Mountain route
Capri Funicular
Marina Grande → Capri (Piazzetta) · Italy
Capri Funicular in pictures
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- Distance
- 0.67 km
- Fastest time
- 4 min
- Average speed
- 10 km/h
- Operator
- SIPPIC
- Countries
- Italy
- In service since
- 1907
- Train
- Two counterbalanced trains between port and Piazzetta
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Capri’s main street since 1907: hoists ferry arrivals from Marina Grande harbour 138 m up to the island’s famous Piazzetta in four minutes.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 2905498 — 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
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is the Capri Funicular?
The Capri Funicular runs 670 m from Marina Grande to Capri (Piazzetta).
How long does the Capri Funicular take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 4 min for the 670 m. That is an average of 10 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Capri Funicular?
SIPPIC, with two counterbalanced trains between port and Piazzetta.
How old is the Capri Funicular?
The line has been in service since 1907. 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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