Mountain route
Flying Dutchman Funicular
Cape Point car park → Cape Point lighthouse · South Africa
Africa’s only commercial funicular, named for the ghost ship said to haunt Cape Point, lifts visitors 87 m toward the 1859 lighthouse.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 33 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Flying Dutchman Funicular?
The Flying Dutchman Funicular runs 590 m from Cape Point car park to Cape Point lighthouse.
How long does the Flying Dutchman Funicular take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 min for the 590 m. That is an average of 12 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Flying Dutchman Funicular?
Cape Point Partnership, with two 40-seat cars named after ships wrecked off the Cape.
How old is the Flying Dutchman Funicular?
The line has been in service since 1996. 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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