Mountain route
Fourvière Funicular (la ficelle)
Vieux Lyon → Fourvière · France
Lyon ran the world’s first urban funiculars from 1862; today’s F2 of 1900 lifts riders from UNESCO-listed Vieux Lyon to the Fourvière basilica.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 153141 — 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 7 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
Questions and answers
How long is the Fourvière Funicular (la ficelle)?
The Fourvière Funicular (la ficelle) runs 400 m from Vieux Lyon to Fourvière.
How long does the Fourvière Funicular (la ficelle) take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 min for the 400 m. That is an average of 12 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Fourvière Funicular (la ficelle)?
TCL (Keolis Lyon), with ’La ficelle’ cars of 1970, refurbished 2018.
How old is the Fourvière Funicular (la ficelle)?
The line has been in service since 1900. 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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