Mountain route
Funicolare Centrale
Naples (Via Toledo) → Naples (Vomero) · Italy
One of the world’s busiest funiculars — around 10 million passengers a year between Via Toledo and the Vomero hill.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 16074860 — 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 2 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 1 km from the shape of R 20895
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Funicolare Centrale?
The Funicolare Centrale runs 1.27 km from Naples (Via Toledo) to Naples (Vomero).
How long does the Funicolare Centrale take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 5 min for the 1.27 km. That is an average of 15 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 35 km/h.
Who runs the Funicolare Centrale?
ANM Napoli, with two four-car trains, about 450 passengers each.
How old is the Funicolare Centrale?
The line has been in service since 1928. 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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