Mountain route
Bom Jesus do Monte Funicular
Braga → Bom Jesus do Monte · Portugal
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The world’s oldest water-balance funicular in continuous service (1882), climbing beside the baroque stairway of UNESCO-listed Bom Jesus do Monte.
Stations
- 0 kmTenões
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The stations OpenStreetMap maps along this line, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 11280574: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 1 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Bom Jesus do Monte Funicular?
The Bom Jesus do Monte Funicular runs 270 m from Braga to Bom Jesus do Monte.
How long does the Bom Jesus do Monte Funicular take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 min for the 270 m. That is an average of 5 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Bom Jesus do Monte Funicular?
Irmandade do Bom Jesus do Monte, with original 1882 Riggenbach water-ballast cars.
How old is the Bom Jesus do Monte Funicular?
The line has been in service since 1882. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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