.

Opened on 24 October 1906 (1906-10-24), the funicular has played a key role in the development of Vallvidrera and is the main public transport access to this neighborhood. Although initially privately owned by Ferrocarril de Sarriá a Barcelona (FSB), it was transferred to the Catalan government together with the Barcelona–Vallès Line after FSB's economic collapse. Thus, since 7 October 1979 (1979-10-07), the funicular has been operated by Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC). In 1998, it was entirely rebuilt and upgraded to an automated guideway transit (AGT) system, including the introduction of new rolling stock.

The funicular is integrated as part of the Vallès Metro high-frequency commuter rail scheme. It runs at a basic interval of 6 minutes on weekdays, less frequently on weekends and public holidays, with a journey time of 2 minutes and 50 seconds (without considering any intermediate stops). Besides, it is entirely within fare zone 1 of the Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM) fare-integrated public transport system for the Barcelona metropolitan area.


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