Mountain route
Tibidabo Funicular (Cuca de Llum)
Barcelona (Plaça Doctor Andreu) → Tibidabo · Spain
Barcelona’s 1901 summit line to the Tibidabo amusement park and Sagrat Cor temple, reborn in 2021 as the glass ’glow-worm’ trains.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 9171319 — 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
Questions and answers
How long is the Tibidabo Funicular (Cuca de Llum)?
The Tibidabo Funicular (Cuca de Llum) runs 1.13 km from Barcelona (Plaça Doctor Andreu) to Tibidabo.
How long does the Tibidabo Funicular (Cuca de Llum) take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 4 min for the 1.13 km. That is an average of 17 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Tibidabo Funicular (Cuca de Llum)?
Parc d’Atraccions Tibidabo (BSM), with Glass-roofed ’Cuca de Llum’ trains from the 2021 rebuild.
How old is the Tibidabo Funicular (Cuca de Llum)?
The line has been in service since 1901. 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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